2016 Cruise Directory Highlands & Islands of Scotland Northern Ireland & The Isle of Man

By appointment to HM The Queen Provision of cruise holidays on Hebridean Princess All Leisure Holidays Ltd, trading as Hebridean Island Cruises Welcome to the 2016 Hebridean Princess Cruise Directory

With around 65% of our guests returning each year to sail on board Hebridean Princess, it is imperative that our standard of service never falls short of what is expected – exceptional. For us, guest enjoyment is paramount to the success of Hebridean Island Cruises and this includes the enviable reputation that Hebridean Princess has come to enjoy during her 27 seasons of operation. Over the years I have had the pleasure of meeting many guests and from the comments and feedback provided on After Cruise Questionnaires, it is pleasing to learn that we appear to be getting most things right. We cannot, however, be complacent and we know that we must strive to im- prove our product. This winter, during our annual refit and maintenance period, we seized the opportunity to refurbish many of the public areas on board in- cluding the Tiree Lounge, the Conservatory, the Look-Out Lounge and the Li- brary. We pride ourselves on everything we do and our common goal is to ensure that each and every guest is provided with the highest quality of service, care and attention to detail in every possible way. We very much look forward to welcoming you on board in 2016.

Best regards

Ken Charleson Chief Operating Officer Contents

Genuinely fully-inclusive 2 Crew 3 Life on board – public rooms 4-7 Dining and cuisine 8-9 Going ashore 10-11 Themed cruises, guest speakers and guides 12-13 Partnerships 14 Belmond Royal Scotsman train 15 Islands A-Z 16-19 Cruise itineraries 20-97 Cabins 98-104 Good connections 105 On board A-Z 106-107 What you need to know 108 Cabin facilities 109 Deck plans 110

99% of our guests have told us they had an enjoyable holiday

98% have told us they would consider cruising on Hebridean Princess again

99% of our guests would recommend Hebridean Princess to others

* Percentages are based on our 2014 cruising season and are calculated from the total of returned After-Cruise Questionnaires

Hebridean Princess, Loch Linnhe Hebridean Princess Genuinely fully-inclusive and more...

Each cruise includes Port taxes All pier and harbour dues. Meals and drinks All meals on board and ashore, snacks Gratuities and picnics as shown in the itineraries Hebridean operates a ‘no tipping’ and fresh fruit from baskets around policy. the ship. Champagne, wines (excluding wines on the Library Wines list), plus A celebration beers, spirits, soft drinks, tea, coffee If you plan to mark a special occasion and other hot drinks. on board, perhaps a wedding anniversary or birthday, we will be Shore visits only too happy to help you celebrate Entrance fees to all castles, gardens by arranging for Champagne, a cake and other places of interest, as well or canapés, to enjoy in the privacy as transfers between the ship and of your cabin, or maybe share with each destination ashore, as shown in family and friends in the Library. the itineraries. To celebrate these happy moments in true Hebridean style, please place Guides and guest speakers a special request through our Knowledgeable guides accompany reservations staff. all cruises, both on board and on the tours ashore, with three experienced Not included guides on the Footloose walking • Travel to and from our private itineraries. Guest speakers feature on coach transfer points selected cruises. • Wines on the Library Wines list Bicycles • Any private shore visits organised Use of the ship’s bicycles to by request which are not part of explore ashore. the cruise itinerary

Internet • Personal telephone calls Free Wi-Fi access and use of the • Items purchased from the ship’s iPads, located in the Library. Hebridean Princess shop

Transfers and car parking • Personal laundry

Private coach transfers from the local Travel with family and friends airport or train station to and from If you would prefer to holiday with Hebridean Princess. For those your family and friends, why not wishing to drive, secure parking is invite them to join you on board provided at the port. Hebridean Princess, for the supreme Insurance cruising experience? Single trip travel insurance. Charters Restrictions may apply. Alternatively enjoy the ultimate Extra activities private party afloat and charter Hebridean Princess for up to At no extra charge, your holiday can 50 guests. be made even more enjoyable with fishing trips and speedboat rides, which can be arranged on request.

2 Crew

At Hebridean Island Cruises we believe it is simply not possible to look after large numbers of guests properly and give them the really personal service that differentiates an extraordinary holiday from a merely good one. That is why, on Hebridean Princess, you will find only 50 like-mined souls and no fewer than 38 crew to look after you.

If you would like to be known by Discreet service is the bedrock of your name within moments of our reputation and the uncannily coming on board, to have your accurate anticipation of your needs is smallest preferences remembered, a skill that our crew has developed then mass-market style cruising will into almost an art form. never be a satisfactory alternative. For us, resoluteness in the pursuit of Everything we do receives the same perfection is something for which, in level of care and attention; from the our view, there is no alternative. carefully conceived shore visits to the Behind the scenes we will be striving spectacular overnight anchorages, day and night to ensure that yours is the exquisite menus and the unique the best holiday you have taken. and individually designed cabins, Your job is to simply sit back, relax every little detail aims to ensure that and slow down – Hebridean style! the whole experience is so complete that you will never even notice.

Captain Richard Heaton

Captain Trevor Bailey

3 Tiree Lounge

Life on board – public rooms

After an energetic walk ashore, Having recently undergone a major providing cosy areas grouped the comfort and homeliness of makeover by renowned interior around perhaps the most extraordinary designers John Dick & Son, the public feature of the ship – a brick Hebridean Princess welcomes rooms on board Hebridean Princess inglenook fireplace! you back as though to your own offer a truly cosy and welcoming home; and that is how we, and atmosphere. ‘A Floating Country House’ is how we more importantly our guests, like have described Hebridean Princess The Tiree Lounge, with its intimate for many years and remain true to the to think of this unusual little ship. bar, is the social focal point; original description. Fifty like-minded ‘Like home but better’ is how she beautifully designed and filled with guests mix in a convivial atmosphere has previously been described. soft armchairs and welcoming sofas and create a house party mood.

4 Tiree Lounge

Conservatory

Library

Tiree Lounge

5 Library

Look-Out Lounge Library

6 Library In the peaceful wood-panelled Painted, rattan furniture brings a Library a masculine feel has been casual feel to the Conservatory created, using leather, unique and the natural look has been upholstery and dark woods and complemented by the beautifully should a spot of solitude appeal, restored teak flooring. A wonderfully there is a fine selection of reference calm space to enjoy the scenery. and general interest books to be enjoyed. The emphasis on low key entertainment is complemented by The soft tones furnishing the Look-Out the gentle art of conversation and

Lounge flow seamlessly from the the certain knowledge that fellow Look-Out Lounge colour palette in the foyer areas, guests have chosen this style of creating a relaxing space to take in holiday as much for what it doesn’t the stunning views. offer as for what it does.

Conservatory

Conservatory

7 Columba Restaurant

Dining and cuisine

The Columba Restaurant, with its cherry-wood panelling, fine artworks and discreet lighting is a romantic venue to enjoy the genial ambiance. Single-sitting dining means that your designated table for two awaits and, for solo travellers, the senior Officers invite guests to join them in convivial groups.

8 It is said that sea air stimulates the Dinners and most lunches are served with fresh fruit, home-baked breads, appetite and it is certainly our in the elegant Columba Restaurant, cooked Scottish fayre and of course, experience that, after a morning or through whose large windows the Chef’s own take on that Scottish afternoon ashore, guests are eager to scenery glides by as you dine. On staple (porridge), with or without a be taken to the very finest destinations occasions, lunch may be served al wee dram! of haute cuisine created by a talented fresco and, on certain cruises, Chef brigade of chefs and lead by will take his skills ashore and produce Our Gala Dinners are sparkling Scotland’s finest culinary artists. a legendary Hebridean picnic – an occasions, from the Champagne extraordinary contrast to the rugged reception in the Tiree Lounge to Only the freshest and finest scenery in which it will be served. a gourmet dinner – and no cruise ingredients are used in our menu would be complete without a choices, most of which are procured Breakfasts are informal and are as traditional recital of Robert Burns’ from local suppliers. healthy or as hearty as you choose Address to the Haggis!

9 Going ashore

Unlike most cruise ships, a Hebridean Princess cruise includes a large number of shore visits. From cultural to historical, serious walking and biking to simply strolling around the bay, the opportunities to experience the peace are endless.

10 Main image: Footloose on Rum; Insets left to right: Shona, our tender; Inverewe Garden; Our speed boat On most days Hebridean Princess Some of the islands we visit are so Our long-standing connections in this berths or anchors in different off the beaten track that no landing remote corner of the kingdom enable locations both morning and place is available. We will then use our us to arrange visits to privately afternoon, whilst the ship’s tenders special beach landing craft for an owned castles and garden, with an are on hand to operate a shuttle exciting chance to wander an opportunity to talk to the owners service ashore. Should you choose uninhabited island or headland. and enjoy the different dimension of to wander at will, the small boats are a visit that is utterly personal. always available to transport you The effects of the Gulf Stream bring back on board if the yearning for a a warmth and a fertility to this region Small numbers and common interests glass of something or chef’s afternoon that make it quite unlike any other in ensure that visits ashore are fascinating, tea prove too hard to resist. the British Isles. instructive and utterly enjoyable.

11 Themed cruises, guest speakers and guides

Themes

Whilst our ‘Footloose’ walking programme has been a feature of

our sailing calendar for many years, Brodick Castle Talisker Distillery its success has inspired the inclusion of other themed itineraries for 2016.

Charles MacLean Spirit of Scotland 15th to 22nd March 2016 Page 26-27 Footloose Walking

D & DR Footloose walking cruises are accompanied O IN O K Flavours of Scotland F by three highly experienced guides, two 5th to 12th April 2016 I N T Page 32-33 of whom are specialist walking guides TERES with an intimate knowledge of the terrain. These exhilarating itineraries cater for all RDE whether you are a seasoned walker, GA N Castles and Gardens prefer to stroll, or to vary the pace from of the North 12th to 19th April 2016 day to day. IN T TERES Page 34-35 Gardens

LKI A NG Footloose through the Relish the magnificent splendour of W some of Britain’s most beautiful gardens, Inner Isles 26th April to 3rd May 2016 cossetted by the warming effects of the C E R U I S Page 38-39 Gulf Stream; a true horticultural extravaganza. Sarah Staniforth Classical Music Northern Ireland Explorer 17th to 24th May 2016 Explore the Inner Hebrides with classical Page 44-45 music recitals in some of the most inspiring locations imaginable, including & W re ild Fingal’s Cave on Staffa, the inspiration for u li t f Call of the Wild a e Mendelssohn. N 24th to 31st May 2016

I Page 46-47 nterest Food and Drink Scotland is renowned for some of the ORLD St Kilda, Islands on freshest and most mouth-watering W the Edge cuisine throughout the world and this 31st May to 7th June 2016 H E E cruise will introduce you to some of the RITAG Page 48-49 finest restaurants in the Western Isles.

RDE Jim Gardiner GA N Whisky Scotland in Colour 7th to 14th June 2016 Scottish whiskies are regarded by many IN T TERES Page 50-51 as the world’s most revered drink. Their differing tastes are influenced by peat,

smoke and even the sea and may be KI AL NG Footloose in the classed as works of art in their own right. W Outer Isles On this cruise we explore some of the 14th to 21st June 2016 C R E greatest distilleries on the west coast U I S Page 52-53 of Scotland. 12 Knowledgeable guides

No cruise on board Hebridean Princess would be complete without our Village Bay, St Kilda Ring of Brodgar, Orkney specially selected guides, who have sailed with us for a number of years, contributing their particular spheres of expertise and interest to enrich your R O LD The Hebridean Outposts W stay on board and make your holiday of St Kilda

H 28th June to 5th July 2016 experience even more special. E E RITAG Page 56-57 A highly knowledgeable and

CAL M SI U experienced guide accompanies guests S S A Hebridean Symphony I L C C 5th to 12th July 2016 for the duration of each cruise, with

IN T Page 58-59 three on ‘Footloose’ walking itineraries, TERES always there to offer information and an occasional helping hand. Single Rear Admiral John Lippiett AVAL N guests can enjoy their company at Following the Grand Fleet dinner, when they join an Officer’s 12th to 21st July 2016 H Y ISTO R Page 60-61 table in the Columba Restaurant. After-dinner talks, over coffee and petit fours, are enjoyable moments, LKIN A G outlining the next day’s activities and W Footloose in the Far North 30th July to 8th August 2016 shedding fresh light on the unique C R U I S E Page 64-65 regions through which we sail.

Professor Jane Downes ORI Enriching T CA IS L H Julie Gibson Stone Age Scotland guest speakers

IN T TERES 8th to 16th August 2016 Page 66-67 The enrichment of discovery and thrill of knowledge put Hebridean Princess

D & DR cruises in a category of their own. O IN O K Flavours of Scotland F 4th to 11th October 2016 Our on board speakers are chosen

I N T Page 84-85 precisely because they are among TERES some of the best authorities in their field. Passionate about their subject, Highland Heritage these captivating orators bring each 11th to 18th October 2016 cruise alive and are delighted to share Page 86-87 their knowledge with their fellow guests – a true meeting of minds. Miranda Krestovnikoff Call of the Clyde During our 2016 season Guest 25th October to Speakers will accompany seven 1st November 2016 Page 90-91 specially selected cruises.

David Winpenny CH ITE TU H R C A R L Grand Houses and Castles A of the Clyde I N T T E R E S 1st to 8th November 2016 Page 92-93

13 Partnerships Inveraray Castle

Crarae Strachur Strachur House NADFAS Ardkinglas House Rhu Loch Fyne Hill House Hebridean Island Cruises is proud to be associated with GREENOCK NADFAS, a prestigious association which has great synergies Finlaystone House with Hebridean. Not only are members entitled to a 5% INVERCLYDE saving on any Hebridean Princess cruise*, they will also be BUTE Largs helping to support NADFAS by booking a Hebridean cruise. Ardgowan House Kelburn Castle Our NADFAS recommended cruise in 2016 is Grand Houses and Castles Firth of of the Clyde, featuring NADFAS lecturer, David Winpenny, who has a ARRAN Clyde fascination with architecture and garden history. Troon Please refer to pages 92-93 for full details of this cruise. Dumfries House Dundonald Castle *Not combinable with any other offer. Campbeltown Glenbarr Abbey

OBAN

National Trust Craobh Haven Arduaine Garden

JURA Tayvallich As part of All Leisure Holidays, Hebridean Island Cruises has teamed up with the National Trust to offer members a wonderful range of cruises in 2016. Not only will members

be entitled to a 5% saving off any Hebridean Princess cruise*, Cushendun Ballycastle they will also be helping to support the National Trust. Giant’s Causeway Glenarm Carrick-a-Rede Glemarm Castle Rope Bridge Our National Trust partnership cruise, Northern Ireland Explorer, features Sarah Staniforth, former Museums and Collections Director of the Belfast Titanic Exhibition Bangor National Trust. Mount Stewart House Strangford Lough Please refer to pages 44-45 for full details of this cruise. Derrymore House *Not combinable with any other offer. Warrenpoint Carlingford Lough

Sea-Changers

The preservation of the cruising environment in which Hebridean Princess operates, and the marine life which it supports, is of great importance to Hebridean Island Cruises. For that reason we are delighted to continue our dedicated partnership with the marine conservation charity, Sea-Changers.

Sea-Changers is a charity with the mission of raising funds for marine conservation, primarily in the UK. Their vision is to create a world where seas and shores are clean and healthy, marine species are protected and where, far from damaging the oceans, those who use the sea for travel or their leisure pursuits, positively contribute to the sustainability of the marine environment. Since the partnership began, Hebridean guests have raised well over £10,000 to support marine conservation work in the UK. For more information on Sea-Changers please call our reservations staff on 01756 704704 or visit www.sea-changers.org.uk

14 Registered Charity England and Wales No 1142119 and Scotland No. SCO43922 Belmond Royal Scotsman Scotland’s Luxury Sleeper Train

Hebridean Princess and Belmond Royal Scotsman, Scotland's Luxury Sleeper Train, have teamed up to offer the ultimate luxury tour of Scotland. A journey on Belmond Royal Scotsman takes you straight to the heart of the Scottish Highlands.

The train’s interior is designed as a Belmond Royal Scotsman Journeys: luxurious home from home and just • 3 or 4-nights on the Belmond Royal 36 guests travel through Scotland’s Scotsman, as specified, including all meals, finest countryside in private cabins wine, alcoholic and non-alcoholic decorated in country style. There are beverages, visits and entertainment; glorious views from every window, • Post-train journey accommodation, as but to get really close to the scenery indicated*, at the 5-star Balmoral Hotel, and feel the bracing air, head to the Edinburgh on a bed and breakfast basis; open deck observation carriage at • A chauffeur driven transfer from the the rear. Balmoral Hotel to Hebridean’s private coach on the day of cruise embarkation; Life on board this luxury train is relaxed and indulgent, with gastronomic * Please note that some journeys do not require dining in the two dining cars where accommodation between the end of the train you will be treated to the delicious journey and commencement of the cruise. cuisine of the on board chefs. Belmond Royal Scotsman Itinerary Highlights: Service is attentive, but never intrusive (all journeys start and end at Edinburgh and colourful touches, such as being Waverley Railway Station) welcomed on board at Edinburgh Waverley Station by a Highland Piper, Western Journey (3 nights) add to the thrill of the experience. Rannoch Moor · Morar · Glenfinnan · Nevis Gorge Along the way, guests disembark to · Weymss Bay · Isle of Bute · Mount Stuart House meet local personalities, talk to experts on subjects from salmon Classic Journey (4 nights) fishing to whisky and take part in fun Idyllic town of Keith · Glen Ord Distillery · For more information or to book Luib Summit · Plockton · Eilean Donan Castle · a cruise extension contact our reservations activities; a truly Scottish rail Ballindalloch Castle · Strathspey Railway · team on 01756 704704 or email: vacation par excellence. Rothiemurchus Estate · Glamis Castle · Tay Bridge [email protected]

Belmond Royal Scotsman

Balmoral Hebridean Hotel Princess Hebridean Princess Departure Date Journey Name Nights Nights Departure Date Cruise Itinerary Page

22nd April Western Journey 31 26th April Footloose through the Inner Isles 38-39 29th April Western Journey 31 3rd May Westward to Harris and Lewis 40-41 6th May Western Journey 31 10th May Voyage to the Outer Isles 42-43 13th May Western Journey 31 17th May Northern Ireland Explorer 44-45 20th May Western Journey 30 24th May Call of the Wild 46-47 2nd June Classic Journey 41 7th June Scotland in Colour 50-51 10th June Western Journey 31 14th June Footloose in the Outer Isles 52-53 17th June Western Journey 31 21st June Manx Heritage 54-55 24th June Western Journey 31 28th June The Hebridean Outposts of St Kilda 56-57 2nd September Western Journey 31 6th September Argyll's Atlantic Islands 74-75 16th September Western Journey 31 20th September Westward to Harris and Lewis 80-81 23rd September Western Journey 31 27th September Voyage to the Outer Isles 82-83 6th October Classic Journey 41 11th October Highland Heritage 86-87

15 Kisimul Castle, Barra

Scottish Islands A-Z

The wildly beautiful coast of Scotland is scattered with hundreds of islands and islets shaped by the relentless pounding of the sea and the ever-changing weather. Sublimely secluded, all are unique, forming a world apart that is little-known and accessible to the very few – yours to explore from the comfort of our delightfully small ship, Hebridean Princess. Experience their magic and mystery; revel in their rich diversity from the Firth of Clyde to the Inner and Outer Hebrides, and over the Pentland Firth to the Northern Isles with their distinctive Nordic feel. Come and discover these precious island gems.

Arran Please see pages 20, 23, 24, 26, 94 and 97 Colonsay Firth of Clyde Islands Canna, Small Isles Inner Hebrides Influenced by the mild North Atlantic Inner Hebrides Another bird-haven, home to some Drift, Arran is a wildlife haven rising to Joined to Sanday by a causeway, 200 bird species including the elusive high peaks, including four Corbetts. secluded Canna lies less than 5 miles corncrake, and 400 species of flora, At the foot of the highest, Goatfell, (8 km) off Rum. Dubbed the ‘Garden of Colonsay is a landscape of many nestles 16th century red-sandstone the Hebrides’, this elongated, green contrasts from machair to woods, Brodick Castle, close to Brodick town. and grassy isle is capped by magnetic moors to green fields and rocky to Fifteen miles (24 km) to the north, the Compass Hill at 458 feet (140 m) in the sandy cliff-backed shores. Its finest 14th century ruined castle of Lochranza north. Canna was one of the earliest beach is dramatic Kiloran Bay and was once a royal hunting lodge. Christian settlements, associated with inland lie the exotic woodland gardens Please see pages 20, 23, 26, 90 and 94 St Columba, who was later adopted of Colonsay House. as its patron saint. Please see pages 30, 33, 50, 59, 74 and 84 Barra Please see pages 43, 66, 69, 78 and 82 Outer Hebrides Cumbraes Named after a 6th century saint and Firth of Clyde Islands world-famous for its unique beach The contrasting Cumbraes afford fine airport, Traigh Mòr, Barra is a beautiful, views to the mainland, Arran and Bute. tranquil island with a fascinating Green and undulating Great Cumbrae is history. Golden beaches backed by home to the only town at Millport, sandy, wild flower-dotted machair elegantly lining Millport Bay. Here the surround a more rugged interior. The tiny but beautiful Cathedral of the Isles, main centre is the once prosperous regarded as Britain’s smallest cathedral, herring port of Castlebay, where the seats only 100 worshippers. Rough and Macneil’s medieval fortress, Kisimul rocky Little Cumbrae, held by the Castle, perches on a rock outcrop Hunters and later by the Montgomeries, offshore. Coll was maintained as a royal hunting Please see pages 43, 52, 56, 69, 70, 78 and 82 forest. Its surviving ruins include the castle demolished by Oliver Cromwell’s Coll army in 1650 and a small chapel Bute Inner Hebrides dedicated to St Beya. Firth of Clyde Islands The rocky, wild and virtually treeless Please see pages 20, 23, 90 and 94 Crossed by the Highland Boundary island of Coll was first settled in Fault, Bute is an isle of distinctly the Stone Age. Dotted with ruined contrasting landscapes from the bare, cottages, this bird haven is rounded and craggy uplands of the picturesquely clad in flower-dotted north to the lower, undulating and machair, fringed by silver-white fertile south. Golden beaches fringe the beaches, and offers refreshing bike west coast, many with views over the rides and walks. Sound towards Arran. The Victorian Please see pages 29, 30, 43, 69 and 82 resort of Rothesay is the only town.

