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Five routes, by sea and rail.

Each route is a starting point we know well. We change the order, the length and the houses to suit you, and we never quote a package price.

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The pale curve of Luskentyre beach on Harris, turquoise shallows and a few white crofts under dark hills
Luskentyre, Isle of Harris

11–13 nights · Outer Hebrides · Wester Ross

The Long Island

Four ferries · Three causeways · One drive north

  • The long crossing from Oban to Castlebay, on Barra
  • North through Eriskay, South Uist and Benbecula by causeway
  • Four nights on Harris, with a St Kilda day held in reserve
  • Lewis and Calanais, then the ferry to Ullapool and Assynt

Suggested11–13 nightsTailored to your dates · no package price

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Lagavulin distillery's white warehouses on the shore of Islay at dusk, seen across the bay
Lagavulin, Isle of Islay

7–9 nights · Kintyre · Islay · Jura

Whisky by sea

Four ferries · Two warehouses · No driving after tastings

  • Down Loch Fyne and Kintyre, with a night near Gigha
  • Four nights on Islay with a warehouse tasting at two distilleries
  • A night on Jura, under the Paps
  • The crossing from Port Askaig back to Oban

Suggested7–9 nightsTailored to your dates · no package price

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Standing stones of the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney silhouetted against a red evening sky
Ring of Brodgar, Orkney

10–12 nights · Sleeper · Orkney · Shetland

Sleeper to the Northern Isles

One sleeper · Three NorthLink crossings · No flights

  • The Caledonian Sleeper from Euston to Inverness
  • The north coast to Scrabster and the ferry past the Old Man of Hoy
  • Four nights on Orkney with an archaeologist
  • Shetland in the simmer dim, then the overnight boat to Aberdeen

Suggested10–12 nightsTailored to your dates · no package price

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A small green island in deep blue water off the Isle of Eigg
Isle of Eigg

8–10 nights · Knoydart · Small Isles · Mull

Roadless west

Six boats · One peninsula · No car for half the trip

  • The boat from Mallaig to Inverie, and two nights with no road out
  • The Small Isles ferry to Eigg and Rùm
  • Ardnamurchan, the westernmost point of mainland Britain
  • The Kilchoan ferry to Mull, and a night on Iona

Suggested8–10 nightsTailored to your dates · no package price

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Loch Muick in autumn, birches turning gold under low cloud
Loch Muick, Deeside

6–8 nights · Edinburgh · Deeside · Speyside

Estate and pinewood

One estate · One river · The sleeper home

  • Two nights in Edinburgh
  • A whole estate house with a cook, a ranger and a ghillie
  • The Caledonian pinewood at Rothiemurchus or Glen Tanar
  • Speyside, and the sleeper south from Aviemore

Suggested6–8 nightsTailored to your dates · no package price

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