Abandoned Village, Hirta, St Kilda
Gannets Hebridean Highlights
• Loch Coruisk Walks • Isle Martin • Shiant Isles Beach Landing
• St Kilda – Double UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Kisimul Castle Hebridean Princess, Beach Landing Shiant Isles Oban - Oban
Callanish Stones Carloway
ST KILDA Hirta
Broch LEWIS Stornoway
SHIANT ISLES
SKYE Kisimul Castle BARRA
Sea of the Hebrides
ULVA MULL OBAN Coruisk Loch Kyle Rhea
Few experiences can match the overwhelming impression of the sea stacs, as they loom through the mist on the approach to St Kilda, or the profound sense of abandonment on this far-flung archipelago, evacuated by its last residents in 1930 after 5,000 years of continuous habitation.
ISLE MARTIN Ullapool
Gairloch Inverewe Garden
Shieldaig Applecross
Corrieshalloch Gorge
Natural World of the Shiants and St Kilda
Tuesday 21st to Tuesday 28th May 2019 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners
Rounding Ardnamurchan, we plot a northerly course to Skye and walk around the wildly magnificent Loch Coruisk. Continuing north through Kyle Rhea and the Inner Sound, we are bound for Shieldaig to travel the panoramic Bealach na Ba pass to Applecross.
From Gairloch, explore the acclaimed beauty of Inverewe Garden, planted in the 1860s by the young Osgood Mackenzie. Having sailed into Loch Broom, we marvel at the deep chasm of Corrieshalloch Gorge and the misted, plunging Falls of Measach.
After a walk on the uninhabited bird sanctuary of Isle Martin, we land on the enchanted Shiant Isles, spellbound by the sights and sounds of the vast seabird cliffs. Onwards to Lewis and Stornoway; the Callanish Standing Stones, erected some 5,000 years ago, and Iron Age Carloway Broch are majestic and awe-inspiring.
An early morning cruise of the echoing sea stacs of Boreray and Stac Lee precede a tranquil stroll through the deserted cottages of Village Bay on Hirta, now roamed by indigenous Soay sheep. Venturing to Barra, our voyage of discovery concludes with a visit to the Macneil stronghold of Kisimul Castle, where a climb of the tower house battlements is rewarded with spectacular views of Castle Bay, before whiling away the afternoon on the return crossing to Oban.
42 Please refer to the 2019 Cruise Diary and Tariff for prices • Hebridean Island Cruises 01756 704704 •
www.hebridean.co.uk Travel Plan – 7 nights
Tuesday 21st May Oban - Embarkation.
Wednesday 22nd May Loch Scavaig, Skye - Loch Coruisk. Cruise Kyle Rhea and the Inner Sound.
Thursday 23rd May Shieldaig - Applecross. Gairloch - Inverewe Garden.
Friday 24th May Ullapool - Corrieshalloch Gorge. Isle Martin, Summer Isles - Walks ashore.
Saturday 25th May
Shiant Isles - Beach landing. Stornoway, Lewis - Callanish Stones and Carloway Broch.
Sunday 26th May St Kilda - Village Bay, Hirta and cruise Sea Stacs. Cruise Atlantic to Barra.
Monday 27th May Castlebay, Barra - Kisimul Castle. Cruise the Sea of the Hebrides.
Tuesday 28th May Oban - Disembarkation.
Soay Sheep
Please refer to the 2019 Cruise Diary and Tariff for prices • Hebridean Island Cruises 01756 704704 •
www.hebridean.co.uk
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