16 Eigg, Small Isles Handa Inner Hebrides Inner Hebrides Bought out by its islanders in 1997, This small, rock isle sits across the Eigg has been settled since prehistoric Sound of Handa from the wildly times and was once the seat of the beautiful west coast of Sutherland. Lord of the Isles. Its rich past is marked Magnificent, horizontally stratified by Iron Age forts, a 6th century church, rocks of Torridonian sandstone to the Viking burial mounds and a graveyard north-west, weathered through time that into ledges, form a perfect habitat for is a moving testament to the 395 nesting seabirds, making Handa one of MacDonalds massacred in a cave by the largest colonies in north-western Europe. Puffin have returned, and other the MacLeods in 1577. Rising sheer Kildalton Cross, Islay species include the red-throated and above the plateau of this wildlife black-throated diver, eider and shell Islay reserve, columnar pitchstone An Sgurr duck. The island was abandoned by its Inner Hebrides adds magic and mystery. eight resident families in 1847. Erstwhile seat of the MacDonalds, Please see pages 38, 40, 77, 81 and 87 Please see page 46 Lords of the Isles, mild Islay is Eriska renowned for the peaty single malts of its eight operating distilleries. Islay Inner Hebrides abounds in birdlife at the RSPB Loch ‘Water-nymph Island’ in Gaelic, Eriska is Gruinart Nature Reserve, hub of a a flat tidal 300 acres (121 ha) island at barnacle geese colony and historic the entrance to Loch Creran, linked by treasures from the 18th century round bridge to the mainland. Privately- church at Bowmore to the late owned, it is run as a luxury hotel, based 9th century High Cross of Kildalton. at Scottish Baronial Eriska House, built in 1884 by the Stewarts of Appin, in Please see pages 26, 33, 55, 59, 74, 84 and 90 wooded grounds. Jura Please see pages 33 and 84 Inner Hebrides Luskentyre beach, Harris Eriskay Crowned by the landmark Paps, Jura is a place of wild beauty offering a haven Outer Hebrides Harris to a wide range of wildlife, including The reputation of the tiny, hilly yet Outer Hebrides some 6,500 red deer. Glaciated raised well-populated isle of Eriskay extends Historically and geographically apart beaches are a marked feature of its far beyond its shores. Home to a rare from Lewis, Harris is a small region of western shores, with the treacherous pony breed, once used in the mines, it many contrasts, offering wonderful Corryvreckan Whirlpool to the north. was here that Bonnie Prince Charlie walks and the beauty of Luskentyre Jura has one tiny village of 200 first stepped onto Scottish soil in 1745. beach on its sandy western shores. residents, Craighouse, where the small Eriskay is also famed as the site of the Rodel boasts the finest Pre-Reformation Jura Distillery has produced a unique sinking of the SS Politician offshore in church in the Western Isles and the single malt since 1810. 1941, which inspired Compton Harris tweeds produced here are Please see pages 26, 55, 59, 69 and 74 MacKenzie’s novel and the 1949 film, world-famous. Although tenacious ‘Whisky Galore’. Gaelic strongholds today, Harris and Kerrera Please see pages 49, 52, 70 and 78 neighbouring Lewis were the last of the Hebrides to adopt the language. Inner Hebrides Fair Isle, Shetland Please see pages 40, 52, 70 and 81 Tiny Kerrera tranquilly guards the entrance to Oban from its two sheltered Northern Isles Hoy, Orkney harbours at Ardentrive Bay and Horse Fair Isle’s landscape of high red-sandstone Northern Isles Shoe Bay. Historically a stepping-stone cliffs descends to a low coastline in the for cattle drovers between Mull and the south. Archaeological sites bear witness Measuring 55 square miles, Hoy is the second largest island of the mainland, this fertile and hilly isle is to its occupation since the Bronze Age. crowned by the Renaissance MacDougall An important watch-point for migrating Orkney archipelago and is connected to neighbouring South Walls by a stronghold of Gylen Castle. birds, Fair Isle has been the site of a causeway called The Ayre. Hoy is home Please see pages 26, 29 and 55 permanent observatory since 1948. to some of the highest sea cliffs in the The island is also synonymous with its UK as well as the impressive and unique geometric knitting, of possible famous sea stack, the Old Man of Hoy. Spanish or Scandinavian origin. Please see pages 60 and 64 Please see pages 63, 64 and 66 Holy Isle Firth of Clyde Islands Located across Lamlash Bay, Holy Isle has a long history as a sacred site; a spring or Holy Well held to have healing properties, the hermit cave of 6th century monk Saint Molaise and evidence of a 13th century monastery Callanish Standing Stones, Lewis can be found here and there is evidence of some runic writing on the roof of the cave of Saint Molaise. Lewis Outer Hebrides Achamore House Gardens, Gigha Please see pages 90 and 94 Lewis is the largest and most northerly Iona of the Hebrides, forming one island Gigha Inner Hebrides with Harris. Most of its wild landscape, rising to 1,800 feet (549 m) in the south, Inner Hebrides The exiled Irish prince and missionary St Columba reached Iona in 563 to is cloaked in peat bog – hence its Gaelic Three miles (4.8 km) west of Kintyre, found his community, landing at pebbled name ‘Leodhas’, meaning ‘marshy’. green and fertile Gigha, ‘God’s’ or St Columba’s Bay in the south, as the The Callanish Standing Stones and ‘Good Island’, is now owned by its legend goes. Originally dating from the well-preserved Carloway Broch 5 miles community. In addition to dairy 12th century, the restored abbey remains (8 km) to the north stand testament to farming, goats are reared to produce a a much-revered place of pilgrimage. An its occupation since prehistoric times. distinctive, fruit-shaped cheese – one of enjoyable walk across the windswept The port of Stornoway is the only town. the isle’s main exports. Ardminish is the machair leads to the Bay at the Back of Please see pages 40, 46, 49, 52, 56, 60, 66, only village and site of Achamore the Ocean, with its Spouting Cave, 70 and 81 House set in facing the open Atlantic and America. 50 acre (20 ha) gardens planted by Please see pages 29, 30, 33, 59, 69 and 84 Sir James Horlick. 17 Please see pages 50, 69, 74 and 90 Lunga, Treshnish Isles Please see pages 30, 34, 43, 49, 52, 78 and 82 Inner Hebrides Designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, Lunga is rich in plant life with many rare and endangered species native to the island. Described as a ‘green jewel in a peacock sea’ Lunga was inhabited until 1857 and the remains of the ruined village and its blackhouses can still be seen today. Please see page 69 Village Bay, St Kilda Mainland, Orkney Northern Isles Mull Inner Hebrides Home to the burgh of Kirkwall, the Fringed by an indented 300 miles Orcadian capital, and more recent (480 km) coastline, Mull is an island of Stromness, dating from the 16th century, sweeping moors broken occasionally Mainland is the most densley populated by picturesque clearings. Colourful of the Orcadian isles. Its fertile soil Georgian-fronted Tobermory is the attracted settlers from prehisoric times, capital and Craignure the main port, as witnessed by the UNESCO World south-east of which lie Scottish Heritage Neolithic Heart of Orkney, and Baronial Torosay Castle and ancient later Pictish remains. As with the whole Duart Castle, seat of the Macleans. of the archipelago, the influence of the Norsemen was strong. Please see pages 30, 33, 34, 38, 43, 46, 49, 50, 59, 69, 82, 84 and 87 Please see pages 60, 63, 64 and 66 Raasay Inner Hebrides Located between Skye and the mainland, Raasay, ‘Isle of the Roe Deer’, is relatively low-lying in the north and mountainous in the south, rising to 1,453 feet (443 m) on central Dun Caan. Visited by Boswell and Johnson in 1773, the island is most famous as the birthplace of Scottish Renaissance poet Sorley Maclean. The main village is Inverarish. Sumburgh Head, Shetland Please see pages 38, 40, 60, 77, 81 and 87

Mainland, Shetland Rum, Small Isles Northern Isles Inner Hebrides Home to Shetland’s only burgh of Capped by Askival (2,664 ft/ 812 m) in Lerwick, Mainland is the third-largest of the rocky Cuillin, the wildlife haven of the Scottish Islands. The long peninsula of South Mainland, south of Lerwick, consists mainly of mixed farmland and moorland with many important archaeological sites, including Sumburgh and Scalloway. Blessed with varied scenery ranging from the charming to the wildly dramatic, the island is a paradise for birds and wildlife from otters to orcas. Please see pages 63, 64 and 66

Mingulay, Berneray and Pabbay The Quiraing, Skye Outer Hebrides Rum is a National Nature Reserve and At the south tip of the Hebrides, these research centre. Owned by Scottish three uninhabited Bishop’s Isles, swathed Natural Heritage since 1957, it was in white sandy beaches and flower- bought by the Lancashire industrialist scattered machair, are awe-inspiring John Bullough in 1879. At the turn of from the sea. Around Berneray 600 feet the 20th century, his playboy son, (183 m) cliffs, nested by thousands of Sir George built the folly of Kinloch seabirds, tower up dramatically from Castle, which remains a time-capsule the sea. In the north, the Lewisian of those headier Edwardian days. gneiss ‘Hermit Island’ of Pabbay, settled by an early Christian community, as its Please see pages 29, 34, 38, 46, 69 and 77 Old Norse name implies, is an ideal spot Bay of Newark, Sanday on which to land. Sanda Please see pages 43, 49, 52, 69 and 82 Firth of Clyde Islands Sanda, ‘Sandaigh’ in Gaelic, is a small, Muck, Small Isles privately-owned island off the southern Inner Hebrides tip of the Kintyre Peninsula. An important bird migration and breeding The flat and fertile Isle of Muck point, it is a Site of Special Scientific scattered with wild flowers and rimmed Interest (SSSI), housing the first bird by silver shell-sand beaches, is a observatory on the west coast of peaceful haven for puffin, kittiwake, Scotland. Although the island is treeless fulmar, shearwater, sea-eagle and the today, north-western Wood Hill porpoises that swim off its shores. Port indicates that this was not always so. Mòr is the only village, where the tearoom and craft shop serves Please see page 23, 26, 90 and 94 delicious home baking. Sanday, Orkney 18 Staffa Please see pages 30, 43, 70 and 82 Inner Hebrides The Uists Staffa, named ‘Stave’ or ‘Pillar Island’ by Outer Hebrides the Vikings, lying 6 miles (10 km) west A paradise for walkers, the tranquil of Mull, was formed volcanically at the Uists abound in geological and same time as the Giant’s Causeway, historical contrasts. The low-lying bird- cooling into mainly hexagonal black haven of North Uist, scattered with basalt columns. Cliffs rising to 131 feet green-blue lochans, is Norse and (40 m) are riddled with caves, the most Protestant by tradition, and a world famous of which is Fingal’s Cave at apart from the Catholic and Gaelic Staffa’s southern tip, discovered by stronghold of South Uist. The second- Sir Joseph Banks on 13th August 1772 largest of the Outer Isles, South Uist’s Grobust beach, Westray en route to Iceland and named after softer, undulating landscape is carpeted legendary Irish hero, Finn MacCool. in flower-decked machair and fringed by dunes. Westray, Orkney Please see pages 33, 58, 59 and 84 Northern Isles ‘Queen of the North Isles’, Westray is Stroma, Orkney one of Orkney’s most prosperous islands, Northern Isles engaged in farming and fishing. Its wide The most southerly of the islands in the array of archaeological sites range from Pentland Firth, Stroma lies between prehistoric settlements to medieval Orkney and Caithness. The island's kirks. Wildlife and flora flourish, with population fell from 375 people in 1901 seals and the extraordinary bird cliffs at to just 12 by 1961. The last native Noup Head, nested by Arctic tern, islanders left at the end of the following gannet, guillemot, corncrake, razorbill, year, while Stroma's final abandonment fulmar, teal, shoveller, tufted duck and came in 1997 when the lighthouse puffin. Langais Stone Circle, North Uist keepers and their families departed. Please see pages 64 and 66 Please see page 60 Please see pages 43, 49, 52, 66, 70, 78 and 82 Whalsay, Shetland Unst, Shetland Northern Isles Northern Isles Lying off the east coast of Shetland’s Measuring just 46 square miles, Unst is Mainland, a little east of Voe, Whalsay, the most northern of the inhabited from the old Norse for ‘Whale Island’ is British Isles and the third largest of the the 6th largest of the Shetland islands. Shetland Islands. Baltasound is the Better known to Scottish fishermen as capital town and the second largest ‘The Bonnie Isle’, fishing is the foremost fishing port of Shetland after Lerwick. local industry with the main fishing fleet based at Symbister, the principal Please see pages 63 and 64 settlement. A museum has been created in the restored Symbister Pierhouse, Vat of Kirbister, Stronsay Ulva also called the Hanseatic Booth, to Inner Hebrides exhibit details of fishing from centuries Situated off Mull, the tiny isle of Ulva past, when German merchants from the Stronsay, Orkney is a traffic-free haven covering barely Hanseatic League traded for the cured Northern Isles 2 square miles (5 km2) and home to fish which were caught from open boats. One of the Orcadian isles, Stronsay was only 16 permanent residents. One of The impressive Georgian mansion, dubbed ‘Star Island’ in Old Norse after the most ancient settlements in the Symbister House, overlooking its irregular, multi-pointed coastline. Western Isles and erstwhile seat of Clan Symbister harbour was built by the This fertile and flat isle of rich farmland MacQuarrie, the island is now privately Bruce family in the early 1800s. The last with excellent grazing for cattle supports owned by the Howard family. Ulva’s resident laird died in 1944 since when an array of rare plant species, including past is well documented at Sheila’s the house has been the home of the blue-flowered oyster-plant. The Vat Cottage Museum on the west coast. Whalsay School. of Kirbister in the east, near Odin Bay, Please see pages 29 and 69 Please see page 63 is a spectacular feature of a varied coastline, with a number of pristine beaches. The present population of 380 Vatersay is mainly based in the northern village of Outer Hebrides Whitehall. The most southerly of the inhabited Please see page 64 Outer Isles, Vatersay is sliced in two by a narrow bar of sand and machair. With dramatic beaches, spectacular Tanera Mòr, Summer Isles wildlife and a history dating from the Highland Isles Bronze Age, this beautiful isle has much Tanera Mòr is the largest of the to offer. The population of just over Summer Isles, a cluster of scenic islets 70 residents is centred mainly around Yell, Shetland located off the coast of Ullapool. Atop Vatersay town in the south. a lush, grassy hill, the flat summit of Please see pages 43, 52, 69 and 82 Meall Mòr commands panoramic views over the surrounding area. The unique Yell, Shetland private post office issues its own Northern Isles stamps, and opens out of hours especially Inhabited since Neolithic times, the for our visits. North Isle of Yell is the second-largest Please see pages 46, 56 and 73 of the Shetland isles. Its coast is rocky in the west and low-lying and sandy in Tiree the east, with a central region of thick Inner Hebrides peat, the habitat of wild orchids. Noted for its otters, Yell is also home to a Enjoying long hours of sunshine, mild, diverse bird population, including great fertile Tiree is the most westerly of the and Arctic Skua at Lumbister RSPB Vatersay Inner Hebrides. This wild flower and Reserve in the north-west. Burravoe in birdlife haven, with shell-sand blown the south-east is the main settlement. machair and surf-washed beaches, is much favoured by artists for its natural Please see page 63 beauty and colour. Duns and brochs bear witness to its ancient history, while the white Thatched House Museum in Sandaig reveals its more recent crofting past. 19 Inveraray Jail Greenock – Greenock Loch Goil Crarae Strachur Loch Ardkinglas Long House Benmore Botanic Garden Loch Fyne Holy Loch GREENOCK Portavadie Rothesay Tarbert Rothesay INVERCLYDE Doon the Watter Castle BUTE GREAT CUMBRAE Tuesday 1st to Monday 7th March 2016 Cathedral of the Isles 6 nights including 2 Gala Dinners

ARRAN Firth of As spring awakens, join us at the start of the Brodick Clyde 2016 season exploring the Argyll lochs where we visit a castle, grand house, Victorian garden, jail and courtroom complex as well as Britain’s smallest cathedral.

From Greenock we sail to the beautiful island of Great Cumbrae, home to Britain’s smallest cathedral, the Hebridean Highlights Cathedral of the Isles, commissioned by the 6th Earl of G Cathedral of the Isles Glasgow, George Boyle. Sailing to the Isle of Bute we G Inveraray Jail and Courtroom Complex visit Rothesay Castle, recognised for its unusual circular G Ardkinglas House design and history dating back to the 13th century. G Benmore Botanic Garden G Loch Long and Long Goil Our next port of call is the largest of the Clyde islands, Arran, where we enjoy a scenic tour of this once popular Travel Plan – 6 nights island retreat before cruising Loch Fyne and visiting Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices Inveraray Jail, described as one of the best preserved jail Tuesday 1st March – Greenock - Embarkation. and courtroom complexes in the world. Wednesday 2nd March – Morning; Great Cumbrae – Cathedral of the Isles. Onwards to Ardkinglas House, built in 1907 and Afternoon; Rothesay, Bute – Rothesay Castle. considered to be architect Sir Robert Lorimer’s Thursday 3rd March – Morning; Brodick, Arran – Island tour. masterpiece, this was the former home to Johnny Noble, Afternoon; Cruise Loch Fyne. founder of Loch Fyne Oysters. From here we stretch our Friday 4th March – Morning; Crarae – Inveraray Jail. legs in the picturesque fishing village of Tarbert before Afternoon; Strachur – Ardkinglas House. visiting Portavadie, a place of great contrast with its Saturday 5th March – Morning; Tarbert, Loch Fyne – Village walks. Afternoon; Portavadie – Walks ashore. modern marina and which owes its sheltered anchorage Sunday 6th March – Morning; Holy Loch – Benmore Botanic to an ill-fated attempt in the 1970s to regenerate the Garden. area by building oil platforms. Afternoon; Cruise Loch Long and Loch Goil. Monday 7th March – Greenock – Disembarkation. At Holy Loch we discover Benmore Botanic Garden, with its avenue of Giant Redwoods and refurbished Victorian fernery, ahead of our last afternoon taking in the breath- taking scenery as we cruise Loch Long and Loch Goil running deep into the hills of Argyll.

20 Main image: Hebridean Princess, Arran and Great Cumbrae from Largs; Images left to right: Ardkinglas House; Benmore Botanic Garden; Tarbert Castle 21 22 Main image: Brodick Bay, Arran; Images left to right: Northern Gannet; Cathedral of the Isles, Great Cumbrae; Rothesay Castle Greenock – Greenock

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INVERCLYDE BUTE Rothesay Rothesay Castle GREAT CUMBRAE Cathedral of Islands of the Clyde the Isles

ARRAN Firth of Monday 7th to Friday 11th March 2016 Brodick Clyde 4 nights including Welcome Cocktail Party and 1 Gala Dinner Island Tour This cruise also departs on 8th November 2016

The elegance of Hebridean Princess allows us to sample the beauty of the Clyde islands in comfort SANDA AILSA CRAIG with this wonderful four night itinerary that takes us ISLAND Site of Special to Britain’s smallest cathedral and a privately owned Scientific Interest island, designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Steaming from Greenock we sail towards Britain’s smallest cathedral on the delightful island of Great Hebridean Highlights Cumbrae. The cathedral was commissioned by the G Cathedral of the Isles 6th Earl of Glasgow, George Boyle, designed by G Sanda Island – Site of Special Scientific Interest William Butterfield and completed in 1848. Arran is the G Ailsa Craig largest of the Clyde islands and plays host to our next G Rothesay Castle port of call where we enjoy a tour of this once popular island retreat. Travel Plan – 4 nights Onwards to the privately owned Sanda Island, Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its Monday 7th March – Greenock – Embarkation. importance to both migrating and breeding birds and Tuesday 8th March – Morning; Great Cumbrae – Cathedral of which is home to the first bird observatory on the west the Isles. coast of Scotland. Afternoon; Brodick, Arran – Island tour. Wednesday 9th March – Morning; Sanda Island – Walks ashore. An afternoon sail allows us to circumnavigate the Afternoon; Circumnavigate Ailsa Craig. imposing island of Ailsa Craig, once quarried for its blue Thursday 10th March – Morning; Bute – Island tour. Afternoon; Rothesay, Bute – Rothesay Castle. hone granite used in the making of curling stones, but Friday 11th March – Greenock – Disembarkation. now home to vast numbers of gannets and an increasing population of puffins.

Cruising to Bute we take a tour of this island of distinctly contrasting landscapes ahead of our last visit to Rothesay Castle, previously described as one of the most imposing castles in Scotland owing to its long standing history and unusual circular design.

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Loch Loch Goil Long

Holy Loch LochArgyll Fyne Mausoleum Historic Kilmun Loch Striven GREENOCK

INVERCLYDE Tarbert Lochs of Argyll Tarbert Castle Rothesay BUTE Ascog Fernery Friday 11th to Tuesday 15th March 2016 4 nights including Welcome Cocktail Party and 1 Gala Dinner

This cruise also departs on 12th November 2016 Firth of ARRAN Clyde

Escape to the tranquillity of some of the most beautiful and peaceful lochs of Argyll with this four night cruise encompassing village walks, a restored fernery once forgotten by time and a mausoleum built to house the Dukes and Earls of Argyll.

Lying on the geographical fault of the Highland Line, the island of Bute is home to our first visit, Ascog Fernery. Hebridean Highlights Dating to around 1870 this Victorian fernery was G Ascog Fernery rediscovered and restored by its current owners and is G Tarbert Castle believed to house the oldest fern in the United G Loch Striven and Loch Fyne Kingdom – Todea Barbara or ‘the thousand year old fern’. G Historic Kilmun and Argyll Mausoleum G Loch Long and Loch Goil An afternoon cruise continues through the narrow Kyles of Bute and Loch Striven; during World War II the loch Travel Plan – 4 nights was used for training the X-Craft midget submarine Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices crews, deployed to attack the Tirpitz. Friday 11th March – Greenock - Embarkation. Ashore at the fishing village of Tarbert, with its ruined Saturday 12th March – Morning; Rothesay, Bute – Ascog Fernery. Afternoon; Cruise Loch Striven and Kyles of Bute. castle once occupied by Robert the Bruce, we stretch Sunday 13th March – Morning; Tarbert, Loch Fyne – Village our legs before enjoying a scenic cruise of Loch Fyne. walks. Afternoon; Cruise Loch Fyne. Located on the shores of Holy Loch we visit Historic Monday 14th March – Morning; Holy Loch – Historic Kilmun and Kilmun and Argyll Mausoleum. Built in 1790 the Argyll Argyll Mausoleum. Mausoluem was constructed to house the remains of the Afternoon; Cruise Loch Long and Loch Goil. Dukes and Earls of Argyll, Chiefs of the Clan Campbell Tuesday 15th March – Greenock – Disembarkation. and their families. Records indicate that Clan Campbell chiefs have been buried here since the 15th century and the last burial was that of the 10th Duke in 1949.

