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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

We love uniting travellers from around the globe on our small group Scotland tours. This year our ultimate 9-day Scotland tour from Edinburgh includes the Isle of Mull, Islay and Staffa starting on the 4th May 2025.

This small group trip promises an exhilarating blend of Scottish castles, hiking adventures and whisky tasting, all expertly guided for an experience that will linger in your memory forever. This meticulously 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.  

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Mull, Islay & Staffa Tour Highlights

  • Isle of Staffa and 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 Island is a wildlife hub and we will be looking out for otters, wite-tailed and golden eagles as well as Red Deer and Hen Harriers.
  • Optional trip on the Jacobite Steam Train – with enough notice you can board the real life Hogwarts Express
  • Visit Islay’s famous whisky distilleries  
  • Tobermory, Stonehaven, Port Charlotte and Oban – visit these charming seaside towns 
  • Explore Epic Scottish Castles – Glamis, Dunrobin, Dunnottar and more!

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

9-Day Tour Plan of Action

 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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