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The Crossings

Draw the route, crossing by crossing.

Pick the islands and the order. We draw the chain of ferries, causeways and the sleeper on the sea-area map, name the operator for every leg, and suggest how many nights. No timetables, no fares: we book those.

Add places, in the order you’d visit them

The Outer Hebrides

Skye and the Small Isles

Mull, Islay and the south

The north

Estates and the Highlands

Load a route: The Long Island · Whisky by sea · Sleeper to the Northern Isles · Roadless west · Estate and pinewood

Sea-area map showing your route
Dotted: ferry or boat. Solid: causeway or road. Dashed: the sleeper. Approximate; not for navigation.

Your crossings

Choose at least one place to see the crossings.

Five routes

Or start from a route we know.

Each route as a chain of crossings, in order.

All routes

11–13 nights

The Long Island

Oban Castlebay, Barra CalMac
Ardmhòr, Barra Eriskay CalMac
Eriskay South Uist Causeway
South Uist North Uist Causeways via Benbecula
Berneray Leverburgh, Harris CalMac
Harris Lewis Road
Stornoway, Lewis Ullapool CalMac
Ullapool Assynt Road

7–9 nights

Whisky by sea

Glasgow Tayinloan Road
Tayinloan Gigha CalMac
Gigha Tayinloan CalMac
Tayinloan Kennacraig Road
Kennacraig Port Ellen, Islay CalMac
Port Askaig, Islay Feolin, Jura Jura ferry
Feolin, Jura Port Askaig, Islay Jura ferry
Port Askaig, Islay Oban CalMac

10–12 nights

Sleeper to the Northern Isles

London Euston Inverness Caledonian Sleeper
Inverness Scrabster Road or the Far North line
Scrabster Stromness, Orkney NorthLink
Kirkwall, Orkney Lerwick, Shetland NorthLink
Lerwick, Shetland Aberdeen NorthLink (overnight)

8–10 nights

Roadless west

Mallaig Inverie, Knoydart Local passenger boat
Inverie, Knoydart Mallaig Local passenger boat
Mallaig Eigg CalMac
Eigg Rùm CalMac
Rùm Mallaig CalMac
Mallaig Kilchoan Road
Kilchoan Tobermory, Mull CalMac
Fionnphort, Mull Iona CalMac
Iona Fionnphort, Mull CalMac
Craignure, Mull Oban CalMac

6–8 nights

Estate and pinewood

Edinburgh Deeside Road
Deeside Speyside Road
Aviemore London Euston Caledonian Sleeper

Speak to a specialist

We’ll check every crossing.

Ferry patterns change by season and by day of the week. Send us the route and we’ll make it work, with a spare night where the weather needs one.

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