Our final afternoon is spent cruising Loch Long and Loch Goil where we can enjoy the wonderful remoteness of these lochs, yet so close to the once industrial Clyde.

24 Main image: Ascog Victorian Fernery; Images left to right: Loch Fyne; Argyll Mausoleum at Kilmun; Tarbert 25 Greenock – Oban

MULL OBAN KERRERA Oban Distillery

Ardfern Arduaine Garden Rhu Glengoyne Distillery JURA Hill House Spirit of Scotland Loch Striven Loch na Mile GREENOCK Jura Distillery Tuesday 15th to Tuesday 22nd March 2016 ISLAY Rothesay 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners Bowmore BUTE Rothesay Castle Distillery Bute Museum Kildalton Cross Lochranza Port Ellen Arran Distillery Scotland is renowned for some of the best whiskies in Laphroaig Distillery the world and this new cruise will take us to some of the ARRAN finest distilleries in the Western Isles, with the option of Campbeltown alternative visits to houses, castles and gardens. Mull of Springbank Distillery Kintyre Coach transfers will be provided from Glasgow Central Railway Station and SANDA ISLAND Glasgow International Airport to Greenock at the start of the cruise, and from Oban to Glasgow International Airport and Glasgow Central Railway Station at the end of the cruise. Car parking is available at Greenock and a complimentary transfer will be provided from Oban to Greenock on the day of disembarkation for guests wishing to utilise the car parking facility in Greenock.

26 Main image: Laphroaig Distillery, Islay; Images top to bottom: Sanda Lighthouse; Bowmore Distillery; Arduaine Garden

Leaving Greenock en route for Oban, our first visit is to the Guest Speaker Glengoyne Distillery where whisky has been produced Charles MacLean continuously since 1833. Alternatively, visit one of Charles Charles MacLean, Master of the Quaich, has Rennie Mackintosh's most famous works, Hill House at published over a dozen books about Scotch Helensburgh. whisky. He acts as a consultant to the whisky industry, travels extensively talking about and tasting whisky, and recently achieved celebrity Onwards to the Isle of Bute and the 13th century Rothesay for playing himself in Ken Loach’s award- winning film The Angels Share. Castle, famed for its circular design, then an afternoon tour of the Isle of Arran beckons or, for whisky lovers, a tour of the Arran Distillery. Travel Plan – 7 nights Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices The privately owned Sanda Island is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its importance to both Tuesday 15th March – Greenock – Embarkation. migrating and breeding birds. At Campbeltown our Wednesday 16th March – Morning; Rhu – Glengoyne Distillery or Hill House. Afternoon; Cruise Loch Striven. third distillery is Springbank. Thursday 17th March – Morning; Rothesay, Bute – Rothesay Castle. Afternoon; Lochranza, Arran – Arran Distillery or Island tour. After rounding the Mull of Kintyre, the whisky isle of Islay Friday 18th March – Morning; Sanda Island – Walks ashore. plays host to the first of two distillery visits, Laphroaig, Afternoon; Campbeltown – Springbank Distillery. famous for its peaty single malts. A guided tour to the Saturday 19th March – Morning; Cruise the Mull of Kintyre. historic Kildalton Cross may be preferred. Afternoon; Port Ellen, Islay – Laphroaig Distillery and Kildalton Cross. Our exploration of the whisky isle continues with a tour of Sunday 20th March – Morning; Port Ellen, Islay – Bowmore Distillery. Bowmore, the first recorded distillery on Islay and founded Afternoon; Loch na Mile, Jura – Jura Distillery or walks ashore. over two centuries ago in 1779. Sailing to neighbouring Jura Monday 21st March – Morning; Ardfern – Arduaine Garden. we explore the Jura Distillery, before sailing further north to Afternoon; Kerrera – Oban Distillery or walks ashore. visit the plantsman’s paradise of Arduaine Garden. Tuesday 22nd March – Oban – Disembarkation.

With Oban almost upon us, we enjoy walks on the island of Kerrera or take the small boats to the Oban Distillery.

27 28 Main image: Iona Abbey; Images left to right: Plockton; Coll; Ardtornish Estate Gardens Oban – Oban

SKYE Plockton Kyle of Lochalsh Armadale Eilean Donan Clan Donald Centre Castle RUM Inverie Easter in the Hebrides Kinloch Castle EIGG The Old Forge Pub Tuesday 22nd to Tuesday 29th March 2016 MUCK Loch Sunart 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners COLL Lochaline Loch Ardtornish Estate ULVA Tuath Gardens Sheila’s Experience the tranquility of the holy Isle of Iona Cottage MULL KERRERA OBAN and its restored abbey on Easter Sunday and IONA marvel at one of the most photographed castles Iona Abbey in Scotland – Eilean Donan, before exploring a modern day highland estate.

The Small Isle of Rum is our first stop on this Easter cruise, where we visit Kinloch Castle, once the summer Hebridean Highlights home of Lancastrian industrialists, the Bullough Family. G Kinloch Castle G Clan Donald Centre At Armadale, located on the south east of Skye, we G Eilean Donan Castle explore the Clan Donald Centre and learn the history of G Conservation Village of Plockton this once powerful clan, before enjoying the picturesque G The Old Forge Pub conservation village of Plockton from Kyle of Lochalsh. G Iona Abbey – Easter Sunday G Ardtornish Estate Gardens We tour the iconic Eilean Donan Castle, which lay in ruins from 1719 until it was fully restored in 1932, before sailing to Inverie for an afternoon visit to The Old Forge, Travel Plan – 7 nights the remotest pub on the UK mainland. Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices Tuesday 22nd March – Oban – Embarkation. On Coll we explore on foot before steaming to the Isle of Wednesday 23rd March – Morning; Loch Scresort, Rum, – Ulva, home to Sheila’s cottage and one of Telford’s Kinloch Castle. Afternoon; Armadale, Skye – Clan Donald Centre. parliamentary churches. Our journey continues and on Thursday 24th March – Morning; Cruise the Narrows and Easter Sunday morning, weather permitting, we land on Kyle Rhea. the holy isle of Iona and join the Easter Sunday service Afternoon; Plockton – Walks ashore. at the restored abbey, followed by an afternoon cruise of Friday 25th March – Morning; Kyle of Lochalsh – Eilean Loch Sunart. Donan Castle. Afternoon; Inverie – The Old Forge Pub. During the last full day of our cruise we enjoy Ardtornish Saturday 26th March – Morning; Isle of Coll – Walks ashore. Afternoon; Ulva – Sheila’s Cottage. Estate Gardens on the Morvern peninsula, boasting over Sunday 27th March – Morning; Iona – Benedictine Abbey. 25 acres of gardens and wonderful vistas of sea and Afternoon; Cruise Loch Sunart. mountain. Finally, we stretch our legs on the pretty island Monday 28th March – Morning; Lochaline – Ardtornish of Kerrera, which protects the entrance to Oban Bay. Estate Gardens. Afternoon; Kerrera – Walks ashore. Tuesday 29th March – Oban – Disembarkation.

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MUCK Salen Fort William Ancient Sunart Oakwood Aonach COLL Mòr Loch a’Choire Ballachulish Kingairloch Glencoe TIREE MULL Estate Visitor Centre Skerryvore Escape to the Lighthouse Craignure Museum Duart Castle IONA OBAN Highlands and Islands Iona Ardmaddy Abbey Castle Garden Tuesday 29th March to Tuesday 5th April 2016 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners Corryvreckan COLONSAY Colonsay House Gardens The Inner Hebrides form a wonderful tapestry of landscapes in the sheltered waters off the west coast of Scotland. Experience the diverse landscapes and amazing wildlife that make these islands unique.

From Oban we cruise Loch Linnhe to Fort William where we have the opportunity to ride the Gondola to Aonach Hebridean Highlights Mòr in the Nevis Range. At Ballachulish we wonder at G Gondola Ride – Nevis Range the majesty of Glencoe whilst discovering its tragic G Kingairloch Estate history at the visitor centre. G Ardmaddy Castle Garden G Colonsay House Gardens Cross Loch Linnhe to Loch a’ Choire and Kingairloch G Iona Abbey Estate for a guided walk as we learn how the estate has G Skerryvore Lighthouse Museum adapted to modern times. Cruising south to Seil Sound G Duart Castle we visit Ardmaddy Castle Garden before sailing west through the Corryvreckan Whirlpool, the third largest Travel Plan – 7 nights whirlpool in the world, and on to the island of Colonsay Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices and Colonsay House Gardens owned by the Strathcona Tuesday 29th March – Oban – Embarkation. family for over 100 years. Wednesday 30th March – Morning; Fort William – Aonach Mòr. Afternoon; Ballachulish – Glencoe Visitor Centre. On the sacred isle of Iona we explore the beautifully Thursday 31st March – Morning; Loch a’Choire – Kingairloch Estate. restored Benedictine Abbey and on Tiree we visit Afternoon; Seil Sound – Ardmaddy Castle Garden. Hynish, where we learn about the construction of the Friday 1st April – Morning; Cruise Corryvreckan. Skerryvore Lighthouse, a legacy of remarkable 19th Afternoon; Colonsay – Colonsay House Gardens. century engineering. Saturday 2nd April – Morning; Iona – Benedictine Abbey. Afternoon; Tiree – Skerryvore Lighthouse Museum. After a stroll or perhaps an invigorating cycle on Coll Sunday 3rd April – Morning; Coll – Walks ashore. we move on to the Small Isle of Muck, for a chance to Afternoon; Muck – Walks ashore. stretch our legs and patronise the island’s renowned Monday 4th April – Morning; Salen – Ancient Sunart Oakwood. Afternoon; Craignure, Mull – Duart Castle. tea room. Tuesday 5th April – Oban – Disembarkation. From Salen a walk in the ancient Sunart Oakwood is available followed by a sail of the Sound of Mull to Craignure, Isle of Mull, where we enjoy a guided tour of Duart Castle, ahead of our final farewell gala dinner on board Hebridean Princess.

30 Main image: Ben Nevis and Fort William; Images left to right: Duart Castle, Mull; Gallanach Bay, Muck; Ancient Sunart Oakwood 31 32 Main image: Kinloch Lodge, Skye; Images left to right: Laphroaig Distillery, Islay; Three Chimneys Restaurant, Skye; Isle of Mull Cheese Oban – Oban Dunvegan Dunvegan Castle Three Chimneys Restaurant SKYE Kyle of Lochalsh Armadale Kinloch D & DR O IN Lodge O K CANNA F RUM I N T TERES EIGG MUCK

Flavours of Scotland Tobermory COLL Isle of Mull Cheese MULL ERISKA Tuesday 5th to Tuesday 12th April 2016 Isle of STAFFA Craignure 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners Duart Castle Eriska Hotel IONA OBAN This cruise also departs on 4th October 2016 Iona Abbey

COLONSAY Scotland is rightly proud of its reputation for its Colonsay Oysters and Honey JURA wonderful natural larder and those who produce mouth-watering creations. Join Hebridean Princess ISLAY as we explore the wonderful culinary offerings of Port Ellen Laphroaig the Highlands and Islands. Distillery

Islay has a reputation for big peaty whiskies and from Port Ellen we visit one of the island’s famous distilleries, Food & Drink Highlights Laphroaig. On Colonsay meet the man who supplies G Laphroaig Distillery Hebridean Princess with oysters, but also learn about his G Colonsay Oysters and Honey Farm other passion – honey and the black tailed bees he keeps. G Lunch and Cookery Demonstration – Kinloch Lodge Columba’s Iona is our next port of call and as we sail G Lunch – Three Chimneys Restaurant towards Skye for our overnight anchorage, we cruise G Isle of Mull Cheese past the island of Staffa with its famous Fingal’s Cave. G Lunch – Isle of Eriska Hotel G Duart Castle – Champagne Reception From Armadale a cookery demonstration and lunch at the Michelin starred Kinloch Lodge beckons, before a sail Travel Plan – 7 nights to Kyle of Lochalsh. A morning cruise takes us to Loch Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices Dunvegan, where we visit Dunvegan Castle and enjoy Tuesday 5th April – Oban – Embarkation. lunch at the world renowned Three Chimneys Restaurant. Wednesday 6th April – Morning; Port Ellen, Islay – Laphroaig Distillery. As we delight in the Small Isles we head south to Afternoon; Colonsay – Oysters and honey. Mull and our next port of call, the island capital of Thursday 7th April – Morning; Iona – Benedictine Abbey. Tobermory. Here we visit Isle of Mull Cheese, a small, Afternoon; Cruise past Staffa to Skye. family farm, to learn how the local cheeses are made Friday 8th April – Morning; Armadale, Skye – Cookery demonstration and lunch at Kinloch Lodge. by hand. Afternoon; Kyle of Lochalsh – Walks ashore. Saturday 9th April – Morning; Cruise east coast of Skye. Our final morning is spent at the Isle of Eriska Hotel, Afternoon; Dunvegan, Skye – Lunch at Three situated on its own private island, where we enjoy lunch Chimneys/Dunvegan Castle. in the Michelin starred restaurant. We conclude our Sunday 10th April – Morning; Cruise the Small Isles. Afternoon; Tobermory, Mull – Isle of Mull Cheese. culinary adventure by returning to Mull for a Champagne Monday 11th April – Morning; Isle of Eriska – Lunch at Isle of reception at Duart Castle, hosted by Sir Lachlan Maclean, Eriska Hotel. Chieftain of Clan Maclean. Afternoon; Craignure, Mull – Duart Castle, Champagne reception. Tuesday 12th April – Oban – Disembarkation.

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Trotternish Inverewe peninsula Garden Loch ARDEN Gairloch G Dunvegan Uig Dunvegan Castle and Garden SKYE Shieldaig IN T TERES Plockton Little Attadale Kyle of Lochalsh Castles and Gardens Minch Gardens Eilean Donan Castle Armadale of the North Armadale Castle RUM Gardens Kinloch Inverie Castle The Old Tuesday 12th to Tuesday 19th April 2016 Forge Pub MUCK 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners

COLL Lochaline Ardtornish Estate Gardens Cruise to several different lochs and sounds, an iconic MULL castle, wonderful gardens, dramatic landscapes and Craignure Duart Castle OBAN abundant wildlife; a cruise with something for everyone.

34 Main image: Eilean Donan Castle; Images top to bottom: Inverewe Garden; Kinloch Castle, Rum; Armadale Castle Gardens

Our first island call is the Small Isle of Muck, where we stretch our legs before heading to Rum and Kinloch Castle, built in Garden Highlights Annan sandstone by the Lancastrian industrialist, Sir George G Kinloch Castle Bullough, as his country retreat. G Inverewe Garden G Attadale Gardens We continue along the south west coast of Skye to Loch G Eilean Donan Castle Dunvegan and Dunvegan Castle, home to Clan MacLeod and G Armadale Castle Gardens a splendid location for observing the resident seal population. G Ardtornish Estate Gardens From Uig we enjoy a tour of the Trotternish peninsula. G Duart Castle – Champagne Reception Sailing to Gairloch we explore the world renowned Inverewe Garden, situated on the same latitude as Hudson Bay in Canada Travel Plan – 7 nights and then, from Loch Torridon, to the remote mainland village Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices of Shieldaig. Tuesday 12th April – Oban – Embarkation. Wednesday 13th April – Morning; Muck – Walks ashore. Onwards to Loch Carron and Plockton where we have the Afternoon; Loch Scresort, Rum – Kinloch Castle. opportunity to visit Attadale Gardens with its sunken garden. Thursday 14th April – Morning; Loch Dunvegan, Skye – From our berth at Kyle of Lochalsh we travel to the iconic Eilean Dunvegan Castle. Donan Castle, which lay in ruins from 1719 until it was fully Afternoon; Uig, Skye – Tour Trotternish peninsula. restored in 1932 after 20 years of work by John MacRae-Gilstrap. Friday 15th April – Morning; Gairloch – Inverewe Garden. Afternoon; Shieldaig – Walks ashore. Returning to Skye, Armadale Castle Gardens beckon, home to Saturday 16th April – Morning; Plockton – Attadale Gardens. the Clan Donald Centre and set in the grounds of the ruined Afternoon; Kyle of Lochalsh – Eilean Donan Castle. castle. The afternoon is spent enjoying a drink at the Old Forge, Sunday 17th April – Morning; Armadale, Skye – Armadale Castle Gardens. the remotest public house on mainland Britain. Afternoon; Inverie – The Old Forge Pub. Monday 18th April – Morning; Lochaline – Ardtornish Estate Gardens. Our final full day encompasses the Ardtornish Estate Gardens Afternoon; Craignure, Mull – Duart Castle, Champagne reception. on the Morvern peninsula, followed by a farewell Champagne Tuesday 19th April – Oban – Disembarkation. reception at Duart Castle, Mull, hosted by Sir Lachlan Maclean, Chieftain of Clan Maclean.

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HARRIS SHIANT ISLES North Minch NORTH UIST Inner BENBECULA Sound SKYE SOUTH UIST Little Minch

BARRA CANNA RUM PABBAY Sea of the MINGULAY Sound of Sleat BERNERAY Hebrides MUCK Sound of Mull COLL TIREE MULL OBAN

JURA

ISLAY

Oban – Oban

Springtime Surprise

Tuesday 19th to Tuesday 26th April 2016 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners

Join Hebridean Princess on this spring surprise as Captain Richard Heaton decides the itinerary on a daily basis, taking you to some of his favourite destinations.

Although the itinerary is unknown, you will be assured of excellent service, exquisite cuisine and the understated elegance of Hebridean Princess.

Please note that it is planned for Captain Heaton to be Master on this cruise, however this may be changed without notice.

37 Ullapool Oban – Oban Ullapool Museum Corrieshalloch Gorge

Loch Ewe Inverewe KI Garden AL NG W Gairloch Flowerdale

C E Glen R U I S SKYE Portree Aros Experience Footloose through RAASAY Loch Coruisk Loch Scavaig the Inner Isles Inverie RUM The Old Forge Pub Kinloch Brocket Monument Castle Tuesday 26th April to Tuesday 3rd May 2016 EIGG 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners MUCK An Sgùrr

COLL Our first Footloose cruise of 2016 visits the diverse Tobermory

landscapes of the Inner Hebrides, offering a string of MULL energising walks and fascinating visits. Whether enjoying a OBAN short tranquil stroll or a brisker walk, this cruise of mainland and island highlights offers the best of both worlds.

The Small Isle of Rum is our first stop allowing us to visit Kinloch Castle or walk with our guides, before sailing to Footloose Walking Highlights Loch Scavaig, Isle of Skye, for an afternoon of walks and strolls at stunning Loch Coruisk. G Rum – Walks and Strolls G Loch Coruisk – Walks and Strolls Strolling briefly on the island of Raasay we return to G Raasay – Walks and Strolls Skye where, from Portree, there is the opportunity to G Loch Ewe – Full Day Walk Programme enjoy either the Aros Experience or walk to the quiet G Slattadale – Full Day Walk Programme village of Torvaig. G Inverie – Brocket Monument G Eigg – An Sgùrr At Gairloch the picturesque Flowerdale Glen beckons before arriving at Loch Ewe, famous for its garden at Travel Plan – 7 nights Inverewe, where we land directly into the grounds. Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices Walkers embrace a full days walking. Tuesday 26th April – Oban – Embarkation. From our berth at Ullapool we explore the award-winning Wednesday 27th April – Morning; Loch Scresort, Rum – Kinloch Castle or glen walk. museum before discovering the dramatic box canyon of Afternoon; Loch Scavaig, Skye – Walks at Loch Coruisk. Corrieshalloch Gorge. From Slattadale walkers engage in Thursday 28th April – Morning; Raasay – Walks ashore. another full day of walks. Afternoon; Portree, Skye – Aros or walks at Torvaig. Friday 29th April – Morning; Gairloch – Flowerdale Glen or After cruising the Inner Sound we arrive at Inverie full day walk. and enjoy a drink at The Old Forge Pub, with the option Afternoon; Loch Ewe – Inverewe Garden. to trek to the Brocket Monument, sitting high on a Saturday 30th April – Morning; Ullapool – Ullapool Museum or full day walk. rocky knoll. Afternoon; Ullapool – Corrieshalloch Gorge. Sunday 1st May – Morning; Cruise the Inner Sound. Our final day leads us to the Small Isle of Eigg, Afternoon; Inverie – The Old Forge Pub or walks to dominated by the pitchstone ridge of An Sgùrr and Brocket Monument. can only be tackled by the most intrepid of our walkers. Monday 2nd May – Morning; Eigg – Walks ashore or walk An Sgùrr. Afternoon; Tobermory, Mull – Walks ashore. The last afternoon is spent in colourful Tobermory Tuesday 3rd May – Disembarkation in Oban. on Mull for some last minute shopping.

