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While anchored overnight at St Kilda, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of seabirds, the Emma Jane had a very small, unexpected visitor.

Bird sightings on our 2025 season have been very encouraging so far. Throughout any cruise we normally spot over 80 bird species on land and sea, some of which are very rare and generate much excitement amongst the bird lovers on board.

Choose an April Cruise to celebrate a spring escape to the Hebrides in 2026

Our Green Initiative Officer, Lynsey Bland, has just completed the new Biosecurity Accreditation Scheme for commercial boat operators around Scotland 'The Predator Free Certification: better boating for seabirds'.

Meet our team for our 2025 season!

Our 2024 season proved to be the most unforgettable one so far for cetacean sightings, for both our crews and guests.

Our sustainable journey is going from strength to strength in 2024

We were very pleased to be nominated for several awards this year and have been fairly overwhelmed at the results.

Due to unprecedented demand we have released our 2026 calendar ahead of schedule

We were delighted that Hebrides Cruises owner, Rob Barlow, was awarded the 2024 Scottish National Investment Bank Award for Outstanding Business Leader, at the Prosper Award Ceremony on September 12th. 

The intention of this new cruise itinerary was to search for whales in the former whaling grounds on the west of Scotland and document what was found.

We are delighted to be shortlisted in two categories for the Highlands and Islands Business Excellence Awards 2024.

We are pleased to report that we have retained our Green Tourism Gold Award status for the third consecutive year at very high pass rates in all categories.

We are delighted that we have been shortlisted in the Highlands and Islands Thistle Awards 2024 for "Innovation in Tourism"! 

On July 9th 2024 Hebrides Cruises ship Elizabeth G was returning from the Outer Hebrides via Gunna Sound off the island of Coll when a shout went up from Helen, one of the guests.  She had spotted a big “blow” in the distance which could only be made by a whale,