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Highlights from our 2023 cruising season

Home / Galleries from our Scottish cruises / Highlights from our 2023 cruising season

Our 2023 cruising season was truly exceptional for wildlife, especially for cetacean sightings.  Our guests had lots of their own special highlights including shore trips, food on board, scenery, the crews and the lovely guests they met - read our guest reviews!

Our Herald Scottish Family Business Awards
Elizabeth G, Emma Jane and Lucy Mary
Our 3 small ships (Photo Tony Hardley)
Rob & Lucy at our Lucy Mary naming Ceremony (Images Rosie Barrett)
Lucy at the renaming ceremony (Photo Rosie Barrett)
Evie playing the bagpipes (Photo Rosie Barrett)
Fin Whale
Fin Whale with Common Dolphin
Humpback Whale
Fin Whale (Taken by guest Mike Roberts)
Common Dolphins
Breaching Humpback (Photo guide Zoe Stevenson)
Orca (Photo by guide Lynsey Bland)
Orca (Photo guide Lynsey Bland)
Orca (Photo James Fairbairns)
Orca (Photo guide Lynsey Bland)
Emma Jane at St Kilda
Lucy Mary at the Treshnish Isles
Puffins and Lucy Mary
Humpback Whale diving (Photo Guest Steve Lloyd)
Turn by guest Brian Fairbrother
Chef Jaya delights
Dinner table by Stewardess Sofia
Chef Charlie Isle of Muck partridge
Breakfast treats
Wild swimming at Taransay (Photo guide Lynsey Bland)
Sunset taken by guest Steve Lloyd
Guests at Taransay (Photo guide Lynsey Bland)
Guests at Taransay with Emma Jane in the background
St Kilda in the sunshine (Photo guide Lynsey Bland)
Guests at top of Conachair
Puffin watching at Canna
Northern Lights
Emma Jane at the Shiants
MV Lucy Mary
Lucy Mary saloon watching the sunset
Elizabeth G, Emma Jane and Lucy Mary
Isay, Monach Isles (Taken by guest Shamim Robertson)
Emma Jane at anchor Monach Isles (Taken by guest Shamim Robertson)
Beach Walk at the Monach Isles (Photo by guest Shamim Robertson)
Sunset over the Hebrides (Photo by guide Indy Greene)
Sunset from Lucy Mary (Photo by guide Indy Greene)
Exploring the Shiants (Photo Skipper Chris McKinlay)
Guests exploring the viking settlement (Taken by guide Will Smith)
Guests on Staffa (Fingals Cave) Taken by guide Lynsey Bland
Guests on tender at Vatersay, Outer Hebrides
Happy guests at the Shiants (Photo taken by guide Hannah)
Emma Jane at Scavaig
Emma Jane anchored at the Shiants (Taken by Skipper Chris McKinlay)
Elizabeth G and her tender (Taken by guest John Blair)
Guests taking a dip on the Isle of Muck (Taken by guide Will Smith)
Elizabeth G (Photo by guest John Blair)
Elizabeth at anchor with RRS Sir David Attenborough
Emma Jane cruising through Laggan Avenue on our Caledonian Canal cruise (Image by guide Will Smith)
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  • Wildlife and nature species seen on our cruises
  • Images from our guest David Hiley, St Kilda 2019
  • Bird images St Kilda and the Hebrides Cruise: Mick Temple
  • Images from our guest David Hiley of his Hebrides cruise

Our trip to the Outer Hebrides was exceptional in every way; the talented staff; the comfortable accommodations; the little details (a refreshing glass of Prosecco on the return of each day's trip); the always-full cookie jar; the welcoming and beautifully decorated table spread with good food; the post-dinner discussions and chart-reading with Captain James and our naturalist, Will; the frolicking Bottlenose dolphins "bow riding" upside down next to the "Emma Jane"; the seals lazily lounging on the rocky ledges; the Minke whales; the diving gannets, nesting puffins, and Great Skua (nicknamed "Bonzies" by the Scots.....Will photographed one Bonxie trying to grab a mackerel away from a shearwater); the while fulmars flitting in and out the rocky crevices; and our wonderful trip companions. It was a trip to treasure and relive many times in future years! Every new adventure offered the chance to read and to learn about the many marine birds, the "beasties" (ocean mammals), and the fascinating stories and history of the Outer Hebrides. All experiences were unique; hiking in the Isle of Eigg to the "Massacre Cave"; viewing habitats of nesting puffins, guillemots, shags, fulmars on the cliffs of the "Shiants" and St. Kilda's; seeing the aquaculture salmon rafts stretched in a row off the coast of Skye; steaming across the water to the archipelago of St. Kilda's and experiencing the view of Hirta, St. Kilda's main island, mysteriously rising out of the fog as we approached the island All were memorable experiences. And we were lucky! The weather was perfect for our trip....some light drizzle off and on, some wind but no strong "houlies" (very strong winds)! This is a trip of a lifetime. We recommend it with enthusiasm and with joyful memories! Sally and Alan Gayer June 2019 Private Cruise to the Outer Hebrides and St. Kilda's

Sally and Alan Gayer: 8 June 2019
Private Charter 10 Nights

Our Awards

The Herald Family Business Award 2024 The Herald Family Business Award Green Tourism Gold Nature of Scotland Awards 2024 wise HITA Finalist 2024 HIFAD Shortlisted 2024 Prosper HI 2024 Saliawaze - Consumer Favourites Saliawaze 2025

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shark-trust The National Trust for Scotland Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust Visit Scotland Wild Scotland Member Our Seas Scotland PFC

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