38 Main image: An Sgùrr, Eigg; Images left to right: White Tailed Eagle, Raasay; Loch Scavaig, Skye; Ullapool 39 Carloway Broch LEWIS Callanish Stones Oban – Oban Stornoway Lews Castle The Museum Minch Tarbert St Clement’s Church SHIANT HARRIS ISLES Inverewe Garden Gairloch

SKYE Shieldaig

Westward to Harris and Lewis RAASAY Plockton Attadale Gardens Kyle Rhea Tuesday 3rd to Tuesday 10th May 2016 Armadale Clan Donald Centre 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners CANNA This cruise also departs on 20th September 2016 RUM EIGG

Join Hebridean Princess as she explores the Inner COLL and Outer Hebrides, including the Small Isle of Eigg Sound of Mull and larger neighbour of Skye, along with the Outer Isles of Harris and Lewis and the uninhabited Shiants. MULL OBAN

40 Main image: Callanish Stones, Lewis; Images top to bottom: Raasay; Guillemots, Shiant Isles; Luskentyre beach, Harris

Departing from Oban and venturing round Ardnamurchan, we spend the morning cruising north through Kyle Rhea and under Hebridean Highlights the Skye Bridge to the island of Raasay for an afternoon of strolls. G Tweed Weaving Demonstration G Shiant Isles Arriving at Tarbert on the Isle of Harris we enjoy an island tour G Callanish Standing Stones and including a tweed weaving demonstration and a call at the Carloway Broch ancient church of St Clement’s, built in the 1500s. G Lews Castle Museum G Inverewe Garden Located on the edge of the Outer Hebrides are the uninhabited G Conservation Village of Shieldaig Shiant Isles, where we intend to land by beach landing craft to G Attadale Gardens admire the thousands of breeding seabirds including puffins. Travel Plan – 7 nights Returning to the Outer Isles we journey to the famous standing Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices stones at Callanish on Lewis, the 2,000 year old Carloway Tuesday 3rd May – Oban – Embarkation. Broch and the more recently constructed Lews Castle Museum. Wednesday 4th May – Morning; Cruise Kyle Rhea and The Narrows. Afternoon; Raasay – Walks ashore. Cruising The Minch to Gairloch on the mainland we appreciate the delights of Inverewe Garden, a vision of Osgood Mackenzie Thursday 5th May – Morning; Tarbert, Harris – Island tour including St Clement’s Church, Rodel. and set on a barren bluff. Afternoon; Shiant Isles – Beach landing. Friday 6th May – Morning; Stornoway, Lewis – Callanish Stones Continuing to the conservation village of Shieldaig we stretch and Carloway Broch. our legs ashore, before sailing to Loch Carron where we visit Afternoon; Stornoway, Lewis – Lews Castle Museum. Attadale Gardens with its Japanese Water Garden and Saturday 7th May – Morning; Cruise The Minch. Afternoon; Gairloch – Inverewe Garden. collection of sculpture. Sunday 8th May – Morning; Shieldaig – Walks ashore. Afternoon; Plockton – Attadale Gardens. Onwards to Armadale and the Clan Donald Centre which Monday 9th May – Morning; Armadale, Skye – Clan Donald Centre. depicts the history of this once powerful Clan and then our Afternoon; Eigg – Walks Ashore. final port of call is the Small Isle of Eigg, now owned by its Tuesday 10th May – Oban – Disembarkation. community following a buyout in 1997.

41 42 Main image: Beasdaire, Berneray; Images left to right: View from the Uists; Kisimul Castle, Barra; Vatersay Oban – Oban

HARRIS NORTH Barpa Langass UIST Pobull Fhinn Lochmaddy SKYE BENBECULA Loch Dunvegan Dunvegan Castle SOUTH Voyage to the Outer Isles UIST Loch Harport Lochboisdale Talisker Distillery Tuesday 10th to Tuesday 17th May 2016 BARRA CANNA 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners Castlebay RUM VATERSAY This cruise also departs on 27th September 2016 Sea of the EIGG Hebrides BISHOP’S MUCK ISLES Glenmore Bay Wonder at the contrasts of Scotland’s isles, from COLL Ardnamurchan Distillery the inner Hebridean island of Canna, owned by TIREE MULL the National Trust for Scotland, to the Outer Isles Skerryvore Craignure Lighthouse Duart Castle OBAN of Barra, Vatersay, the Uists and the remote Museum Bishop’s Isles.

On Coll we explore on foot or perhaps take one of the ship’s bicycles ashore before sailing to Tiree Hebridean Highlights to learn about the construction of the Skerryvore G Skerryvore Lighthouse Museum Lighthouse at Hynish. G Bishop’s Isles G Barpa Langass and Pobull Fhinn Crossing the Sea of The Hebrides we sail to the Bishop’s G Dunvegan Castle Isles at the very southern tip of the Outer Hebrides for G Talisker Distillery a beach landing, ahead of a relaxing sail to Castlebay G Ardnamurchan Distillery for walks on the most southerly inhabited of the Outer G Duart Castle Isles, Vatersay.

From Lochboisdale we tour South Uist, Benbecula Travel Plan – 7 nights and North Uist, visiting Barpa Langass and Pobull Fhinn, Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices including a picnic ashore, before re-joining Hebridean Tuesday 10th May – Oban – Embarkation. Princess in Lochmaddy. Wednesday 11th May – Morning; Coll – Walks ashore. Afternoon; Tiree – Skerryvore Lighthouse Museum. Sailing south east we head to Dunvegan Castle on Skye, Thursday 12th May – Morning; Bishop’s Isles – Beach landing. Afternoon; Castlebay, Barra – Walks on Vatersay. which has been the home of the Chieftain of Clan Friday 13th May – Morning; Lochboisdale, South Uist – Tour MacLeod for 800 years and boasts wonderful gardens. of the Uists. Continuing along the south west coast of Skye to Loch Afternoon; Lochmaddy, North Uist – Barpa Langass and Harport we visit the island’s only legal distillery, Talisker. Pobull Fhinn. Saturday 14th May – Morning; Loch Dunvegan, Skye – We steam to the Small Isle of Canna, given to the Dunvegan Castle. Afternoon; Loch Harport, Skye – Talisker Distillery. National Trust for Scotland by the great Gaelic scholar Sunday 15th May – Morning; Canna – Walks ashore. John Lorne Campbell in 1981, before taking strolls on the Afternoon; Muck – Walks ashore. delightful Isle of Muck. Monday 16th May – Morning; Glenmore Bay, Ardnamurchan Distillery. Our final full day allows us to enjoy the Ardnamurchan Afternoon; Craignure, Mull – Duart Castle. Distillery from Glenmore Bay, promoted as Scotland’s Tuesday 17th May – Oban – Disembarkation. newest, greenest and most westerly mainland distillery. Our voyage concludes at Duart Castle, home to Clan Maclean.

43 Oban – Oban OBAN

Craobh Haven Arduaine Garden

JURA Tayvallich

Northern Ireland Explorer Cushendun Tuesday 17th to Tuesday 24th May 2016 Ballycastle Giant’s Causeway Glenarm 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners Carrick-a-Rede Glemarm Castle Rope Bridge

Belfast Relax and enjoy the elegance and comfort of Titanic Exhibition Bangor Mount Stewart House Hebridean Princess as we sail south on our Strangford Lough exploration or Northern Ireland in the presence of Derrymore House our National Trust speaker, Sarah Staniforth. Warrenpoint Carlingford Lough

44 Main image: Giant’s Causeway, Ballycastle; Images top to bottom: Glenarm Castle, Walled Garden; Titanic Exhibition, Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge

Departing from Oban we steam south through the North Guest Speaker Channel, separating Kintyre on the Scottish mainland and the Sarah Staniforth Antrim coast. Arriving at our first port of call of Glenarm we Sarah worked for the National Trust from 1985- visit Glenarm Castle, the 400 year old home of the Earls of 2014, most recently as Museums and Collections Antrim, with its glorious walled garden. Director. She read chemistry at Oxford University and studied paintings conservation at the Courtauld Institute of Art. She is President of the Sailing south to Bangor, Mount Stewart beckons where we visit International Institute for Conservation and her professional interests include: buildings and the house and gardens, enjoying lunch ashore, before re-joining collections conservation and museum and the ship in Strangford Lough. heritage management.

Venturing to Carlingford Lough, a sea inlet forming part of the Travel Plan – 7 nights border between Northern Ireland and Eire, we explore the Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices National Trust property of Derrymore House. Tuesday 17th May – Oban – Embarkation. Turning north we head to Belfast and spend the day exploring Wednesday 18th May – Morning; Cruise The North Channel. Afternoon; Glenarm, Antrim – Glenarm Castle. this wonderful city, including a visit to Queens Island, the birth place of The Titanic. Thursday 19th May – Morning; Bangor, County Down – Mount Stewart House. Afternoon; Strangford Lough – Re-join ship. Following a cruise of the delightful Antrim Coast, a beach Friday 20th May – Morning; Warrenpoint, Carlingford Lough – landing will allow us to explore the quaint and Cornish styled Derrymore House. Cushendun village, before cruising to Ballycastle. From here Afternoon; Cruise east coast of Northern Ireland. we will discover the famous Giant’s Causeway and The National Saturday 21st May – Morning; Belfast – Titanic Exhibition. Afternoon; Cruise Antrim Coast. Trust’s Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, built by fisherman over Sunday 22nd May – Morning; Cushendun, Antrim – Beach landing. 350 years ago and suspended 100 feet above sea level. Afternoon; Ballycastle – Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge and Giant’s Causeway. Returning to Scotland we spend time ashore at picturesque Monday 23rd May – Morning; Tayvallich – Walks ashore. Tayvallich before ending our journey with a visit, from our Afternoon; Craobh Haven – Arduaine Garden. anchorage at Craobh Haven, to the National Trust for Scotland’s Tuesday 24th May – Oban – Disembarkation. Arduaine Garden.

45 HANDA Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve Carloway Broch Oban – Oban Callanish Stones Stornoway LEWIS TANERA MÒR (Summer Isles) SHIANT ISLES Loch Ewe & W re ild u li t f The a e N Minch Inverewe In t teres Dunvegan Castle Inverewe SKYE Garden Loch Call of the Wild Dunvegan Seal Colony Little Loch Scavaig Tuesday 24th to Tuesday 31st May 2016 Minch Kyle Rhea 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners CANNA RUM Red Deer Search Experience the great wilderness of the north-west EIGG Sea of the coast of Scotland as we visit the seabird colonies Hebrides of Handa and the Shiant Isles, make a beach COLL Sound of Mull Tobermory landing to observe red deer and go in search of MULL Mull Eagle Watch eagles on the Isle of Mull. Craignure Duart Castle OBAN

Setting sail from Oban we head to our anchorage at Loch Scavaig from where we wonder at the Nature & Wildlife Highlights awe-inspiring Black Cuillins in the unforgettable location of Loch Coruisk. G Inverewe Garden G Tanera Mòr Venturing to Loch Ewe we land directly into the grounds G Handa – Scottish Wildlife of Inverewe Garden before heading to Tanera Mòr, the Trust Reserve largest of the Summer Isles. G Shiant Isles G Dunvegan Castle and Seal Colony On Handa, a Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve, we go G Isle of Rum Red Deer ashore to observe the magnificent seabird cliffs before G Mull Eagle Watch cruising The Minch to Stornoway, on Lewis, for our tour of the Callanish Standing Stones and Carloway Broch. Travel Plan – 7 nights Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices From the comfort of Hebridean Princess admire the large number of seabirds nesting on the cliffs of the Tuesday 24th May – Oban – Embarkation. Shiant Isles, ahead of continuing along the west coast Wednesday 25th May – Morning; Loch Scavaig, Skye – Walks at Loch Coruisk. of Skye to Dunvegan Castle to observe the resident Afternoon; Cruise the Sound of Sleat. seal population. Thursday 26th May – Morning; Loch Ewe – Inverewe Garden. Afternoon; Tanera Mòr, Summer Isles – Walks ashore. Steaming further south we visit the largest of the Small Friday 27th May – Morning; Handa – Seabird Cliffs. Isles, Rum, and after a beach landing we go in search of Afternoon; Stornoway, Lewis – Callanish Stones and Carloway Broch. the island’s renowned red deer. Saturday 28th May – Morning; Shiant Isles – Cruise the Seabird Cliffs. During our last morning we head to the Mull Eagle Afternoon; Loch Dunvegan, Skye – Dunvegan Castle and Watch and join a ranger-led visit to discover the island’s seal colony. majestic white-tailed eagles. Prior to our final gala dinner Sunday 29th May – Morning; Cruise south west coast of Skye. on board, the imposing Duart Castle beckons, home of Afternoon; Kilmory Bay, Rum – Beach landing and red deer. the current Chieftain of the Clan, Sir Lachlan Maclean. Monday 30th May – Morning; Tobermory, Mull – Mull Eagle Watch. Afternoon; Craignure, Mull – Duart Castle. Tuesday 31st May – Oban – Disembarkation.

46 Main image: Guillemot, Handa; Images left to right: Grey Seal, Skye; White Tailed Eagle, Mull; Red Deer, Rum 47 48 Main image: Northern Gannets, St Kilda; Images left to right: Carloway Broch, Lewis; Pabbay from Berneray; Dunvegan Castle, Skye Oban – Oban Carloway Broch Callanish Stones Stornoway LEWIS

SHIANT HARRIS ST KILDA ISLES Hirta Beach Landing Lochmaddy NORTH UIST BENBECULA Loch Dunvegan St Kilda, Islands on the Edge Dunvegan Castle SOUTH UIST Tuesday 31st May to Tuesday 7th June 2016 t SKYE 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners ERISKAY BARRA RUM Sea of the This is the first of two visits in 2016 to the mysterious Hebrides EIGG BISHOP’S MUCK archipelago of St Kilda, the United Kingdom’s only ISLES Beach Landing Sound of Mull double UNESCO World Heritage Site, lying COLL Tobermory approximately 120 miles off the west coast of mainland TIREE Isle of Mull Cheese Scotland and where man lived in the harshest of MULL OBAN conditions up until 1930 – a true adventure.

We start our voyage to the furthest reaches of St Kilda by crossing the Sea of The Hebrides and, weather Hebridean Highlights permitting, land by beach boats on one of the Bishop’s G Bishop’s Isles Isles at the very southern tip of the Outer Hebrides. G Double UNESCO World Heritage Site of St Kilda Sailing overnight to St Kilda, we arrive early morning G The Uists to cruise the seabird colonies between the island of G Callanish Standing Stones and Boreray and Stac Lee, ahead of anchoring in Village Bay. Carloway Broch Weather permitting we land on the main island of Hirta, G Shiant Isles where the 19th century village is preserved just as it was G Dunvegan Castle G when abandoned 86 years previously. Isle of Mull Cheese

Following an afternoon steam to the Outer Isles we land Travel Plan – 7 nights on Eriskay for a tour of the Uists, enjoying a Hebridean Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices picnic ashore. Continuing north to Stornoway we explore Tuesday 31st May – Oban – Embarkation. Lewis, including the standing stones at Callanish and the Wednesday 1st June – Morning; Cruise the Sea of the Hebrides. 2,000 year old Carloway Broch. Afternoon; Bishop’s Isles – Beach landing. Thursday 2nd June – Morning; St Kilda – Village Bay, Hirta. A beach landing on the uninhabited Shiant Isles allows Afternoon; Cruise towards Barra. us to admire the myriad of breeding seabirds, including Friday 3rd June – Morning; Eriskay – Tour the Uists. Afternoon; Lochmaddy, North Uist – Re-join ship. the colourful puffins. Onward to Dunvegan Castle on Saturday 4th June – Morning; Stornoway, Lewis – Callanish Skye, which has been the seat of the Clan MacLeod for Stones and Carloway Broch. 800 years and boasts wonderful gardens. Afternoon; Shiant Isles – Beach landing. Sunday 5th June – Morning; Loch Dunvegan, Skye – After stretching our legs on the Isle of Muck we take Dunvegan Castle. a tour of Isle of Mull Cheese, the only dairy farm on Afternoon; Cruise south coast of Skye. the island. Monday 6th June – Morning; Muck – Walks ashore. Afternoon; Tobermory, Mull – Isle of Mull Cheese. Tuesday 7th June – Oban – Disembarkation.

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SKYE Kyle of Lochalsh Attadale Gardens Armadale Armadale Castle RDE GA N Gardens CANNA RUM

IN T TERES EIGG MUCK Scotland in Colour Lochaline COLL Ardtornish Estate Lip na Cloiche Gardens Garden MULL Tuesday 7th to Tuesday 14th June 2016 OBAN 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners Craobh Haven Arduaine Garden The mild climate of north-west Scotland is influenced COLONSAY Ardmaddy Castle Colonsay House Gardens by the warm North Atlantic Drift offshore, giving rise Gardens JURA to world class gardens. All are unique, not only for Ormsary Ormsary House their magnificent collections, but for the wild, Gardens GIGHA untamed beauty in which they stand. Achamore Gardens

Not normally open to the public, our first port of call is Guest Speaker Ormsary on Loch Caolisport where we take a privileged Jim Gardiner peek at Lady Lithgow’s garden, ahead of sailing to the Jim is the Chief Curator of the Royal Horticultural small island of Gigha with its famous Achamore Gardens, Society’s Gardens and has been based at Wisley designed by Sir James Horlick. for over twenty years. Before that he was Curator at the Hillier Gardens and Arboretum. His primary interest is in woody plants, in particular Magnolias, Turning north we sail to Ardmaddy Castle Gardens, a on which he has written two books, ‘Magnolias, spectacular setting shielded by mature woodlands to their Care and Cultivation’ and ‘Magnolias, A Gardener’s Guide’. the north and protected from the Atlantic winds by the elevated castle. From our anchorage at Craobh Travel Plan – 7 nights Haven we discover the National Trust for Scotland’s Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices Arduaine Garden. Tuesday 7th June – Oban – Embarkation. On to the Isle of Colonsay and Colonsay House Gardens, Wednesday 8th June – Morning; Ormsary – Ormsary House Gardens. owned by the Strathcona family for over 100 years. Afternoon; Gigha – Achamore Gardens. From here we head for the west coast of Mull and the Thursday 9th June – Morning; Seil Sound – Ardmaddy hidden gem of Lip na Cloiche Garden, a private and self Castle Gardens. made garden in an extremely remote location. Afternoon; Craobh Haven – Arduaine Garden. Friday 10th June – Morning; Colonsay – Colonsay House Gardens. Our berth at Kyle of Lochalsh allows us to venture to Afternoon; Cruise west coast of Mull. Attadale Gardens before we discover Armadale Castle Saturday 11th June – Morning; Loch Tuath, Mull – Lip na Cloiche Garden. Gardens, where magnificent trees, some almost Afternoon; Cruise the Small Isles. 200 years old, tower above stunning carpets of orchids Sunday 12th June – Morning; Kyle of Lochalsh – Attadale Gardens. and wildflowers. Afternoon; Armadale, Skye – Armadale Castle Gardens. Monday 13th June – Morning; Cruise round Ardnamurchan. Steaming around the most westerly point of mainland Afternoon; Lochaline – Ardtornish Estate Gardens. Britain, Ardnamurchan, Ardtornish Estate Gardens on Tuesday 14th June – Oban – Disembarkation. the Morvern peninsula await, where we embrace the contrast between long vistas across sea, loch and open hill and closer views of wooded glen, river and waterfall.

50 Main image: Lip na Cloiche Garden; Images left to right: Armadale Castle Gardens; Ormsary House Gardens; Attadale Gardens 51 Butt of Lewis

Oban – Oban Callanish Stones Stornoway Walks Ashore LEWIS Tarbert St Clement’s KI AL NG Church W HARRIS SHIANT ISLES Beach Landing C E NORTH UIST R U I S Barpa Langass Pobull Fhinn Footloose in the Lochmaddy BENBECULA Outer Isles SOUTH SKYE UIST Little Lochboisdale Minch

Tuesday 14th to Tuesday 21st June 2016 ERISKAY 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners Prince’s Bay CANNA BARRA Castlebay RUM VATERSAY Walks Ashore EIGG The second of our 2016 Footloose itineraries takes Sea of the MUCK BISHOP’S ISLES Hebrides Walks Ashore us to the Western Isles with some old favourites Beach Landing COLL and several new walks, combined with ancient Sound of Mull TIREE monuments, imposing castles and beach landings. MULL OBAN

52 Main image: Prince’s Bay, Eriskay; Images top to bottom: Callanish Stones, Lewis; St Clement’s Church, Rodel; Puffin, Shiant Isles

Venturing north-west we head to Barra for walks on the most southerly inhabited of the Outer Isles, Vatersay; Footloose Walking Highlights alternatively there is the opportunity to visit the former Macneil stronghold of Kisimul Castle, guarding Castlebay. G Vatersay – Walks and Strolls Ashore G Eriskay and Prince’s Bay – Walks and The Bishop’s isles are situated at the southerly tip of the Strolls Ashore Outer Hebrides where, weather permitting, we explore after G Bishop’s Isles – Beach Landing making a beach landing. Afterwards we stretch our legs on G The Uists – Full Day Walking Programme the Isle of Eriskay, including Prince’s Bay where Bonnie G Lewis – Full Day Walking Programme Prince Charlie first set foot on British soil. G Shiant Isles – Beach Landing G Muck – Walks and Strolls Ashore From Lochboisdale we tour Benbecula and the Uists, visiting Barpa Langass and Pobull Fhinn; for walkers there will be a Travel Plan – 7 nights full day walking programme. On Lewis a further full day of Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices walks is planned, or there is the option to visit the famous Tuesday 14th June – Oban – Embarkation. Callanish Standing Stones and the Butt of Lewis in the north. Wednesday 15th June – Morning; Cruise the Sea of the Hebrides. Afternoon; Castlebay, Barra – Walks on Vatersay. Sailing into The Minch, our second beach landing will be on Thursday 16th June – Morning; Bishop’s Isles – Beach landing. the Shiants where we marvel at the mighty cliffs festooned Afternoon; Eriskay – Walks at Prince’s Bay. with seabirds and puffins. Arriving at Tarbert on the Isle of Friday 17th June – Morning; Lochboisdale – Full day walk or Tour the Uists. Afternoon; Lochmaddy, North Uist – Barpa Harris we tour the island and call at the ancient church of Langass and Pobull Fhinn. St Clement’s, built in the 1500s. Saturday 18th June – Morning; Stornoway, Lewis – Full day walk or Callanish Stones. Our final day will be spent cruising the west coast of Skye Afternoon; Stornoway, Lewis – Butt of Lewis. followed by walks on the Small Isle of Muck, edged by sandy Sunday 19th June – Morning; Shiant Isles – Beach landing. beaches and scattered with wild flowers, together with an Afternoon; Tarbert, Harris – Walks or St Clement’s Church, Rodel. abundance of wildlife. Monday 20th June – Morning; Cruise west coast of Skye. Afternoon; Muck – Walks ashore. Tuesday 21st June – Oban – Disembarkation.

