Including 2 Gala Dinners
A complimentary transfer will be provided from Oban to Invergordon on the day of embarkation for guests wishing to utilise the car parking facility in Oban. Alternatively, coach transfer to/from the ship will be available from/to Inverness/Glasgow airports and railway stations for guests wishing to travel by train or plane.
Ashore at Helmsdale, discover the fairy-tale splendour of Dunrobin Castle former ancestral seat of the Dukes of Sutherland.
Across the Pentland Firth, visit World War II history at the Churchill Barriers and the Italian Chapel, a tiny gem, both built by Italian prisoners of Camp 60. Viking Earl Magnus Erlendsson's St Magnus Cathedral is a haven of peace in bustling Kirkwall.
Cruising Scapa Flow to Stromness, enter the Neolithic heart of Orkney at Skara Brae, Maes Howe and the Ring of Brodgar, all acclaimed wonders of prehistory. Returning to Caithness, if His Royal Highness is not in residence, tour the late Queen Mother's Scottish home at Castle of Mey and Gardens.
Cruise the rugged north coast to our overnight anchorage in Loch Eriboll, heading onwards to the Outer Hebrides. Land on the magical Shiant Isles in awe of the black basalt cliffs nested by thousands of breeding seabirds, en route for north-west Skye. Here, majestic Dunvegan Castle has surveyed the loch for over 800 years as the ancestral home of the powerful MacLeods. Ashore on Canna, the flourishing oasis of Canna House Walled Garden has been lovingly transformed from a derelict plot by the National Trust for Scotland.
Step back into Edwardian days at Kinloch Castle, a vision of 'La Belle Epoque' in the rugged setting of Rum. Relax on the wildlife haven of Muck, a far cry from wild Ardnamurchan and opulent Glenborrodale Castle and Gardens, our final landfall.
