Including 2 Gala Dinners
Ashore on Colonsay, home to a startling array of 400 wild flower and 150 bird species, enjoy the turning colours of woodland Colonsay House Gardens.
Land at Loch Tarbert on the wildlife wilderness to walk beneath the towering Paps of Jura. Step onto the southernmost of the Inner Hebrides on Islay, synonymous with whisky, and home to eight working distilleries. Take an island tour including Finlaggan, historical centre of the Lords of the Isles, with lunch at Port Charlotte Hotel and a visit to Bowmore with its round church and distillery. In Kilmartin Glen, scattered with hundreds of ancient sites, grasp the sheer history of Dunadd Fort, the birthplace of Dalriada and the Scottish nation.
On Mull, Duart Castle has guarded its headland for centuries as the seat of the powerful Clan MacLean. Ashore in the wild setting of Ardnamurchan, taste the refined elegance of Edwardian Glenborrodale Castle and Gardens, lavishly built on the wooded lower slopes of the glen. Onwards to the smallest of the Small Isles, enjoy strolls on the tranquil wildlife haven of Muck, aptly named after the porpoises that swim offshore. From Loch Scavaig on Skye stride along Loch Coruisk, overshadowed by the jagged Cuillin Ridge, one of the greatest ranges in Great Britain. Devastated by the Clearances, Canna is peaceful now within the flowering oasis of Canna House Walled Garden, rescued from dereliction by the National Trust for Scotland.
Discover Rum's Edwardian past at Kinloch Castle, built by Sir George Bullough, playboy son of the island's owner, Sir John Bullough, the Lancashire textile millionaire. Mull is our last island call, with time to shop and stroll along the lively waterfront at Tobermory.