53 54 Main image: Laxey Wheel; Images left to right: Peel Castle; House of Manannan; Castletown Oban – Oban KERRERA OBAN

JURA Tayvallich Loch na Mile Craighouse ISLAY Port Ellen Laphroaig Distillery Manx Heritage RATHLIN ISLAND RSPB Reserve Tuesday 21st to Tuesday 28th June 2016 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners

Bangor Blessed with an extensive coastline, stunning natural landscapes Grey Abbey House and unspoilt beaches, the Isle of Man has a unique charm and Strangford Lough character. This sea-bound kingdom has a diverse culture and ISLE OF fascinating heritage which stretches back thousands of years. MAN Peel Douglas Our voyage captures the magic and mystery of three separate House of Manannan Laxey Wheel Peel Castle Port St Mary kingdoms, all linked by their Celtic and Gaelic ancestry. Castletown

Islay has a reputation for peaty whiskies and from Port Ellen we visit one of the island’s famous distilleries, Hebridean Highlights Laphroaig. G Laphroaig Distillery G Grey Abbey House After cruising the North Channel we arrive at Bangor G House of Manannan from where we visit Grey Abbey House, the Montgomery G Peel Castle family home since 1607. G Laxey Wheel G RSPB Reserve – Rathlin Island From beautiful Strangford Lough we head for the Isle G Tayvallich of Man for our two day exploration of the island. At the House of Manannan, the Island’s mythological sea god welcomes us to his fascinating Kingdom; at Peel Castle Travel Plan – 7 nights we stroll the extensive grounds and climb to the top of Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices the Gatehouse Tower to admire the panoramic views. Tuesday 21st June – Oban – Embarkation. Wednesday 22nd June – Morning; Port Ellen, Islay – From the quaint streets of Port St Mary we head to Laphroaig Distillery. Afternoon; Cruise the North Channel. Douglas before taking horse drawn carriages and the Thursday 23rd June – Morning; Bangor, County Down – Grey electric train to the famous Laxey Wheel, built in 1854 to Abbey House. pump water from Glen Mooar, part of the Great Laxey Afternoon; Strangford Lough – Re-join ship. Mines industrial complex. Friday 24th June – Morning; Peel, Isle of Man – House of Manannan and Peel Castle. As we return north, the rare and untamed beauty of the Afternoon; Port St Mary, Isle of Man – Castletown. RSPB bird reserve of Rathlin Island awaits our arrival, on Saturday 25th June – Morning; Douglas, Isle of Man – Laxey Wheel. Jura we anchor in Loch Na Mile and go ashore at the Afternoon; Cruise North. island’s only settlement, Craighouse. Sunday 26th June – Morning; Rathlin Island – Bird Reserve. Afternoon; Loch Na Mile, Jura – Craighouse. After a cruise of Loch Sween the picturesque village of Monday 27th June – Morning; Tayvallich – Walks ashore. Tayvallich beckons, before we commence our return to Afternoon; Kerrera – Walks ashore. Oban with an afternoon on the island of Kerrera, keeping Tuesday 28th June – Oban – Disembarkation. guard over Oban Bay.

55 Black Houses Oban – Oban Callanish Stones LEWIS t Stornoway Lews Castle Museum TANERA MÒR ORLD (Summer Isles) W HARRIS Ullapool ST KILDA Corrieshalloch H E E Hirta RITAG Gorge NORTH Gairloch UIST Inverewe Garden The Hebridean Outposts BENBECULA Shieldaig SOUTH of St Kilda UIST SKYE ERISKAY Loch Coruisk Loch Scavaig Tuesday 28th June to Tuesday 5th July 2016 BARRA CANNA Castlebay 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners RUM Sea of the Kisimul Hebrides EIGG Castle St Kilda is one of the most atmospheric locations you Sound of Mull COLL can visit without leaving the British Isles. When you add TIREE spectacular gardens, Neolithic standing stones and MULL OBAN historic castles this is surely an experience of a lifetime.

Leaving Oban we sail north to our anchorage at Loch Scavaig, from where we marvel at the awe-inspiring Hebridean Highlights scenery of the Black Cuillin. Later we cruise the Inner G Conservation Village of Shieldaig Sound to explore the conservation village of Shieldaig, G Inverewe Garden before travelling onwards to Sir Osgood Mackenzie’s G Corrieshalloch Gorge Inverewe Garden. G Tanera Mòr G Callanish Standing Stones and From Ullapool we admire the dramatic box canyon of Black Houses Corrieshalloch Gorge and sail to Tanera Mòr, the largest G Double UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Summer Isles which boasts a unique, private post of St Kilda G office which issues its own stamps, one of which Kisimul Castle features Hebridean Princess. Travel Plan – 7 nights Crossing The Minch to Stornoway we tour the Callanish Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices Standing Stones and discover past Western Isles life with Tuesday 28th June – Oban – Embarkation. a visit to the peat fire burning Black Houses and the Wednesday 29th June – Morning; Loch Scavaig, Skye – Walks recently opened Lews Castle Museum. at Loch Coruisk. Afternoon; Cruise Inner Sound. Steaming overnight we sail to St Kilda. Arriving early Thursday 30th June – Morning; Shieldaig – Walks ashore. Afternoon; Gairloch – Inverewe Garden. morning we cruise between Stac Lee and Boreray, home Friday 1st July – Morning; Ullapool – Corrieshalloch Gorge. to around 60,000 breading pairs of northern gannets, Afternoon; Tanera Mòr, Summer Isles – Island Post Office. before circumnavigating the main island of Hirta to Saturday 2nd July – Morning; Stornoway – Callanish Stones Village Bay, where the 19th century village lies and Black Houses. abandoned after the remaining 36 inhabitants were Afternoon; Stornoway – Lews Castle Museum. evacuated at their own request in 1930. Sunday 3rd July – Morning; St Kilda – Village Bay, Hirta. Afternoon; Cruise towards Barra. An afternoon sail leads us to Barra and Kisimul Castle, Monday 4th July – Morning; Castlebay, Barra – Kisimul Castle. Afternoon; Cruise the Sea of the Hebrides. the only significant surviving medieval castle in the Tuesday 5th July – Oban – Disembarkation. Western Isles, seat of the Chiefs of Clan Macneil.

Our Hebridean Princess adventure draws to a close cruising the Sea of the Hebrides to Oban.

56 Main image: Village Bay, Hirta, St Kilda; Images left to right: Inverewe Garden; Kisimul Castle, Barra; Corrieshalloch Gorge 57 58 Main image: Shona heading towards Fingal’s Cave, Staffa; Images left to right: Tobermory; Laphroaig Distillery, Islay; Duart Castle Oban – Oban

Salen Ancient Sunart Oakwood CAL M Tobermory SI U S S A I COLL L C Lochaline C Ardtornish IN T TERES Estate MULL Gardens

STAFFA Hebridean Symphony Fingal’s Cave Craignure Duart OBAN IONA Castle Tuesday 5th to Tuesday 12th July 2016 Iona Abbey 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners

COLONSAY Colonsay House Explore the Inner Hebrides combining wonderful Gardens Tayvallich JURA vistas with live classical music in some of the most inspiring locations imaginable. Loch na Mile Craighouse ISLAY Port Ellen Laphroaig Distillery

Leaving Oban we stretch our legs at the pretty fishing village of Tayvallich before venturing to the Isle of Jura Hebridean Highlights and its only settlement of Craighouse. G Laphroaig Distillery G Concert from Musicians of Cantilena The neighbouring island of Islay is famous for its peaty Festival single malt whisky and there is the opportunity to visit G Colonsay House Gardens Laphroaig, one of the island’s renowned distilleries, G Iona Abbey and Fingal’s Cave followed by an on-board concert from musicians of the G Young Musicians of the Mendelssohn Cantilena Festival. on Mull Festival G Ardtornish Estate Gardens Sailing the Sound of Islay, the narrow stretch of water G Duart Castle separating the islands of Islay and Jura, we explore Colonsay House Gardens and the Benedictine abbey Travel Plan – 7 nights on the holy isle of Iona. Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices Tuesday 5th July – Oban – Embarkation. Landing by local boat on the island of Staffa we explore Wednesday 6th July – Morning; Tayvallich – Walks ashore. the magical Fingal’s Cave; formed by a series of basalt Afternoon; Loch na Mile, Jura – Craighouse. columns it has been the inspiration for poets, painters Thursday 7th July – Morning; Port Ellen, Islay – Laphroaig Distillery. and composers including Mendelssohn and Turner. Our Afternoon; Classical concert on board. evening is spent being enlightened at a classical music Friday 8th July – Morning; Colonsay – Colonsay House Gardens. Afternoon; Iona – Benedictine Abbey. lecture from Richard Jeffcoat from the Mendelssohn on Saturday 9th July – Morning; Isle of Staffa – Fingal’s Cave. Mull Festival, whilst alongside at Tobermory. Afternoon; Tobermory, Isle of Mull – Classical music lecture on board. Crossing the Sound of Mull, we go ashore at Salen to Sunday 10th July – Morning; Salen – Ancient Sunart Oakwood. stroll in the Ancient Sunart Oakwood and from Lochaline Afternoon; Lochaline – Ardtornish Estate Gardens. we visit Ardtornish Estate Gardens on the Morven Monday 11th July – Morning; Craignure, Mull – Duart Castle. peninsula for a guided tour. During the evening we are Afternoon; Craignure, Mull – Classical concert. entertained by young musicians of the Mendelssohn on Tuesday 12th July – Oban – Disembarkation. Mull Festival at Craignure.

We spend our final morning on Mull at Duart Castle, seat of the the Clan Maclean, and our cruise concludes with a further concert by the talented musicians of the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival.

59 ORKNEY Stromness Stromness Museum Kirkwall Oban – Invergordon Ness Battery Scapa HOY Flow Lyness Italian Cape Wrath STROMA Chapel Churchill Barriers Smoo Cave AVAL Stornoway N Arnish Point Gun Kinlochbervie Emplacements

H Y ISTO R The Minch Helmsdale Dunrobin Loch Ewe Castle Following the Grand Fleet Russian Arctic Convoy Museum Tuesday 12th to Thursday 21st July 2016 INVERGORDON 9 nights including 2 Gala Dinners RAASAY Inverarish WWI POW Camp The Grand Fleet, the main Royal Navy fleet during World War II, was based in Scapa Flow and played its part in the biggest fleet action of the war, the Battle of Jutland. This wonderful voyage From to Orcadia explores the naval history of Scotland’s far north, OBAN brought to life by guest speaker Rear Admiral John Lippiett.

Coach transfers will be provided from Glasgow Central Railway Station and Glasgow International Airport to Oban at the start of the cruise, and from Invergordon to Inverness Airport and Inverness Railway Station at the end of the cruise. Car parking is available at Invergordon and a complimentary transfer will be provided from Invergordon to Oban on the day of embarkation for guests wishing to utilise the car parking facility in Invergordon.

60 Main image: Ness Battery, Stromness; Images top to bottom: Italian Chapel, Orkney; Scapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum; Arnish Point gun emplacements

The first leg of our voyage takes us northwards through Kyle Guest Speaker Rhea to the Isle of Raasay where we discover the former Rear Admiral John Lippiett World War I prisoner of war camp at Inverarish. John Lippiett had a 36 year career in the Royal Navy which included command of 3 ships at A relaxing cruise of the Inner Sound precedes our visit to different seniorities, a frigate squadron and the School of Maritime Warfare, culminating in three the Russian Arctic Convoy Museum at Loch Ewe, home of appointments at flag rank. He took early retirement the Arctic Convoys in World War II. Crossing The Minch to in 2003 and became Chief Executive of the Mary Rose Trust. The last eleven years have been Stornoway we view the World War II coastal battery situated engaged in driving forward the conservation of the ship and her unique artefacts while creating the at Arnish Point. new museum from first principals. The museum opened in 2013 to great international acclaim. From Kinlochbervie we explore the imposing limestone Smoo Cave prior to venturing onto Orkney, before taking a Travel Plan – 9 nights tour of the Stromness Museum and Ness Battery, a crucial Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices

element of the defences of the western entrance to Tuesday 12th July – Oban – Embarkation. Scapa Flow. Wednesday 13th July – Raasay – Inverarish, WWI POW camp. Thursday 14th July – Loch Ewe – Russian Arctic Convoy Museum. We marvel at the workmanship of the Italian prisoners of war Friday 15th July – Morning; Stornoway, Lewis – Arnish Point and their chapel constructed from two Nissen Huts and the gun emplacements. Afternoon; Cruise The Minch. Churchill Barriers, built to protect the anchorage. At Scapa Saturday 16th July – Kinlochbervie – Smoo Cave. Flow we are reminded of the important part this area played Sunday 17th July – Morning; Stromness, Orkney – Museum in two world wars, including the scuttling of the German and Ness Battery. Fleet in 1919. Afternoon; Kirkwall, Orkney – Walks ashore. Monday 18th July – Morning; Kirkwall – Churchill Barriers and Our exploration continues on Hoy with an excursion to the Italian Chapel. Afternoon; Cruise Scapa Flow. Scapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum and walks ashore Tuesday 19th July – Morning; Lyness, Hoy – Scapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum. at Stroma. We conclude by relaxing at sea en route to Afternoon; Stroma – Walks ashore. Dunrobin Castle. Wednesday 20th July – Helmsdale – Dunrobin Castle. Thursday 21st July – Invergordon – Disembarkation.

61 62 Main image: Puffin, Fair Isle; Images left to right: Unst, Shetland, Dunrobin Castle; Skara Brae, Orkney Muckle Flugga UNST Baltasound YELL Burravoe Invergordon – Invergordon Old Haa Museum WHALSAY Hanseatic SHETLAND Museum

Lerwick Shetland Museum

FAIR ISLE Nordic Outposts Bird Observatory ORKNEY SANDAY Thursday 21st to Saturday 30th July 2016 Stromness Kirkwall 9 nights including 2 Gala Dinners Skara Brae St Magnus Cathedral Scapa Churchill Scrabster Flow Barriers Discover the far-flung islands of Orkney and Shetland Dunnet Head Italian Chapel as Hebridean Princess sails where the Norse once Wick ruled. These contrasting archipelagos boast some of Wick Museum Helmsdale the finest Neolithic sites in Britain and both played Dunrobin vital roles during the Second World War. Castle

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Setting sail from Invergordon, our maiden visit is Dunrobin Castle, home to the Earls and Dukes of Hebridean Highlights Sutherland since the 13th century, ahead of cruising G Dunrobin Castle the Pentland Firth to Orkney. G Churchill Barriers and St Magnus Cathedral We spend the day exploring Kirkwall and visit the G Fair Isle famous Churchill Barriers and St Magnus Cathedral. G Old Haa Museum G Muckle Flugga Steaming north, we pause to explore Fair Isle, one of G Isle of Sanday Britain’s most remote islands, an irresistible bird and G Skara Brae and Dunnet Head wild flower haven rimmed by spectacular cliffs. G Wick Heritage Centre

On the same latitude as Oslo, we learn more of the history of Burravoe on Yell, wartime base of the Shetland Travel Plan – 9 nights Bus resistance operation, at the Old Haa Museum. Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices On Unst we take a tour of the island to enjoy its scenic Thursday 21st July – Invergordon – Embarkation. beauty and view the lighthouse at Muckle Flugga. Friday 22nd July – Helmsdale – Dunrobin Castle. Saturday 23rd July – Kirkwall, Orkney – Churchill Barriers, Italian Onwards to Whalsay, the ‘Bonnie Isle’, where the history Chapel and St Magnus Cathedral. of the Hanseatic League is revealed at the Pier House at Sunday 24th July – Fair Isle – Bird Observatory. Symbister and on to Lerwick for an excursion to the Monday 25th July – Morning; Burravoe, Yell – Old Haa Museum. Shetland Museum. Afternoon; Baltasound, Unst – Island tour. Tuesday 26th July – Morning; Whalsay – Hanseatic Museum. South to Orkney, we step onto the unspoilt paradise of Afternoon; Lerwick, Shetland – Shetland Museum. Sanday with its sandy beaches and myriad of wildlife. Wednesday 27th July – Sanday, Orkney – Walks ashore. Thurday 28th July – Morning; Stromness, Orkney – Skara Brae. From Stromness we step into ancient history at Skara Afternoon; Scrabster – Dunnet Head. Brae, before travelling to the nature reserve at Dunnet Friday 29th July – Morning; Wick – Wick Museum. Afternoon; Cruise east coast. Head, the most northerly point of mainland Britain. Saturday 30th July – Invergordon – Disembarkation. The Wick Heritage Centre and a cruise south of Scotland’s east coast completes our voyage.

63 UNST Baltasound Unst Boat Haven Invergordon – Invergordon YELL

SHETLAND Scalloway Lerwick KI Shetland AL NG W Museum

C R U I S E FAIR ISLE Bird Observatory Noup Head Footloose in the Far North Lighthouse WESTRAY Saturday 30th July to Monday 8th August 2016 Scapa Flow ORKNEY STRONSAY 9 nights including 2 Gala Dinners Visitor Centre Kirkwall Old Man St Magnus of Hoy Lyness Cathedral Scrabster Churchill Barriers Cruise the remote Orkney and Shetland Isles with Dunnet Head Italian Chapel Mary Ann’s Cottage days filled with beautiful guided walks and visits. Wick Provision is made for those who prefer a less Wick Museum active itinerary, with additional tours and trips to local attractions.

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Relax at sea as we cruise the north east coast of Caithness to Wick, where we learn of the history of this Footloose Walking Highlights former Viking settlement at the heritage centre, or enjoy strolls around the town. G Wick – Strolls and Walks G Kirkwall – Full Day Walk Programme After crossing the Pentland Firth we go ashore at G Fair Isle – Half Day Walk Programme Kirkwall for a full day of walks, or visit the Churchill G Shetland – Full Day Walk Programme Barriers, Italian Chapel and St Magnus Cathedral. G Westray – Strolls and Walks G Orkney – Full Day Walk Programme Lying remotely between Orkney and Shetland, Fair G Dunnet Head and Mary Ann's Cottage Isle offers magnificent walks or a visit to the bird observatory. We take in the scenic beauty and mystical Travel Plan – 9 nights charm of Unst as we stride out to explore on foot or Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices embark on a tour of the island and Boat Haven. Saturday 30th July – Invergordon – Embarkation. Full day walks on the Shetland mainland are the order Sunday 31st July – Wick – Walks or Wick Museum. of the day, or the option to visit Scalloway and the Monday 1st August – Morning; Kirkwall, Orkney – Churchill Barriers and Italian Chapel or full day walk. Shetland Museum. We return to Orkney for walks on Afternoon; St Magnus Cathedral. wonderful Westray and a visit to Noup Head Lighthouse Tuesday 2nd August – Fair Isle – Walks or bird observatory. and bird reserve. Wednesday 3rd August – Baltasound, Unst – Full day walk or Island tour and Unst Boat Haven. The Scapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum on Hoy Thursday 4th August – Lerwick, Shetland – Full day walk or provides a fascinating insight into the role Orkney played Scalloway and Shetland Museum. during the two world wars. Walkers can appreciate Friday 5th August – Westray, Orkney – Walks or Noup Head the island’s dramatic coastline as they spend the Lighthouse. day trekking. Saturday 6th August – Morning; Lyness, Hoy – Full day walk or Island tour. Afternoon; Scapa Flow Visitor Centre. Scrabster is our final port of call where there is the Sunday 7th August – Scrabster – Walks or Dunnet Head and opportunity to tour Dunnet Head and Mary Ann Calder's Mary Ann’s Cottage. preserved crofters cottage, built in 1850 and where she Monday 8th August – Invergordon – Disembarkation. lived until the age of 89 using peat for cooking over the open range fire.

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Main image: Westray, looking across to Noup Head Lighthouse; Images left to right: Puffins, Fair Isle; Old Man of Hoy; Shetland Mainland 65 Invergordon – Oban SHETLAND Grutness Jarlshof FAIR ISLE Bird Observatory

ORI ST CA I L WESTRAY H Ring of Brodgar Stromness ORKNEY IN T TERES Skara Brae Kirkwall Carloway Broch Stone Age Scotland Callanish Stones Maes Howe

Monday 8th to Tuesday 16th August 2016 LEWIS Stornoway 8 nights including 2 Gala Dinners Barpa Langass NORTH UIST Pobull Fhinn Lochmaddy INVERGORDON Steeped in history the far north and west of Scotland are scattered with Neolithic remains. CANNA This voyage will explore some of the area’s most inspiring archaeological sites and uncover the myriad OBAN secrets of ancient history hidden for millennia. Ardfern Coach transfers will be provided from Inverness Airport and Inverness Kilmartin Glen Railway Station to Invergordon at the start of the cruise, and from Oban to Glasgow Central Railway Station and Glasgow International Airport at the end of the cruise. Car parking is available at Oban and 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. 66 Main image: Skara Brae, Orkney; Images top to bottom: Westray; Jarlshof, Shetland; Callanish Stones, Lewis

As we depart from Invergordon we look forward to arriving Guest Speakers in Kirkwall for our exploration of the island’s Neolithic Professor Jane Downes remains; the Chambered tomb of Maes Howe and the iconic Professor Jane Downes leads the UHI Institute of Ring of Brodgar are amazing sites to behold. Archaeology, heads up the research committee for the Orkney World Heritage Area and has directed excavations at the Ring of Brodgar. On a northerly course we venture to Shetland and our exploration continues with a visit to the prehistoric Julie Gibson archaeological site of Jarlshof with its oval-shaped Bronze Julie Gibson is the Regional Archaeologist for the Orkney Islands, a part time lecturer with the UHI Age houses, Iron Age broch and wheelhouses, Viking long Institute of Archaeology and is an expert on Viking houses, medieval farmstead and 16th century laird’s house. and Medieval archaeology.

Fair Isle and its bird observatory welcomes us on our return Travel Plan – 8 nights south before we embark on a scenic tour of Westray, home Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices to the Noup Head Lighthouse and bird reserve. Onwards to Monday 8th August – Invergordon – Embarkation. Stromness and the Neolithic settlement of Skara Brae, ahead Tuesday 9th August – Kirkwall, Orkney – Neolithic Orkney. of rounding Cape Wrath and cruising The Minch to Lewis. Wednesday 10th August – Morning; Kirkwall, Orkney – Maes Howe and Ring of Brodgar. Afternoon; Cruise to Shetland. From Stornoway we head to the famous standing stones at Thursday 11th August – Morning; Grutness, Shetland – Jarlshof. Callanish as well as Dun Carloway, a preserved 2,000 year Afternoon; Fair Isle – Bird observatory. old broch; on North Uist discover the Neolithic, chambered Friday 12th August – Morning; Westray – Island tour. cairn of Barpa Langass and the stone circle of Pobull Fhinn. Afternoon; Stromness – Skara Brae. Saturday 13th August – Morning; Cruise The Minch. Canna, one of the Small Isles, was given to the National Trust Afternoon; Stornoway, Lewis – Callanish Stones and Carloway Broch. for Scotland by the great Gaelic scholar John Lorne Sunday 14th August – Morning; Lochmaddy, North Uist – Barpa Campbell and plays host to strolls ashore before we end our Langass and Pobull Fhinn. Afternoon; Canna – Walks ashore. venture at fascinating Kilmartin Glen and Kilmartin House Monday 15th August – Ardfern – Kilmartin Glen. Museum, brimming with Neolithic monuments and artefacts. Tuesday 16th August – Oban – Disembarkation.

