Wild Scotland - M/V Greg Mortimer
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- Photograph - some of the world's largest sea bird colonies
- Incredible birdlife - including puffins
- Discover picturesque villages and medieval hamlets - on some of Scotland's least-visited islands
- Sail - with otters and seals
- Explore by Zodiac - with whales and dolphins swimming alongside you
- Uncover - the rugged and wild side of Scotland
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Arrive in Edinburgh (EDI) where you will be met and transferred to your group hotel. Upon arrival at the hotel, please visit the hospitality desk to collect your Expedition luggage cabin tags. Please fill out the luggage tags clearly, showing your name and cabin numbe...
After breakfast, check-out and bring your luggage to the foyer. Please place any items required today in your hand luggage as your main bag will be transferred to the ship. Edinburgh awaits us this morning as our local guide welcomes us with stories of Scotland's c...
From golden beaches to jagged peaks, bleak moors and heather clad hills; from abandoned settlements to picturesque villages, our days in the Hebrides archipelago will be packed with variety. We may explore remote lochs beneath some of Britain's most untamed mountains ...
Early the next morning we will aim for the tiny island of Iona. Barely 5 kilometres / 3 miles long, Iona is renowned as the birthplace of Christianity in Britain. It is also a burial ground of early Scottish Kings. The Irish monk, St Columba and twelve disciples, land...
From the Inner Hebrides we make our way to the Outer Hebrides - also known as the Western Isles - that stretch for 20o kilometres and look out on their western side to the Atlantic Ocean. Our first stop is at the Isle of Lewis, the largest and northern-most island in ...
Weather permitting we plan to land at the isolated archipelago and World Heritage site of St Kilda, where derelict crofts bear testament to the fortitude of islanders who once tended the unique Soay sheep and harvested seabirds for food and to pay their rent in the fo...
Island hopping northeast, we aim to visit tiny specks of land that bear the brunt of violent Atlantic storms and rarely see visitors. Home to breeding seals and some of Europe's largest seabird colonies, Sula Sgeir, North Rona and Flannan boast spectacular cliffs, fan...
Britain's most northerly islands lie almost 160 kilometres north of the Scottish mainland, at a similar latitude to the southern tip of Greenland, or Bergen in Norway. Kept relatively warm by the Gulf Stream, Shetland's 100 islands experience almost 24 hours of daylig...
We plan to visit some of Shetland's best preserved and most complex archaeological sites of brochs, or fortified Iron Age towers, as well as some of the world's largest colonies of sea bird. Hermaness National Nature Reserve, close to Britain's most northerly point,...
Mid way between Orkney and Shetland, Fair Isle houses a major European ornithological research station, and is also famous for knitwear and historic shipwrecks. About 4.8 kilometres by 3.2 kilometres, it is surrounded by impressive cliffs. The 70 or so islanders mostl...
Among Orkney's archipelago of 70 windswept islands, lying 9.6 kilometres north of the Scottish mainland, a rich tapestry of archaeology, history and wildlife awaits. You follow the passage of time - from 5000 year old World Heritage neolithic sites, past relics from w...
Upon arrival in Aberdeen, you will disembark the ship for onward travel.
Meals Provided : Breakfast
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