Saturday 27th July – Friday 2nd August 2024
Meet your guides Myles and Andy in Inverness at the train station this morning at 9am. They’ll meet you at the fixed seating area by the main arrivals and departures board inside the terminal. Make your way north to Gills Bay, where you’ll board the ferry to cross to Orkney. You’re due to arrive around 2.45pm, so if conditions allow, head out for a short paddle after arriving, before checking into your accommodation and getting settled for the evening.
Overnight: Birsay | Birsay Outdoor Centre
Meals Included: Lunch and Dinner
Take to the water to explore the beauty of Orkney with the company of your expert guides Myles and Andy. They will decide on the best route for today based on the conditions at the time. There are so many options to choose from, so whatever you end up paddling, it’s bound to be an exciting day on the water. Return to the bunkhouse at the end of the day to enjoy a hot shower and relax for the evening.
Overnight: Birsay | Birsay Outdoor Centre
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Take to the water to explore the beauty of Orkney with the company of your expert guides Myles and Andy. They will decide on the best route for today based on the conditions at the time. There are so many options to choose from, so whatever you end up paddling, it’s bound to be an exciting day on the water. Return to the bunkhouse at the end of the day to enjoy a hot shower and relax for the evening.
Overnight: Birsay | Birsay Outdoor Centre
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Take to the water to explore the beauty of Orkney with the company of your expert guides Myles and Andy. They will decide on the best route for today based on the conditions at the time. There are so many options to choose from, so whatever you end up paddling, it’s bound to be an exciting day on the water. Return to the bunkhouse at the end of the day to enjoy a hot shower and relax for the evening.
Overnight: Birsay | Birsay Outdoor Centre
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Take to the water to explore the beauty of Orkney with the company of your expert guides Myles and Andy. They will decide on the best route for today based on the conditions at the time. There are so many options to choose from, so whatever you end up paddling, it’s bound to be an exciting day on the water. Return to the bunkhouse at the end of the day to enjoy a hot shower and relax for the evening.
Overnight: Birsay | Birsay Outdoor Centre
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Take to the water to explore the beauty of Orkney with the company of your expert guides Myles and Andy. They will decide on the best route for today based on the conditions at the time. There are so many options to choose from, so whatever you end up paddling, it’s bound to be an exciting day on the water. Return to the bunkhouse at the end of the day to enjoy a hot shower and relax for the evening.
Overnight: Birsay | Birsay Outdoor Centre
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Check out of the bunkhouse this morning and make your way south to St Margaret’s Hope in order to get the ferry back to the mainland. You’ll finish up back at Inverness train station at 5pm this evening, where you can continue your homeward journey after a wonderful week spent exploring Orkney and its stunning coastline.
Meals Included: Breakfast and Lunch
UK: +44 (0)1479 420 020
US: 866 740 3890
Your guide will meet you at Inverness Train Station at 9:00 am on the first day of your trip.
You will be returned to Inverness Train Station at 5:00 pm on the final day of your trip.
Please see our booking terms here.
Birsay Hostel |
Birsay |
Orkney |
KW17 2LY |
Phone: +44 (0) 1856 873535
Web: visitscotland.com/info/accommodation
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Contact Number: 07745 270034
I am an experienced adventurer with many years of sea kayaking, canoeing, sailing and mountaineering in many of the world’s wildest places; from Antarctica to Greenland and many places in between. As a Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society and a Master Educator of Leave No Trace, I am committed to sustainable tourism contributing positively to communities and wildlife in the places I work.
I love sharing the wild places of Scotland, whether Mountains, Glens, Loch or Coast. Apart from helping you have a fun and enjoyable holiday, I hope you will connect with both the place and the experience when you travel with us. I am very interested in the folklore and traditional uses of plants and other natural resources and run training on wild food and ethnobotany. You may get some very ‘fresh’ ingredients to try on a trip with me.
Contact Number: 07866703254
Climbing, then teaching, has led me around the mountain areas of Britain, latterly spending 20 years as head teacher in an outdoor education centre in North Wales. Expeditions have taken me from ski touring in Alaska, first kayak descents in Nepal and Peru, to waveskiing in Oz.
Now I spend my time ski teaching in Italy in winter and guiding on Scotland’s mountains, coasts and rivers year round.
Saturday 27th July – Friday 2nd August 2024