67 68 Main image: Vatersay; Images left to right: Achamore Gardens, Gigha; Kinloch Castle, Rum; Iona Abbey Oban – Oban BARRA CANNA Castlebay RUM VATERSAY Sea of the Kinloch Hebrides Castle EIGG BISHOP’S MUCK ISLES Beach Landing COLL Tobermory

Hidden Isles of the Hebrides LUNGA ULVA MULL Sheila’s (Treshnish Isles) OBAN Local Boat Cottage Tuesday 16th to Tuesday 23rd August 2016 Ashore IONA Iona Abbey 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners

The breathtaking beauty of the Scottish islands is beyond Loch Tarbert Beach Landing compare and the contrasting geology and customs among JURA the islands makes each one unique. The Hebrides must be the most magical and unspoilt of all the islands around the GIGHA coast of Britain and what better way to explore them than Achamore Gardens from the comfort of Hebridean Princess.

Cruising south we arrive at the tiny island of Gigha with its famous Achamore Gardens designed by Sir James Hebridean Highlights Horlick, ahead of making a beach landing on the Isle of G Achamore Gardens Jura where 200 inhabitants are outnumbered by G Bishop’s Isles 5,000 deer. G Isles of Coll, Barra and Vatersay G Isle of Canna Before a second beach landing on one of the Bishop’s G Kinloch Castle Isles, the island of Coll, with its sandy beaches, is where G Iona Abbey we stretch our legs and from Castlebay on Barra we G Treshnish Isles venture to the most southerly inhabited of the Western Isles, Vatersay. Travel Plan – 7 nights Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices Returning across the Sea of Hebrides we sail to the Tuesday 16th August – Oban – Embarkation. Small Isle of Canna, given to the National Trust for Wednesday 17th August – Morning; Gigha – Achamore Gardens. Scotland by the great Gaelic scholar John Lorne Afternoon; Loch Tarbert, Jura – Beach landing. Campbell, ahead of cruising to the neighbouring Isle of Thursday 18th August – Morning; Coll – Walks ashore. Rum and the eclectic Kinloch Castle, once the summer Afternoon; Cruise the Sea of the Hebrides. home of Lancastrian industrialists, the Bullough Family. Friday 19th August – Morning; Bishop’s Isles – Beach landing. Afternoon; Castlebay, Barra – Tour of Vatersay. The Benedictine abbey on Iona plays host to our Sunday Saturday 20th August – Morning; Canna – Walks ashore. morning visit, followed by a maiden call to the Special Afternoon; Loch Scresort, Rum – Kinloch Castle. Scientific Interest island of Lunga, the largest of the Sunday 21st August – Morning; Iona – Benedictine Abbey. Afternoon; Lunga, Treshnish Isles – Land by local boat. Treshnish Isles and where we land by local boat. Monday 22nd August – Morning; Ulva – Sheila’s Cottage and Telford Church. Our final full day sees us explore the Isle of Ulva and Afternoon; Tobermory, Mull – Walks ashore. Sheila’s Cottage, a restored crofting cottage, before Tuesday 23rd August – Oban – Disembarkation. sailing to the colourful Georgian capital town of Tobermory on Mull.

69 Oban – Oban Carloway Broch Callanish Stones Stornoway LEWIS Tarbert St Clement’s Church HARRIS SHIANT ISLES NORTH UIST Lochmaddy Barpa Langass SKYE Pobull Fhinn Loch Dunvegan Wonders of the Western Isles BENBECULA Dunvegan Castle SOUTH UIST Lochboisdale Tuesday 23rd to Tuesday 30th August 2016 Loch Harport ERISKAY Talisker Distillery 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners Prince’s Bay CANNA BARRA RUM Castlebay Sea of the EIGG Enjoy the magic and splendour of the Hebrides Kisimul Castle Hebrides MUCK from the Inner Isles of Tiree and Skye to the tranquillity of the Outer Isles of Barra and the Uists where ancient history and traditions combine with TIREE MULL Skerryvore some of the most unique scenery in Britain. Lighthouse OBAN Museum

At the picturesque and most westerly island of the Inner Hebrides, Tiree, we learn of the construction of the Hebridean Highlights Skerryvore Lighthouse, a legacy of 19th century G Skerryvore Lighthouse Museum engineering. After cruising the Sea of the Hebrides we G Barpa Langass and Pobull Fhinn arrive at Barra to discover the former Macneil stronghold G Callanish Standing Stones and Carloway Broch of Kisimul Castle, guarding Castlebay. G Shiant Isles Famous as the place Bonnie Prince Charlie first set foot G Tweed Weaving Demonstration on Scottish soil in 1745, we explore on the Isle of Eriskay, G Dunvegan Castle before touring the Uists and enjoying Barpa Langass and G Talisker Distillery Pobull Fhinn, with a legendary Hebridean picnic ashore. Travel Plan – 7 nights The famous Callanish Standing Stones and 2,000 year Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices old Carloway Broch await our arrival on the Isle of Lewis, Tuesday 23rd August – Oban – Embarkation. ahead of making a beach landing on the Shiants, a Wednesday 24th August – Morning; Tiree – Skerryvore collection of privately owned and uninhabited islands in Lighthouse Museum. Afternoon; Cruise the Sea of the Hebrides. the Minch that boast dramatic cliffs. Thursday 25th August – Morning; Castlebay, Barra – Kisimul Castle. Returning to the Outer Isles our tour of Harris allows us Afternoon; Eriskay – Walks at Prince’s Bay. to witness a traditional tweed weaving demonstration Friday 26th August – Morning; Lochboisdale, South Uist – Tour the Uists. and the ancient church of St Clement’s, built in the Afternoon; Lochmaddy, North Uist – Barpa Langass and 1500s, before sailing to the largest Hebridean island of Pobull Fhinn. Skye and Dunvegan Castle, ancestral home of the Saturday 27th August – Morning; Stornoway, Lewis – Callanish Stones and Carloway Broch. Chieftain of Clan MacLeod for 800 years. Afternoon; Shiant Isles – Beach landing. Sunday 28th August – Morning; Tarbert, Harris – Island tour and As our cruise comes to a close we venture to Talisker, St Clement’s Church, Rodel. Skye’s only legal distillery, which precedes our final sail Afternoon; Loch Dunvegan, Skye – Dunvegan Castle. of the Small Isles homeward for Oban. Monday 29th August – Morning; Loch Harport, Skye – Talisker Distillery. Afternoon; Cruise the Small Isles. Tuesday 30th August – Oban – Disembarkation.

70 Main image: Harris from Am Clicham; Images left to right: Tiree; Talisker Whisky, Skye; Kisimul Castle, Barra 71 (Image: Geoff Dixon)

72 Main image: Shieldaig; Images left to right: Inverewe Garden; Plockton; Corrieshalloch Gorge Smoo Cave Kinlochbervie Oban – Oban Loch a’ Chairn Bhain

Lochinver TANERA MÒR Highland Pottery (Summer Isles) Ullapool Corrieshalloch The Inverewe Gorge Minch Garden Measach Falls Scenic Sutherland Gairloch Shieldaig

Tuesday 30th August to Tuesday 6th September 2016 SKYE Plockton 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners Kyle Rhea

Relax and enjoy the comfort of Hebridean Princess CANNA Inverie RUM as we cruise north to Ullapool, visiting inner isles and remote mainland villages through some of the EIGG most scenic lochs of the west coast. Sound of Mull

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Cruising Kyle Rhea our first visit is to the conservation village of Shieldaig nestled on the shores of the loch of Hebridean Highlights the same name. Onwards to the lush oasis of Inverewe G Conservation Village of Shieldaig Garden, perched on a peninsula at the edge of Loch G Inverewe Garden Ewe, before experiencing the hand made manufacture G Highland Pottery of ceramics at the Highland Pottery, Lochinver. G Smoo Cave, Durness G Tanera Mòr We explore the remote Sutherland coast at Loch G Corrieshalloch Gorge and a’Chairn Bhain, once the site of a World War II midget Measach Falls submarine training base, and from Kinlochbervie we G Conservation Village of Plockton travel to Smoo Cave at Durness, the largest and most dramatic coastline cave in Britain. Travel Plan – 7 nights Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices On Tanera Mòr, the largest of the Summer Isles, we Tuesday 30th August – Oban – Embarkation. discover the private post office that isues its own Wednesday 31st August – Morning; Cruise Kyle Rhea. stamps, before exploring the sheer-sided spectacle of Afternoon; Shieldaig – Walks ashore. Corrieshalloch Gorge were the River Droma flows over Thursday 1st September – Morning; Gairloch – Inverewe Garden. a series of waterfalls, the largest of which is the Afternoon; Lochinver – Highland Pottery. 46m Measach Falls. Friday 2nd September – Morning; Loch a’ Chairn Bhain – Walks ashore. Afternoon; Kinlochbervie – Smoo Cave. After a cruise of the Inner Sound, we call at the Saturday 3rd September – Morning; Tanera Mòr – Island conservation village of Plockton on the banks of Loch Post Office. Carron and as our cruise draws to an end, we travel to Afternoon; Ullapool – Corrieshalloch Gorge and Measach Falls. Inverie on the Knoydart peninsula, only accessible by Sunday 4th September – Morning; Cruise the Inner Sound. Afternoon; Plockton – Walks ashore. sea or on foot, ahead of a final cruise of the Small Isles. Monday 5th September – Morning; Inverie – Walks ashore. Afternoon; Cruise the Small Isles. Tuesday 6th September – Oban – Disembarkation.

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MULL OBAN Ardmaddy Castle Gardens Craobh Haven COLONSAY Arduaine Garden Colonsay House Gardens Argyll’s Atlantic Islands JURA Loch na Mile Tuesday 6th to Saturday 10th September 2016 ISLAY Craighouse 4 nights including Welcome Cocktail Party and 1 Gala Dinner Port Ellen Laphroaig Distillery GIGHA Enjoy a short 4 night cruise on board Hebridean Achamore Gardens Princess exploring the islands and remote areas south of Oban, with isolated villages, distilleries and wonderful gardens.

Sailing from Oban our first visit is to Ardmaddy Castle Gardens, located in a most spectacular setting, shielded Hebridean Highlights to the north by mature woodlands and protected from l Ardmaddy Castle Gardens the Atlantic winds by the elevated castle, before sailing l Colonsay House Gardens onwards to the island of Colonsay and Colonsay House l Laphroaig Distillery Gardens, owned by the Strathcona family for over l Achamore Gardens 100 years. l Craighouse l Arduaine Garden Continuing south the whisky isle of Islay beckons and from Port Ellen we tour one of the most famous Travel Plan – 4 nights distilleries, Laphroaig, renowned for its peaty single malts. Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices

Cruising to the neighbouring and tiny island of Gigha Tuesday 6th September – Oban – Embarkation. we look forward to Achamore Gardens; set in mature Wednesday 7th September – Morning; Seil Sound – Ardmaddy Castle Gardens. and varied woodland, this 54 acre paradise hosts an Afternoon; Colonsay – Colonsay House Gardens. impressive collection of plants and shrubs with Thursday 8th September – Morning; Port Ellen, Islay – breathtaking views across to the islands of Islay and Jura. Laphroaig Distillery. Afternoon; Gigha – Achamore Gardens. A north westerly sail takes us to Jura where we have the Friday 9th September – Morning; Loch na Mile, Jura – Craighouse. Afternoon; Craobh Haven – Arduaine Garden. opportunity to visit Craighouse, the only settlement on Saturday 10th September – Oban – Disembarkation. the island, before arriving at the delightful marina of Craobh Haven for an exploration of Arduaine Garden, a tranquil green oasis on the south slope of the Arduaine peninsula, south of Oban.

74 Main image: Colonsay House Gardens; Images left to right: Achamore Gardens; Laphroaig Distillery, Islay; Craighouse, Jura 75 76 Main image: Eigg; Images left to right: Loch Carron; Armadale Castle, Skye; Shieldaig Oban – Oban

Inverewe Garden Gairloch Shieldaig Conservation RAASAY Village Highlights of the Little SKYE Plockton Minch Armadale Inner Hebrides Clan Donald Centre RUM Saturday 10th to Thursday 15th September 2016 Kinloch Castle 5 nights including Welcome Cocktail Party and 1 Gala Dinner EIGG MUCK Community Isle

COLL Spend 5 nights on board the revered Hebridean Princess and experience the Small Isles of Rum and Eigg combined with isolated mainland destinations on this MULL OBAN delightful late summer cruise.

Cruising the Sound of Mull from Oban we venture to the Small Isle of Rum where, from Loch Scresort, we Hebridean Highlights explore the imposing red sandstone built Kinloch Castle. l Kinloch Castle Once the summer home of Lancastrian industrialists, l Clan Donald Centre the Bullough Family, both the island and the castle l Conservation Village of Plockton were gifted to the forerunner of todays Scottish Natural l Isle of Raasay Heritage, who continue to maintain the island and l Inverewe Garden its wildlife. l Conservation Village of Shieldaig l Commuinty Isle of Eigg From Rum we sail the short distance to Armadale on the Isle of Skye and explore the Clan Donald Centre, set in a Travel Plan – 5 nights 20,000-acre highland estate on the Sleat peninsula. Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices Once part of the traditional lands of Clan Donald, the Saturday 10th September – Oban – Embarkation. Estate was purchased by the Clan Donald Lands Trust Sunday 11th September – Morning; Loch Scresort, Rum – in 1971. Kinloch Castle. Afternoon; Armadale, Skye – Clan Donald Centre. Sailing through Kyle Rhea we arrive at the conservation Monday 12th September – Morning; Plockton – Walks ashore. village of Plockton, located on the shores of Loch Afternoon; Raasay – Walks ashore. Carron, before sailing to the small island of Raasay, most Tuesday 13th September – Morning; Gairloch – Inverewe Garden. Afternoon; Shieldaig – Walks ashore. famous as the birth place of the poet Sorley MacLean. Wednesday 14th September – Morning; Cruise the Narrows and Sound of Sleat. Continuing north we arrive at Gairloch on the mainland Afternoon; Eigg – Walks ashore. from where we explore Inverewe Garden, planted by Thursday 15th September – Oban – Disembarkation. Osgood Mackenzie in 1862 and recognised as one of the world’s great gardens.

Onwards to the conservation village of Shieldaig ahead of our last day cruising the Narrows and Sound of Sleat, with our last stretch of legs on the community owned Isle of Eigg, dominated by the mile long pitchstone ridge of An Sgùrr.

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NORTH UIST Lochmaddy Barpa Langass Pobull Fhinn SKYE Taste of the Outer Isles Loch Dunvegan BENBECULA Dunvegan Castle SOUTH Thursday 15th to Tuesday 20th September 2016 UIST 5 nights including Welcome Cocktail Party and 1 Gala Dinner ERISKAY Prince’s Bay BARRA CANNA RUM Sea of the Crossing the sea of the Hebrides Kisimul Castle comes Castlebay Hebrides EIGG Kisimul Castle into view, guarding the approach to Castlebay on Barra MUCK in the Outer Hebrides. Walk where Princes once stood COLL and experience the grandeur of Dunvegan Castle – all of TIREE MULL this combines to provide an unforgettable cruise. OBAN

After crossing the Sea of the Hebrides to Barra we explore the former stronghold of the Chiefs of Clan Hebridean Highlights Macneil the medieval Kisimul Castle, now owned by l Kisimul Castle Historic Scotland, ahead of sailing north to Eriskay and l Eriskay and Prince’s Bay Prince’s Bay. Here, in 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie first set l Barpa Langass and Pobull Fhinn foot on Scottish soil to raise an army to reclaim the l Dunvegan Castle Scottish and English crowns for his father. l Isle of Canna l Isle of Muck The spectacular chambered cairn of Barpa Langass and Pobull Fhinn, the only stone circle on North Uist, are Travel Plan – 5 nights wonderous sites for us to experience on our tour of the Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices Uists, before sailing to Loch Dunvegan on the west coast Thursday 15th September – Oban – Embarkation. of Skye and heading to Dunvegan Castle, the ancestral Friday 16th September – Morning; Cruise the Sea of home of the Chieftan of Clan MacLeod for 800 years. the Hebrides. Afternoon; Castlebay, Barra – Kisimul Castle. As our cruise nears its end we explore on the Small Isle Saturday 17th September – Morning; Eriskay – Walks at of Canna, given to the National Trust for Scotland by the Prince’s Bay. Afternoon; Cruise the Outer Hebrides. great Gaelic scholar John Lorne Campbell, before Sunday 18th September – Morning; Lochmaddy, North Uist – landing at another of the Small Isles, Muck, with its Barpa Langass and Pobull Fhinn. welcoming tea shop. Afternoon; Loch Dunvegan, Skye – Dunvegan Castle. Monday 19th September – Morning; Canna - Walks ashore. Afternoon; Muck – Walks ashore. Tuesday 20th September – Oban – Disembarkation.

78 Main image: Castlebay, Barra; Images left to right: Barpa Langass, North Uist; Dunvegan Castle, Skye; Eriskay ponies 79 80 Main image: Callanish Stones, Lewis; Images left to right: Attadale Gardens; Carloway Broch, Lewis; Lews Castle Carloway Broch LEWIS Callanish Stones Oban – Oban Stornoway Lews Castle The Museum Minch Tarbert St Clement’s Church SHIANT HARRIS ISLES Inverewe Garden Gairloch

SKYE Shieldaig Plockton Westward to Harris and Lewis RAASAY Attadale Gardens Armadale Kyle Rhea Tuesday 20th to Tuesday 27th September 2016 Clan Donald Centre 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners CANNA RUM This cruise also departs on 3rd May 2016 EIGG

Join Hebridean Princess as she explores the Inner and COLL Outer Hebrides, including the Small Isle of Eigg and Sound of Mull larger neighbour of Skye, along with the Outer Isles of Harris and Lewis and the uninhabited Shiants. MULL OBAN

Departing from Oban and venturing round Ardnamurchan, we spend the morning cruising north Hebridean Highlights through Kyle Rhea and under the Skye Bridge to the l Tweed Weaving Demonstration island of Raasay for an afternoon of strolls. l Shiant Isles l Callanish Standing Stones and Arriving at Tarbert on the Isle of Harris we enjoy an Carloway Broch island tour including a tweed weaving demonstration l Lews Castle Museum and a call at the ancient church of St Clement’s, built in l Inverewe Garden the 1500s. l Conservation Village of Shieldaig l Attadale Gardens Located on the edge of the Outer Hebrides are the uninhabited Shiant Isles, the renowned wildlife haven, Travel Plan – 7 nights where we intend to land by beach landing craft. Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices Tuesday 20th September – Oban – Embarkation. Returning to the Outer Isles, we journey to the famous Wednesday 21st September – Morning; Cruise Kyle Rhea and standing stones at Callanish on Lewis, the 2,000 year old The Narrows. Afternoon; Raasay – Walks ashore. Carloway Broch and the more recently constructed Lews Thursday 22nd September – Morning; Tarbert, Harris – Island Castle Museum. tour including St Clement’s Church, Rodel. Afternoon; Shiant Isles – Beach landing. Cruising The Minch to Gairloch on the mainland we Friday 23rd September – Morning; Stornoway, Lewis – Callanish appreciate the delights of Inverewe Garden, a vision of Stones and Carloway Broch. Afternoon; Stornoway, Lewis – Lews Castle Museum. Osgood Mackenzie and set on a barren bluff. Saturday 24th September – Morning; Cruise The Minch. Afternoon; Gairloch – Inverewe Garden. Continuing to the conservation village of Shieldaig we Sunday 25th September – Morning; Shieldaig – Walks ashore. stretch our legs ashore, before sailing to Loch Carron Afternoon; Plockton – Attadale Gardens. where we visit Attadale Gardens with its impressive Monday 26th September – Morning; Armadale, Skye – Clan collection of sculpture. Donald Centre. Afternoon; Eigg – Walks ashore. Tuesday 27th September – Oban – Disembarkation. Onwards to Armadale and the Clan Donald Centre, which depicts the history of this once powerful Clan and then our final port of call is the Small Isle of Eigg, now owned by its community following a buyout in 1997.

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NORTH UIST Lochmaddy Barpa Langass SKYE Pobull Fhinn Loch Dunvegan Voyage to the Outer Isles BENBECULA Dunvegan Castle SOUTH UIST Loch Harport Tuesday 27th September to Lochboisdale Talisker Distillery BARRA CANNA Tuesday 4th October 2016 Castlebay RUM 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners VATERSAY Sea of the EIGG This cruise also departs on 10th May 2016 Hebrides BISHOP’S MUCK ISLES Glenmore Bay COLL Ardnamurchan Wonder at the contrasts of Scotland’s isles, from the inner Distillery TIREE MULL Hebridean island of Canna, owned by the National Trust Skerryvore Craignure Lighthouse Duart Castle OBAN for Scotland, to the Outer Isles of Barra, Vatersay, The Museum Uists and the remote Bishop’s Isles.

Our first port of call is the Isle of Coll where we explore on foot before sailing to Tiree to learn about the Hebridean Highlights construction of the Skerryvore Lighthouse at Hynish. l Skerryvore Lighthouse Museum l Bishop’s Isles Crossing the Sea of The Hebrides we sail to the Bishop’s l Barpa Langass and Pobull Fhinn Isles at the very southern tip of the Outer Hebrides for a l Dunvegan Castle beach landing, ahead of a relaxing sail to Castlebay for l Talisker Distillery walks on the most southerly inhabited of the Outer Isles, l Ardnamurchan Distillery Vatersay. l Duart Castle

From Lochboisdale we tour South Uist, Benbecula and North Uist, visiting Barpa Langass and Pobull Travel Plan – 7 nights Fhinn, including a picnic ashore, before re-joining Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices Hebridean Princess in Lochmaddy. Tuesday 27th September – Oban – Embarkation. Wednesday 28th September – Morning; Coll – Walks ashore. Sailing south east we head to Dunvegan Castle on Skye, Afternoon; Tiree – Skerryvore Lighthouse Museum. which has been the home of the Chieftain of Clan Thursday 29th September – Morning; Bishop’s Isles – Beach landing. MacLeod for 800 years and boasts wonderful gardens. Afternoon; Castlebay, Barra – Walks on Vatersay. Continuing along the south west coast of Skye to Loch Friday 30th September – Morning; Lochboisdale, South Uist – Harport we visit the island’s only legal distillery, Talisker. Tour of the Uists. Afternoon; Lochmaddy, North Uist – Barpa Langass and We steam to the Small Isle of Canna, given to the Pobull Fhinn. National Trust for Scotland by the great Gaelic scholar Saturday 1st October – Morning; Loch Dunvegan, Skye – Dunvegan Castle. John Lorne Campbell in 1981, before taking strolls on the Afternoon; Loch Harport, Skye – Talisker Distillery. delightful Isle of Muck. Sunday 2nd October – Morning; Canna – Walks ashore. Afternoon; Muck – Walks ashore. Our final full day allows us to enjoy the Ardnamurchan Monday 3rd October – Morning; Glenmore Bay – Distillery from Glenmore Bay, promoted as Scotland’s Ardnamurchan Distillery. Afternoon; Craignure, Mull – Duart Castle. newest, greenest and most westerly mainland distillery. Tuesday 4th October – Oban – Disembarkation. Our voyage concludes at Duart Castle, home to Clan Maclean.

