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9-Day Isle of Mull Tour including Staffa and Islay

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Tour the Isle of Mull, Islay & Staffa

This year our ultimate 9-day small group  Scotland tour visits the Isle of Mull, Islay and Staffa, starting from Edinburgh on the 4th May 2025.

We love bringing travellers from around the world together to experience the very best of Scotland, this trip is no exception. You’ll experience an exciting mix of Highland and Hebridean island adventures. Exploring epic castles like Dunrobin and Dunnottar, spotting wildlife like Puffins and Otters as well as hiking rugged mountains and coastlines and visiting iconic whisky distilleries, all expertly guided for an experience that will linger in your memory forever.

This carefully crafted small group trip (max. 7 people) also includes 8 nights of accommodation with breakfast, a Glamis Castle Tour, a whisky tour and a wildlife boat trip to the Isle of Staffa.  

Mull, Islay & Staffa Tour Highlights

Isle of Staffa & Lunga Boat Trip 

Get close and personal with puffins as well as  learning about the incredible geology of the Inner Hebrides

Isle of Mull Otters and Wildlife

The Isle of Mull is a wildlife hub and we will be looking out for otters, white-tailed and golden eagles as well as Red Deer and Hen Harriers.

Ride the Jacobite Steam Train

An optional train journey on the real life Hogwarts Express or view the Glenfinnan Viaduct and Dumbledore's grave.

Explore Epic Scottish Castles

From the iconic coastal ruins of Dunnottar to the Disney-esque castles like Dunrobin.

Visit Famous Whisky Distilleries

Learn about how whisky is made on a distillery tours and enjoy the different styles from Islay's peaty classics to Speyside's smooth and sweet.

Experience Charming Seaside Towns

Including Tobermory, Stonehaven, Port Charlotte and Oban

Plan Your 9-Day Tour: Overview & Booking

Group Tour Overview

  • Starting Point: Edinburgh
  • Duration: 9 Days / 8 Nights
  • Dates: 4 – 12th May 2025
  • Group Size: Maximum of 7 People
  • Transportation: Comfortable minivan
  • Price: Twin / double room – £1,675 per person, single room – £1,875.
  • Includes: Accommodation and breakfast, Isle of Staffa and Lunga boat trip, whisky tour and Glamis Castle Tour
  • Optional Extras: Jacobite Steam Train, Arbroath Sea cave Kayaking and Second Whisky Distillery Experience

Book Your Mull Tour Today

Keen to join this epic 9-Day Scotland Tour? Contact us today to reserve your spot on this unforgettable tour!


Day-by-Day Isle of Mull, Islay & Staffa Tour Itinerary

 Depart from Edinburgh 6.45am-7.15am
 Loch of the Lowes (Osprey watch) + MacBeth Oak Tree
 Reekie Linn Falls
 Glamis Castle Tour
 Option 1: Kayak the Arbroath cliffs and caves
 Option 2: Hike Kinnoull Hill
 Fowlsheugh Cliffs
 Dunnottar Castle
 Stonehaven

 Stonehaven
 Newburgh Seal Beach
 Bullers of Buchan and Slains Castle
 Balmoral Castle
 Balmoral Pyramid Walk
 Glenlivet Distillery
 Carrbridge

 Morning in Inverness
 Explore Dunrobin Castle
 Hike to Fyrish Monument or Big Burn Walk
 Plodda Falls – Labrador Monument
 Culloden
 Clava Cairns

 Nessie Statue
 Urquhart Castle (can be overran with tourists)

 Option 1: Ride the Jacobite Steam Train
 Option 2: View the Glenfinnan Viaduct
 Seven Men of Moidart
 Castle Tioram
 Sanna Bay
 Kilchoan Ferry to Tobermory (Mull)
 Accommodation: Bellachroy Hotel

 Crater Loch

 Isle of Mull Otter Watch
 Isle of Mull Cheese Farm

 Staffa and Lunga Boat Trip

 Innis Chonnell
 Kilmartin Glen
 Carnasserie Castle
 Kilmartin Church
 Walk to Dunadd Fort

 Ferry to Islay (depending on times)

 Mull of Oa

 The Three Distilleries Walk: Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg

 Optional Whisky Tour

 Ferry to Mainland depending on boat timetable
 Pucks Glen Walk
 Inveraray Castle
 Luss
 Devils Pulpit
 Stirling Castle (depending on ferry time)
 Edinburgh

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