Hebridean Odyssey

Sunday

We depart and make our way north
for our first overnight in the Dumfries area with
dinner, bed and breakfast.

Monday

We depart after breakfast and
continue northwards where wonderful scenery
unfolds before you with high mountain tops and
sweeping moorland. We stop off in Fort William
within the shadow of mighty Ben Nevis. Then
heading north, passing impressive Eilean Donan
Castle, we arrive at our hotel near Skye for our
overnight stay with dinner, bed and breakfast.

Tuesday

A magnificent drive across Skye to
catch the morning sailing to North Uist. In the
afternoon a scenic coastal tour of Uists passing
numerous tiny lochs and beaches, before
checking into the Dark Island Hotel, Benbecula
for overnight stay with dinner, bed and
breakfast.

Wednesday

Today we head north and our
sailing to the largest of the Hebridean Islands
– Harris. A rugged landscape of moorland,
deep-sea lochs and mountains and against this
backdrop is a proud history dating back to
prehistoric times. We travel to the north end of
Lewis and to the capital Stornoway for the next
2 nights stay with dinner, bed and breakfast.

Thursday

Today you enjoy a full day tour of
Lewis, including the impressive 5,000 year old
standing stones of Callanish (Scotland’s
Stonehenge). Ancient thatched ‘blackhouses’,
the imposing Carloway Broch, a fortified tower
dating back over 2,000 years and finishing with
a visit to a Tweed Mill, explaining the history of
the famous Harris Tweed.

Friday

We depart on the morning sailing to
Ullapool and head on to Inverness the ‘Capital
of the Highlands’, with free time before
continuing south through picturesque Spey
Valley and into the Perthshire area for our final
overnight stay with dinner, bed and breakfast.

Saturday

We depart after breakfast and
begin our journey back to the West Country.