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Flavours of Scotland Tobermory COLL Isle of Mull Cheese Tuesday 4th to Tuesday 11th October 2016 MULL ERISKA Isle of 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners STAFFA Craignure Eriska Hotel IONA Duart Castle OBAN This cruise also departs on 5th April 2016 Iona Abbey

COLONSAY Scotland is rightly proud of its reputation for its Colonsay Oysters and Honey JURA wonderful natural larder and those who produce mouth-watering creations. Join Hebridean Princess ISLAY as we explore the wonderful culinary offerings of Port Ellen Laphroaig the Highlands and Islands. Distillery

84 Main image: Dunvegan Castle; Images top to bottom: Isle of Mull Cheese; Laphroaig Distillery, Islay; Three Chimneys Restaurant, Skye

Islay has a reputation for big peaty whiskies and from Port Ellen we visit one of the island’s famous distilleries, Food & Drink Highlights Laphroaig. On Colonsay meet the man who supplies l Laphroaig Distillery Hebridean Princess with oysters, but also learn about his l Colonsay Oysters and Honey Farm other passion – honey and the black tailed bees he keeps. l Lunch and Cookery Demonstration – Kinloch Lodge Columba’s Iona is our next port of call and as we sail towards l Lunch – Three Chimneys Restaurant Skye for our overnight anchorage, we cruise past the island l Isle of Mull Cheese of Staffa with its famous Fingal’s Cave. l Lunch – Isle of Eriska Hotel l Duart Castle – Champagne Reception From Armadale a cookery demonstration and lunch at the Michelin starred Kinloch Lodge beckons, before a sail to Kyle Travel Plan – 7 nights of Lochalsh. A morning cruise takes us to Loch Dunvegan, Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices where we visit Dunvegan Castle and enjoy lunch at the world Tuesday 4th October – Oban – Embarkation. renowned Three Chimneys Restaurant. Wednesday 5th October – Morning; Port Ellen, Islay – Laphroaig Distillery. As we delight in the Small Isles we head south to Mull and Afternoon; Colonsay – Oysters and Honey. our next port of call, the island capital of Tobermory. Here Thursday 6th October – Morning; Iona – Benedictine Abbey. we visit Isle of Mull Cheese, a small, family farm, to learn how Afternoon; Cruise past Fingal’s Cave, Staffa to Skye. the local cheeses are made by hand. Friday 7th October – Morning; Armadale, Skye – Cookery Demonstration and lunch at Kinloch Lodge. Afternoon; Kyle of Lochalsh – Walks ashore. Our final morning is spent at the Isle of Eriska Hotel, situated Saturday 8th October – Morning; Cruise east coast of Skye. on its own private island, where we enjoy lunch in the Afternoon; Dunvegan, Skye – Lunch at Three Chimneys and Michelin starred restaurant. We conclude our culinary Dunvegan Castle. adventure by returning to Mull for a Champagne reception Sunday 9th October – Morning; Cruise the Small Isles. Afternoon; Tobermory, Mull – Isle of Mull Cheese. at Duart Castle, hosted by Sir Lachlan Maclean, Chieftain of Monday 10th October – Morning; Isle of Eriska – Lunch at Isle Clan Maclean. of Eriska Hotel. Afternoon; Craignure, Mull – Duart Castle Champagne reception. Tuesday 11th October – Oban – Disembarkation.

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86 Main image: Old Man of Storr, Skye; Images left to right: Walkers at Shieldaig; Eigg; Eilean Donan Castle Oban – Oban

Trotternish peninsula Gairloch Shieldaig SKYE Highland Heritage Portree RAASAY Kyle of Lochalsh Armadale Eilean Donan Tuesday 11th to Tuesday 18th October 2016 Clan Donald Centre Castle 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners RUM

EIGG t.Become a Laird, Lord or Lady as we explore a MUCK Ballachulish Glenmore Bay Highland Titles highland title nature reserve, a wealth of historic Nadurra Centre Nature Reserve castles and a heritage centre; all of which bring to Tobermory life the deep highland heritage of this region. MULL Craignure Duart Castle OBAN

As we sail north from Oban we venture to Ballachullish and the Highland Titles Nature Reserve to become a Hebridean Highlights titled Laird, Lord or Lady of Glencoe on allocation of our l Highland Titles Nature Reserve very own plot of land on the Keil Hill Estate. l Isle of Raasay l Trotternish Peninsula After taking a cruise of the Sound of Mull and the l Conservation Village of Shieldaig delightful Small Isles, the island of Raasay awaits before l Eilean Donan Castle we embark on a tour of the spectacular Trotternish l Nadurra Centre peninsula on the Isle of Skye. l Duart Castle – Champagne Reception

Returning to the mainland we stretch our legs at popular Gairloch and then onwards to the conservation village of Travel Plan – 7 nights Shieldaig, founded in 1800. Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices Tuesday 11th October – Oban – Embarkation. Sailing south we berth at Kyle of Lochalsh from where Wednesday 12th October – Morning; Ballachulish – Highland Titles we are lured to one of Scotland’s most photographed Nature Reserve. Afternoon; Cruise Sound of Mull and Small Isles. castles, Eilean Donan, formerly a stronghold of Clan Thursday 13th October – Morning; Raasay - Walks ashore. MacKenzie, ahead of venturing to Armadale with its Afternoon; Portree, Skye – Tour Trotternish peninsula. ruined castle and the Clan Donald Centre. Friday 14th October – Morning; Gairloch – Walks ashore. Afternoon; Shieldaig – Walks ashore. Preceding a call to the award winning Nadurra Centre, Saturday 15th October – Morning; Kyle of Lochalsh – Eilean where we are introduced to the breath-taking variety Donan Castle. of flora and fauna found in this beautiful corner of Afternoon; Armadale, Skye – Armadale Castle and Clan Donald Centre. Scotland, we enjoy walks ashore on the community Sunday 16th October – Morning; Eigg – Walks ashore. owned island of Eigg. Afternoon; Glenmore Bay – Nadurra Centre. Monday 17th October – Morning; Tobermory, Mull – Walks ashore. Our final full day is spent on the island of Mull with a Afternoon; Craignure, Mull – Duart Castle Champagne reception. visit to the colourful Georgian town of Tobermory, Tuesday 18th October – Oban – Disembarkation. culminating with a Champagne reception at the imposing Duart Castle, hosted by the current Chieftan of Clan Maclean, Sir Lachlan.

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HARRIS SHIANT ISLES North Minch NORTH UIST Inner BENBECULA Sound SKYE SOUTH UIST Little Minch

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Autumn Surprise

Tuesday 18th to Tuesday 25th October 2016 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners

Join Hebridean Princess on this autumn cruise as Captain Trevor Bailey decides the itinerary on a daily basis, taking you to some of his favourite destinations.

Although the itinerary is unknown, you will be assured of excellent service, exquisite cuisine and the understated elegance of Hebridean Princess.

Please note that it is planned for Captain Bailey to be Master on this cruise, however this may be changed without notice.

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Ardfern Kilmartin Glen and Museum Holy Loch Tayvallich Historic Kilmun and JURA Argyll Mausoleum

GREENOCK Largs Ardgowan Call of the Clyde ISLAY GIGHA BUTE House Achamore Tuesday 25th October to Gardens GREAT CUMBRAE ARRAN Cathedral of Port Ellen the Isles Tuesday 1st November 2016 Ardbeg Distillery Brodick HOLY ISLE 7 nights including 2 Gala Dinners Campbeltown Glenbarr Abbey

Mull of As we leave our home port of Oban for the last time this season we Kintyre head south and experience the contrasts between the Hebridean SANDA ISLAND islands of Jura and Gigha and the Clyde islands of Arran and Bute.

Coach transfers will be provided from Glasgow Central Railway Station and Glasgow International Airport to Oban at the start of the cruise, and from Greenock to Glasgow International Airport and Glasgow Central Railway Station at the end of the cruise. Secure car parking is available at Greenock and a complimentary transfer will be provided from Greenock to Oban on the day of embarkation for guests wishing to utilise the car parking facility in Greenock.

90 Main image: Tayvallich; Images top to bottom: Kilmartin Glen; Ardgowan House; Ardbeg Distillery

Leaving Oban, Hebridean Princess heads south to Ardfern Guest Speaker from where we visit Kilmartin Glen and Museum, festooned Miranda Krestovnikoff with Neolithic monuments and artefacts. Miranda is one of the UK's best-known TV and radio presenters. Recognised for her award Cruising Loch Sween we take time ashore at picturesque winning factual programmes, as a biologist, trained diver and environmentalist, she has Tayvallich, before continuing to Port Ellen on Islay for a tour explored Great Britain's shoreline from top to of the Ardbeg Distillery and then onwards to the small island toe, revealing fascinating tales of marine life. In between presenting, Miranda regularly writes of Gigha, with its famous Achamore Gardens, designed by articles on tourism and leisure for national newspapers and magazines and is currently Sir James Horlick. President of the RSPB and Patron on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation. A cruise of the Mull of Kintyre takes us to Campbeltown where we visit the Clan MacAlister Centre at Glenbarr Abbey, Travel Plan – 7 nights before landing on the privately owned Sanda Island, a site of Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices Special Scientific Interest. Tuesday 25th October – Oban – Embarkation. Wednesday 26th October – Morning; Ardfern – Kilmartin Glen Holy Isle offers a spiritual heritage dating to the 6th century and Museum. and is a delightful place to walk ashore before venturing to its Afternoon; Tayvallich, Loch Sween – Walks ashore. larger neighbour, Arran, for a guided tour of the island. Thursday 27th October – Morning; Port Ellen, Islay – Ardbeg Distillery. From Largs we visit Ardgowan House, set in 400 acres this Afternoon; Gigha – Achamore Gardens. Georgian property was designed by former assistant to Friday 28th October – Morning; Cruise the Mull of Kintyre. Afternoon; Campbeltown – Glenbarr Abbey. Robert Adam, Hugh Cairncross and built between 1798 and Saturday 29th October – Morning; Sanda – Walks ashore. 1801. It is now home to the Shaw Stewart family. Afternoon; Holy Isle – Walks ashore. Sunday 30th October – Morning; Brodick, Arran – Island tour. On Great Cumbrae, Britain’s smallest cathedral awaits and Afternoon; Largs – Ardgowan House. then our final visit is the Historic Kilmun and Argyll Monday 31st October – Morning; Great Cumbrae – Cathedral of Mausoleum. Built in 1790, the Argyll Mausoluem was the Isles. Afternoon; Holy Loch – Historic Kilmun and Argyll Mausoleum. constructed to house the remains of the Dukes and Earls of Tuesday 1st November – Greenock – Disembarkation. Argyll, Chiefs of the Clan Campbell and their families.

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Troon This ever popular cruise takes in some of the architectural Dumfries House Dundonald Castle gems of the Clyde. The areas long and often turbulent Campbeltown past brings together a rich tapestry of medieval castles Glenbarr Abbey and grand mansions and Hebridean guests have a rare private viewing of many, often by a member of the family.

From our berth in Greenock we visit Finlaystone House, Guest Speaker home to the MacMillan family. High on a hill in David Winpenny Helensburgh sits what is universally regarded as Charles David worked for the Countryside Commission Rennie Mackintosh’s finest domestic creation, Hill House, before setting up his own PR company. He has now owned by the National Trust for Scotland. always been interested in the quirkier side of architecture; he researched and wrote 'Up to a Point - In search of pyramids in Britain and After cruising Loch Fyne we enjoy Hebridean’s first ever Ireland'. An accredited NADFAS lecturer, David speaks on a wide range of architectural visit to Sir Charles and Lady McLean’s home, Strachur subjects, writes for the AA and is a regular House, with its sheltered flower garden. contributor to BBC Countryfile Magazine. He was a Mastermind finalist in 1999. The fairy tale Inveraray Castle, home to the Duke of Argyll, opens the private apartments for our visit, Travel Plan – 7 nights before we head to the Sir Robert Lorimer designed Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices Ardkinglas House. Tuesday 1st November – Greenock – Embarkation. Wednesday 2nd November – Morning; Greenock – Finlaystone A warm welcome is assured at Glenbarr Abbey, home to House. the Clan MacAlister Centre, before we continue our Afternoon; Rhu – Hill House. voyage to Dumfries House; designed by Robert Adam Thursday 3rd November – Morning; Cruise Loch Fyne. and little changed by time, the house still boasts much Afternoon; Strachur – Strachur House. of the original furnishings. Friday 4th November – Morning; Crarae – Inveraray Castle Private Apartments. Afternoon; Strachur – Ardkinglas House. Dundonald Castle is now a ruin, but was once a royal Saturday 5th November – Morning; Cruise Kilbranan Sound. residence, built for Robert II when he became King in Afternoon; Campbeltown – Glenbarr Abbey. 1371. From Largs we visit Georgian Ardgowan House; set Sunday 6th November – Morning; Troon – Dumfries House. in 400 acres and built between 1798 and 1801. Our final Afternoon; Troon – Dundonald Castle. visit is to Kelburn Castle, home to Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl Monday 7th November – Morning; Largs – Ardgowan House. Largs – Kelburn Castle. of Glasgow, originally built in the 13th century and Tuesday 8th November – Greenock – Disembarkation. extended in the 16th century, but now featuring rather unusual graffiti.

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INVERCLYDE BUTE Rothesay Rothesay Castle

GREAT CUMBRAE Cathedral of Islands of the Clyde the Isles

ARRAN Tuesday 8th to Saturday 12th November 2016 Brodick Firth of Island Tour Clyde 4 nights including Welcome Cocktail Party and 1 Gala Dinner HOLY ISLE This cruise also departs on 7th March 2016

The elegance of Hebridean Princess allows us to sample the beauty of the Clyde islands in comfort with this SANDA ISLAND Site of Special AILSA CRAIG wonderful four night itinerary that takes us to Britain’s Scientific Interest smallest cathedral and a privately owned island, designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Steaming from Greenock we sail towards Britain’s smallest cathedral on the delightful island of Great Hebridean Highlights Cumbrae. The cathedral was commissioned by the l Cathedral of the Isles 6th Earl of Glasgow, George Boyle, designed by William l Sanda Island – Site of Special Scientific Interest Butterfield and completed in 1848. Arran is the largest of l Ailsa Craig the Clyde islands and plays host to our next port of call l Holy Isle where we enjoy a tour of this once popular island retreat. l Rothesay Castle Onwards to the privately owned Sanda Island, designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its Travel Plan – 4 nights importance to both migrating and breeding birds and Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices which is home to the first bird observatory on the west Tuesday 8th November – Greenock – Embarkation. coast of Scotland. Wednesday 9th November – Morning; Great Cumbrae – Cathedral of the Isles. An afternoon sail allows us to circumnavigate the Afternoon; Brodick, Arran – Island tour. imposing island of Ailsa Craig, once quarried for its blue Thursday 10th November – Morning; Sanda Island – Walks ashore. Afternoon; Circumnavigate Ailsa Craig. hone granite used in the making of curling stones, but Friday 11th November – Morning; Holy Isle –Walks ashore. now home to vast numbers of gannets. Afternoon; Rothesay, Bute – Rothesay Castle.

Cruising to Holy Isle, off the east coast of Arran, we Saturday 12th November – Greenock – Disembarkation. stretch our legs ahead of our last visit to Rothesay Castle on the Isle of Bute, previously described as one of the most imposing castles in Scotland owing to its long standing history and unusual circular design.

94 Main image: Holy Isle; Images left to right: Rothesay Castle, Bute; Ailsa Craig; Cathedral of the Isles, Great Cumbrae 95 96 Main image: Loch Long; Images left to right: Tarbert Castle; Ascog Victorian Fernery; Loch Fyne Greenock – Greenock Scenic Cruising Loch Loch Goil Long Scenic Cruising Holy Historic Kilmun and Loch Fyne Loch Argyll Mausoleum Loch Striven GREENOCK

INVERCLYDE Tarbert Lochs of Argyll Tarbert Castle Rothesay BUTE Ascog Fernery Saturday 12th to Wednesday 16th November 2016 4 nights including Welcome Cocktail Party and 1 Gala Dinner This cruise also departs on 11th March 2016 Firth of ARRAN Clyde

Escape to the tranquillity of some of the most beautiful and peaceful lochs of Argyll with this four night cruise encompassing village walks, a restored fernery once forgotten by time and a mausoleum built to house the Dukes and Earls of Argyll.

Our voyage commences with a cruise through the narrow Kyles of Bute and Loch Striven; during World Hebridean Highlights War II the loch was used for training the X-Craft midget l Loch Striven and Loch Fyne submarine crews, deployed to attack the Tirpitz. l Tarbert Castle l Ascog Fernery Ashore at the fishing village of Tarbert, with its ruined l Historic Kilmun and Argyll Mausoleum castle once occupied by Robert the Bruce, we stretch l Loch Long and Loch Goil our legs before enjoying a scenic cruise of Loch Fyne.

Lying on the geographical fault of the Highland Line, the Travel Plan – 4 nights island of Bute is home to Ascog Fernery. Dating to Please refer to the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for prices around 1870, this Victorian fernery was rediscovered and Saturday 12th November – Greenock – Embarkation. restored by its current owners and is believed to house Sunday 13th November – Morning; Cruise Loch Striven and Kyles of Bute. the oldest fern in the United Kingdom – Todea Barbara Afternoon; Tarbert, Loch Fyne – Village walks and ruined castle. or ‘the thousand year old fern’. Monday 14th November – Morning; Cruise Loch Fyne. Afternoon; Rothesay, Bute – Ascog Fernery. Located on the shores of Holy Loch we visit Historic Tuesday 15th November – Morning; Holy Loch – Historic Kilmun Kilmun and Argyll Mausoleum. Built in 1790 the Argyll and Argyll Mausoleum. Mausoluem was constructed to house the remains of the Afternoon; Cruise Loch Long and Loch Goil. Dukes and Earls of Argyll, Chiefs of the Clan Campbell Wednesday 16th November – Greenock – Disembarkation. and their families. Records indicate that Clan Campbell chiefs have been buried here since the 15th century and the last burial was that of the 10th Duke in 1949.

Our final afternoon is spent cruising Loch Long and Loch Goil where we can enjoy the wonderful remoteness of these lochs yet so close to the once industrial Clyde.

97 Cabins

Elegantly decorated and All cabins offer ample wardrobe Each cabin is equipped with a furnished, Hebridean Princess space, including a small personal television; should you wish to view a safe, drawers and a dressing table, DVD in your cabin, a number of DVD cabins are individually designed hairdryer, trouser press, iron and players are available for this purpose to make the most of the ironing board and tea/coffee-making and a selection of DVDs may be available space. Poetically facilities. There is also a refrigerator borrowed from the Library. named after Scottish isles, stocked with a selection of soft drinks with fresh milk supplied daily. All our guests enjoy exactly the same castles, lochs and sounds, they For your added comfort and high standard of service irrespective are amongst the most spacious relaxation, bathrobes, slippers and a of cabin grade. for vessels of her size. wide range of Molton Brown toiletries Please note that smoking is not allowed in are also provided. the cabins.

98 Isle of Iona Promenade deck

Isle of Staffa

Isle of Staffa bathroom Isle of Bute Isle of Raasay

Balcony cabins

Isle of Berneray Isle of Iona Isle of Raasay Isle of Bute Isle of Staffa Bed: Double Bed: King-size or twin Bed: King-size or twin Bathroom: Thermostatic shower Bathroom: Full-size bath Bathroom: Full-size bath Price category with thermostatic shower with thermostatic shower Price category Price category An excellent port-side cabin in a quiet corner on the same level as the Tiree Lounge and the Library. This extremely Situated on the port and starboard sides The roomy Isle of Berneray and Isle of comfortable cabin has open views from its of the Promenade Deck, towards the after Bute are situated on the port and windows and is well-equipped with end of the ship, these two superb cabins starboard sides, towards the after end private facilities, including a thermostatic are fitted with comfortable king-size beds of the Promenade Deck. The private shower. balconies in these cabins ensure total convertible into twins. Large picture privacy as they cannot be overlooked windows are perfect for watching the from the ship, and with teak tables and landscapes unfold. Spacious bathrooms chairs, they are the perfect place to sit contain full-size baths with thermostatic back, relax and take in the breathtaking showers. landscapes. These cabins contain king-size beds, which can be re-arranged as twins. The bathrooms are generous in size with full-size baths and thermostatic showers. 99 Princess deck

Isle of Arran Suite, day room

Isle of Arran Suite, bedroom Isle of Arran Suite, bathroom

Isle of Benbecula Isle of Benbecula bathroom Isle of Coll

Isle of Arran suite Balcony cabins Isle of Coll Isle of Colonsay Bed: King-size or twin Isle of Barra Bathroom: Full-size bath Bed: King-size or twin with separate thermostatic shower Isle of Benbecula Bathroom: Full-size bath Price category with thermostatic shower Bed: Double Price category Bathroom: Full-size bath The ship’s largest cabin, the Isle of Arran with thermostatic shower Suite, is located on the port side of the Price category Located on the same deck as Reception Princess Deck and, as all windows are on and the Columba Restaurant, these the ship’s side, privacy is assured. It roomy, forward-facing cabins, at the comprises a large, separate day room, a forward end of the Princess Deck, are spacious bedroom and a well-equipped The Isle of Barra and Isle of Benbecula are fitted with three large picture windows bathroom with bath and separate walk-in located on the port and starboard sides offering excellent views ahead over the shower. The bedroom contains a king-size forward on the Princess Deck. The bow. The king-size beds can be re- bed, which can be re-arranged as twins, balconies, which afford total privacy as arranged as twins. A well deck, some 40 generous wardrobes, drawers, dressing they cannot be overlooked from the ship, feet (12 m) in length, between the cabins table and a second television. are fitted with teak tables and chairs for you to enjoy the magnificent scenery. and the forecastle, ensures privacy. Large The bathrooms are generous in size with bathrooms feature full-size baths with full-size baths and thermostatic showers. thermostatic showers.

100 Isle of Danna Isle of Eigg

Isle of Muck Isle of Rum

Isle of Danna Isle of Muck Isle of Canna Isle of Eigg Bed: King-size or twin Bed: Double Bathroom: Thermostatic shower Bathroom: Thermostatic shower Isle of Rum

Price category Price category Bed: Single Bathroom: Thermostatic shower The Isle of Danna is a roomy cabin and This popular, double-bedded cabin, Price category tucked into a quiet corner on the port side located on the starboard side of the of the Princess Deck. It contains a king- Princess Deck, has three full-size picture size bed, which can be converted into windows, which afford superb views and These well-appointed cabins lie on the twin beds, and two comfortable chairs give the room a bright, airy feel. Private starboard side of the Princess Deck, from which to enjoy panoramic views facilities include a thermostatic shower. enjoying good views. With a charming through full-size picture windows. home-from-home feel, they are much in Charming private facilities include demand. The private facilities include a thermostatic shower. thermostatic showers.

101 Waterfront deck

Duart Castle Duart Castle bathroom

Kinloch Castle Ardvreck Castle

Torosay Castle Sound of Islay 102 Duart Castle Kinloch Castle Torosay Castle

Beds: King-size or twin Bathroom: Full-size bath with thermostatic shower Price category

These elegant and roomy cabins on the Sound of Jura Waterfront Deck are connected by a flight of stairs to the Princess Deck, offering easy access to the embarkation area on the same level for the small boats when going ashore. While Kinloch and Torosay Castle cabins are fitted with two opening portholes, Duart Castle also has a forward-facing porthole. All feature spacious bathrooms with full-size baths and thermostatic showers.

Ardvreck Castle Lews Castle

Beds: Double Bathroom: Full-size bath with thermostatic shower Price category

Sound of Jura shower

These elegant cabins on the Waterfront Deck are connected by a flight of stairs to the Princess Deck, offering easy access to the embarkation area on the same level for the small boats when going ashore. Both these cabins are fitted with two opening portholes and feature spacious bathrooms with full-size baths and thermostatic showers.

Sound of Islay Sound of Jura Sound of Mull Sound of Sleat

Bed: Single Bathroom: Thermostatic shower Sound of Mull Price category

Situated on the starboard side of the Waterfront Deck, these are roomy single cabins, fitted with two opening portholes. The private facilities feature thermostatic showers. A single staircase links these rooms to the Princess Deck, with direct access by a flight of three steps to the embarkation area for the small boats when going ashore.

Sound of Sleat

103 Hebridean deck

Loch Crinan Loch Harport Loch Torridon

Beds: King-size or twin Bathroom: Thermostatic shower Price category

These charming, interchangeable king-size or twin-bedded cabins on the port and starboard sides of the Hebridean Deck are generous in size. Although there are no windows or portholes, fresh air is circulated day and night by the ship’s forced-air ventilation system. Spacious private facilities include a thermostatic shower.

Loch Buie Loch Crinan Loch Harport Loch Scavaig

Bed: Single Bathroom: Full-size bath with thermostatic shower Price category

These charming, well-appointed cabins, located on the starboard side of the Hebridean Deck, offer spacious bathrooms and full-size baths with thermostatic showers. As they are not fitted with windows or portholes, fresh air is supplied by the ship’s forced air ventilation system.

Loch Scresort

Bed: Single Bathroom: Thermostatic shower Loch Scavaig Loch Torridon Price category

This delightful cabin, located on the starboard side of the Hebridean Deck, is well-appointed. Fresh air is supplied by the ship’s forced-air ventilation system, as this cabin does not have windows or portholes. Loch Scresort has good-sized private facilities with a thermostatic shower.

Loch Scresort

104 Good connections mean an easy start to your cruise

Our experienced reservations Airports and railway stations Door-to-door transfers staff can assist you with all For cruises starting and/or ending As an added touch of luxury, our your UK travel arrangements, in Oban and Greenock the nearest door-to-door service makes it including individually tailored transport terminals are Glasgow possible for you to enjoy the comfort Central Railway Station and Glasgow of chauffeur driven travel from packages, to make your journey International Airport. most places in the UK to your to and from Hebridean Princess embarkation port, or any UK railway as relaxed and as stress-free For cruises starting and/or ending station or airport. as possible. in Invergordon the nearest transport terminals are Inverness Railway Hotels Station and Inverness Airport. Whether you would prefer the You may prefer to extend your cruise convenience of a chauffeur transfer, or Private coach transfers with a pre- or post-cruise hotel stay the comfort of a private airport lounge, and many of our hotel partners are Guests travelling by rail or air to members of Connoisseurs Scotland we will be only too pleased to cater for embark in Greenock, Oban or your requirements. or Pride of Britain. Our reservations Invergordon will be collected at the staff can also recommend hotels Flights railway stations or airports listed elsewhere in the UK. above and transported by private Our reservations staff can advise and coach to join Hebridean Princess. arrange flights from most UK airports Luggage transfers to the airport nearest to your port of Secure car parking The Baggageman provides a luggage collection and delivery service from embarkation in order to meet with A valet car parking facility is your home to Hebridean Princess our private coach. provided for cruises staring and and return. Please contact ending in Oban and secure car Rail The Baggageman directly parking is available for Greenock and on 01844 264890 or visit We can arrange standard or first Invergordon departures. class rail travel from/to your local UK www.thebaggageman.com. railway station, together with seat reservations where available, to the station nearest to the port of embarkation in order to meet with our private coach.

Cruises that start and finish in different ports For cruises that embark and disembark in different ports, trouble-free arrangements have been made by our reservations staff.

15th March 2016 12th July 2016 8th August 2016 25th October 2016 Spirit of Scotland Following the Stone Age Scotland Call of the Clyde Greenock to Oban Grand Fleet Invergordon to Oban Oban to Greenock Coach transfers will be Oban to Invergordon Coach transfers will be Coach transfers will be provided from Glasgow Coach transfers will be provided from Inverness provided from Glasgow Central Railway Station and provided from Glasgow Railway Station and Inverness Central Railway Station and Glasgow International Airport Central Railway Station and Airport to Invergordon at the Glasgow International Airport to Greenock at the start of Glasgow International Airport start of the cruise, and from to Oban at the start of the the cruise, and from Oban to Oban at the start of the Oban to Glasgow International cruise, and from Greenock to Glasgow International cruise, and from Invergordon Airport and Glasgow Central to Glasgow International Airport and Glasgow Central to Inverness Airport and Railway Station at the end of Airport and Glasgow Central Railway Station at the end Inverness Railway Station the cruise. Railway Station at the end of of the cruise. at the end of the cruise. Car parking is available at the cruise. Car parking is available Car parking is available at Oban and a complimentary Car parking is available at Greenock and a Invergordon and a transfer will be provided from at Greenock and a complimentary transfer will complimentary transfer will Oban to Invergordon on the complimentary transfer will be provided from Oban to be provided from Invergordon day of embarkation for be provided from Greenock Greenock on the day of to Oban on the day of guests wishing to utilise the to Oban on the day of disembarkation for guests embarkation for guests car parking facility in Oban. embarkation for guests wishing to utilise the car wishing to utilise the car wishing to utilise the car parking facility in Greenock. parking facility in Invergordon. parking facility in Greenock. 105 On board A-Z

Animals Dress and footwear We regret that no animals are Daytime: During the day dress is permitted on board the vessel other casual. It is advisable to bring suitable than assistance dogs accompanying clothing for the area in which you will disabled passengers. be cruising.

Binoculars Evening: For dinner in the evening, guests prefer to dress more formally, Wildlife lovers may wish to bring with a jacket and tie for gentlemen binoculars as there are only a limited and the equivalent for ladies. number on board for loan. Gala evenings: The recommended dress code for Gala evenings is black Communications tie for gentlemen and evening wear There are iPads in the Library and for ladies, although this is by no Wi-Fi access is available. means mandatory. Mobile phones should be switched off On these evenings, the Officers will in public rooms. The cellular system wear formal dress. The number of in the Highlands and Islands is Gala evenings depends on the length somewhat patchy and reception can of the cruise, but as a guideline, two be irregular. formal Gala Dinners will be held In an emergency, the ship can be during a seven-night cruise. reached by satellite phone, full details Footwear: Non-slip shoes should be of which will be forwarded prior to worn on deck and in the ship’s small your cruise. boats when going ashore. Some cruises visit remote locations where Dining and restaurant heavy-soled shoes or walking boots arrangements are recommended for shore visits and The Columba Restaurant is serious walking. sufficiently large for all guests to dine Footloose cruises: In addition to at the same time. The majority of walking boots, we recommend that tables are for two, but should guests guests protect themselves against wish to dine together we shall be the unpredictable weather with delighted to reserve a table for a waterproof clothing; we would stress maximum of eight. Guests travelling that jeans are considered unsuitable. on their own will be seated at a larger A reasonably sized rucksack would table, usually hosted by an Officer, also be useful. unless they indicate otherwise. Special diets: We can cater for most Electricity supply dietary preferences, with the The electricity supply on Hebridean exception of strict kosher and one or Princess is 240v AC and standard UK two other regimes. Special requests 3-pin sockets are provided in cabins. should be included in the Pre-Cruise If guests wish to use 110v equipment, Questionnaire; our reservations staff a transformer will be required –a will be pleased to advise you. limited supply is available on board for loan. The ship also carries adaptors for European and US style plugs, obtainable from the Housekeeper.

106 Going ashore Payment of shipboard accounts Since many of the places on our The currency on board is pounds itineraries are unsuitable for berthing sterling. Payment of shipboard alongside, Hebridean Princess is accounts may be made in sterling, equipped with sturdy and seaworthy either debit or credit Visa or tenders to transport guests ashore. Mastercards, or cheques; sterling Buoyancy aids are provided and must travellers cheques are also accepted. be worn in all small boat operations. Please note, however, that use of the Sailing ship’s tenders does require a certain Most sailing on Hebridean Princess degree of agility. If in doubt, guests is scheduled to take place over with physical disabilities and elderly or breakfast and lunch, apart from infirm passengers should contact our overnight sailings to St. Kilda. Smaller reservations staff before booking. ships tend to have a certain amount Our itineraries are planned to allow of vibration and some noise is frequent visits ashore to interesting inevitable when the main engines are and unusual places, but participation running. At night, a sound insulated is by no means compulsory. The generator supplies domestic power emphasis is on pleasing one’s self. to the vessel. As alternatives, we can usually suggest an independent stroll or a Smoking more serious walk ashore, perhaps Smoking is not allowed inside the a bike ride or, as many guests have vessel at any time and is not discovered, the relaxation of staying permitted in cabins. Smoking is on board. allowed only on the outer decks, and guests occupying balcony cabins are Gratuities asked to show consideration to other Hebridean operates a strict balcony users. ‘no tipping’ policy. Stairs Hebridean shop Please note that there are no lifts There is a small shop on board selling (elevators) on board Hebridean souvenirs and a basic supply of Princess and, although well equipped essentials. Cigarettes and tobacco with handrails, some of the ship’s products are not sold on board. stairways are steep, particularly those As many of the areas we visit are from the Princess Deck to the remote, it may not be possible to Waterfront and Hebridean Decks. purchase specialised items such as specific camera equipment, Valuables batteries, etc. A small safe is provided in your cabin to secure valuables. Hebridean On board leisure cannot accept any responsibility for Hebridean Princess boasts a well- loss or damage to guests’ valuables. stocked library, and a card and games area with a range of board games, jigsaws, chess and backgammon. Gym equipment is available on the Waterfront Deck. There is no organised gambling, apart from the occasional ‘frog race’ to raise money for charity. Each cabin is equipped with satellite television; should you wish to view a DVD in your cabin, a number of DVD players are available for this purpose and DVDs may be borrowed from the Library.

107 What you need to know

Disabled facilities We can usually organise alternative Medical facilities If wheelchair users wish to cruise with self-guided walks ashore for less Guests are advised to pack all us, they must be accompanied by a agile guests to enjoy at their own necessary medical supplies, as our fare-paying able-bodied companion pace, or make other arrangements, ports of call are generally off the to assist them on board and ashore. including taxis, at guests’ own cost. beaten track and may lack facilities. Wheelchair access may be limited. If guests intend to bring any Entrances to the vessel have raised Health electrical or electronic medical coamings and almost all cabins have When booking, guests must advise equipment, they should first check a raised lip or step from bedroom to Hebridean of particular health with our reservations staff that it is bathroom. Please note that bedroom conditions necessitating special compatible with the ship’s 240v doors are no wider than 70cm. As precautions and of any subsequent electricity supply. the vessel does not carry a supply of change. It is the responsibility of narrow wheelchairs for general use, each guest to inform Hebridean of Hebridean Princess does not guests should check that their own any prevailing condition which may routinely carry a doctor as she is chair is of a suitable width. affect them on board or ashore and, never far from land. Guests should equally, other guests’ ability to enjoy ensure that, to their knowledge, they Although well equipped with to the full any shore visits during are fit to take a holiday during which handrails, some of the ship’s their cruise. Please refer to the immediate medical assistance may stairways are steep, particularly section ‘Fitness on board and ashore’ not be available. Arrangements to those from the Princess Deck to the relating to the requirements for able- consult a doctor on land can be Waterfront and Hebridean Decks. As bodied companions. made at relatively short notice and there are no lifts (elevators), the assistance can be summoned quickly severely disabled or handicapped Itinerary detail and variations in the event of an emergency. Any may find their enjoyment of the cruise medical and repatriation costs will be impaired if they experience difficulty Cruise itineraries are published in charged to the guest’s account. in moving between decks and over good faith but may have to be coamings between cabins and altered on board to take into account The ship’s Officers are trained in first bathrooms. climatic, geographical, political and aid and a comprehensive medical other factors over which Hebridean supply is kept for emergency use. Fitness on board and ashore or its agents have no control. We shall do our best to minimise Minors Many of our visits ashore call for alterations and their potential effect reasonable walking ability if guests on guests. We regret that children under the age are to gain maximum enjoyment of nine cannot be accommodated. from the cruise. As many are to While the Captain will do his utmost lesser-known and remote places, to follow the itinerary, he will, where Single room occupancy there are frequently landing stages, appropriate, adapt the route to suit Ten of our cabins are designed and steps, slopes and rough ground to the prevailing and forecast weather let on a single occupancy basis. Once contend with. We therefore reserve conditions. The Captain’s decision these cabins have been booked, solo the right not to take a guest on a is always final. If such amendments guests requesting a double cabin for particular visit if we feel that it would need to be made at short notice, single occupancy will be charged a be beyond his or her capabilities or we cannot make any financial supplement of 85% of the per-person might affect the enjoyment of fellow adjustments. Please see page 4 fare for that cabin grade. Please refer guests. If you are uncertain of your of the 2016 Cruise Diary & Tariff for to the Cabin facilities and dimensions ability to participate in these activities, our Conditions of Business. guide in the inside back cover or please contact our reservations staff contact our reservations staff for to discuss the route in detail before further details. confirming your booking. Those requiring wheelchairs and/or regular assistance in order to participate in shore visits must be accompanied by a fare-paying, able-bodied companion to assist them.

108 Cabin facilities and dimensions guide

• British flag and management • British officers • Lloyd’s registered

• Twin screw BOAT DECK • 2,112 gross registered tons PROMENADE DECK PRINCESS DECK • Fully stabilised WATERFRONT DECK • 5 passenger decks HEBRIDEAN DECK • Maximum of 50 passengers • Quick launch & recovery The ship was especially designed and built to sail in the waters of the tender system Scottish Western Isles and has proven her ability over the years. ) 2 ) ) 2 2 ) 2 Separate day room day Separate shower with Bath (m shower in Walk Bath with shower with Bath ft) (sq shower in Walk Day room/ Day ft) (sq balcony private Total (m floor size Price category Price Deck location balcony Private Windows Portholes Bath Shower Single bed Interchangeable bed twin/king size (m Bedroom ft) (sq Bedroom private Total ft) (sq floor size Day room/ Day (m balcony Double/king size bed size Double/king

Double/Twin Cabins Isle of Arran Suite • • • • • 15.2 163.6 4.0 43.1 12.4 133.4 31.6 340.1 Isle of Berneray • • • • • 17.7 190.5 3.3 35.5 5.0 53.8 26.0 279.8 Isle of Bute • • • • • 17.7 190.5 3.3 35.5 5.0 53.8 26.0 279.8 Isle of Barra • • • • • 12.8 137.7 4.8 51.6 4.8 51.6 22.4 240.9 Isle of Benbecula • • • • • 12.8 137.7 4.8 51.6 4.8 51.6 22.4 240.9 Isle of Coll • • • • 15.2 163.6 4.1 44.1 19.3 207.7 Isle of Colonsay • • • • 15.2 163.6 4.1 44.1 19.3 207.7 Isle of Iona • • • • 19.3 207.7 3.3 35.5 22.6 243.2 Isle of Staffa • • • • 19.3 207.7 3.3 35.5 22.6 243.2 Isle of Danna • • • 19.8 213.1 2.8 30.1 22.6 243.2 Duart Castle • • • • 11.5 123.7 4.2 45.2 15.7 168.9 Kinloch Castle • • • • 13.4 144.2 4.8 51.6 18.2 195.8 Torosay Castle • • • • 13.0 139.9 4.8 51.6 17.8 191.5 Ardvreck Castle • • • • 12.2 131.3 2.9 31.2 15.1 162.5 Lews Castle • • • • 12.2 131.3 2.9 31.2 15.1 162.5 Isle of Muck • • • 13.1 141.0 3.0 32.2 16.1 173.2 Isle of Raasay • • • 11.9 128.1 3.1 33.3 15.0 161.4 Loch Crinan • • 14.0 150.6 3.4 36.5 17.4 187.1 Loch Harport • • 12.9 138.8 3.3 35.5 16.2 174.3 Loch Torridon • • 11.1 119.4 3.1 33.3 14.2 152.7 Single Cabins Isle of Canna • • • 8.6 92.5 2.7 29.0 11.3 121.5 Isle of Eigg • • • 8.6 92.5 2.9 31.2 11.5 123.7 Isle of Rum • • • 9.2 99.0 1.9 20.4 11.1 119.4 Sound of Islay • • • 11.0 118.4 2.2 23.6 13.2 142.0 Sound of Jura • • • 10.5 113.0 2.4 25.8 12.9 138.8 Sound of Mull • • • 11.0 118.4 2.2 23.6 13.2 142.0 Sound of Sleat • • • 9.9 106.5 2.2 23.6 12.1 130.1 Loch Buie • • • 9.0 96.9 3.0 32.3 12.0 129.2 Loch Scavaig • • • 9.0 96.9 3.0 32.3 12.0 129.2 Loch Scresort • • 10.2 109.7 3.2 34.4 13.4 144.1 All sizes are approximate

109 110 Port Port Port Port Port Starboard Starboard Starboard Starboard Starboard

Tiree Loch Loch Coll Duart Lounge Isle of Isle of Crinan Harport

Colonsay

Castle

Barra Isle of Isle of

Loch Loch Benbecula

Kinloch

Torridon Scresort Castle viewing area viewing

viewing area viewing Tiree Library Guests’ forward Guests’ forward

Bar Balcony Balcony

Gym equipment

Torosay Foyer

Area Balcony Balcony Viewing Viewing Castle Games Reception Card and Card

Lounge Look-Out

Gents

Ladies

Isle of

Shop Conservatory Canna

Funnel

Isle of Landing stage small boats for side through of ship Arran

Suite Isle of

Eigg

Lews

Isle of Castle

Rum Promenade Deck Promenade Promenade Deck Promenade (partially covered) (partially covered) Motor Lifeboat Motor Lifeboat Motor Isle of Isle of Ardvreck

Raasay Danna Isle of Castle

Open deck

Muck area

Sound Loch of Mull Scavaig small boats for Landing stage side of ship through L Columba Sound Buie of Islay Loch Restaurant Loungers Loungers Isle of Isle of Iona Staffa Sound & chairs & chairs of Sleat

Isle of Isle of Sound of Jura Bute Berneray Loungers & chairs Bar Skye Balcony Balcony B

Skye Deck (open deck with

tables and chairs)

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Spring page

March 1st Doon The Watter 6 nights 20 7th Islands of the Clyde 4 nights 22 11th Lochs of Argyll 4 nights 24 15th Spirit of Scotland 7 nights 26 22nd Easter in the Hebrides 7 nights 28 29th Escape to the Highlands and Islands 7 nights 30

April 5th Flavours of Scotland 7 nights 32 12th Castles and Gardens of the North 7 nights 34 19th Springtime Surprise 7 nights 36 26th Footloose through the Inner Isles 7 nights 38

May 3rd Westward to Harris and Lewis 7 nights 40 10th Voyage to the Outer Isles 7 nights 42 17th Northern Ireland Explorer 7 nights 44 24th Call of the Wild 7 nights 46 31st St Kilda, Islands on the Edge 7 nights 48 Summer page

June 7th Scotland in Colour 7 nights 50 14th Footloose in the Outer Isles 7 nights 52 21st Manx Heritage 7 nights 54 28th The Hebridean Outposts of St Kilda 7 nights 56

July 5th Hebridean Symphony 7 nights 58 12th Following the Grand Fleet 9 nights 60 21st Nordic Outposts 9 nights 62 30th Footloose in the Far North 9 nights 64

August 8th Stone Age Scotland 8 nights 66 16th Hidden Isles of the Hebrides 7 nights 68 23rd Wonders of the Western Isles 7 nights 70 30th Scenic Sutherland 7 nights 72 Autumn page

September 6th Argyll’s Atlantic Islands 4 nights 74 10th Highlights of the Inner Hebrides 5 nights 76 15th Taste of the Outer Isles 5 nights 78 20th Westward to Harris and Lewis 7 nights 80 27th Voyage to the Outer Isles 7 nights 82

October 4th Flavours of Scotland 7 nights 84 11th Highland Heritage 7 nights 86 18th Autumn Surprise 7 nights 88 25th Call of the Clyde 7 nights 90

November 1st Grand Houses and Castles of the Clyde 7 nights 92 8th Islands of the Clyde 4 nights 94 12th Lochs of Argyll 4 nights 96

Answering your queries and making your reservation Our reservations staff are available to help you from Monday to Friday 9.00am to 6.00pm. They can give detailed information on all aspects, including the various itineraries, cabins, food and travel arrangements to the ship.

Contact details: UK Office: 01756 704704 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hebridean.co.uk Alternatively contact your preferred travel agent or cruise specialist.

Hebridean Island Cruises · Kintail House · Carleton New Road Skipton · North Yorkshire BD23 2DE · United Kingdom