Scotland Wildlife Holiday to Skye and Mull

Your tour leader, Allan Blanchard, will pick you up in the morning from Glasgow and drive you 4 hours to the tiny seaside village of Plockton. From here we will enjoy a short 1 hour private boat safari watching and photographing Grey Seals. On our return to shore we will cross the famous Isle of Skye bridge at Kyle of Lochalsh and drive an hour south to the beautiful coastal town of Portree, where we will overnight.

Accommodation : Portree Hotel

Skye is without doubt the best place in Scotland for Golden Eagles, and like Mull there are also boat trips to see and photograph Sea Eagles. Our focus for these two days will mainly be looking for and photographing Sea Otters and Eagles with our local guide who knows all the best spots.

The beauty of being in Portree is that our private boat safari for getting close ups of the Sea Eagles departs from the jetty. So, we can simply roll out of bed, enjoy a sumptuous breakfast and then take a gentle walk down to the harbour to meet the captain and crew of the Stardust. We will then enjoy a 2 hour private boat safari which normally covers around 12 miles of coastline. On our return to shore we will enjoy an actioned packed road trip between Skye and the Isle of Mull, involving stunning coastline, multiple ferry crossings and maybe a chance to observe more wildlife.

Accommodation : Pennyghael Hotel,

We will follow the same blueprint for our long days of wildlife viewing we adopted in Skye, but this time in the company of a friendly local guide from the Isle of Mull, who is familiar with all the best spots for wildlife viewing. On a typical day we are likely to see White Tailed Sea Eagle, Golden Eagle, Hen Harrier, Buzzards, Divers and many others, normally 40 to 50 species of birds. Mammals include Red Deer, Common Seals, Atlantic Grey Seals, Otters, possible Porpoises and Dolphins and even occasional Mink! Nothing of course is guaranteed.

We now know a few of the key wildlife locations on the Island; this might be a great estuary for sea otters, or an active Sea Eagle nest. We will have a discussion in the morning with the group about what they would like to focus on and try to create both a flexible and exciting day of wildlife activities.

On our morning private boat safari we regularly have eagles taking fish from the surface of the sea as close as 25 feet away (yes really). Sometimes as they swoop down on their final approach they actually fly directly over the boat and as they take the fish you can hear the wind through their wings and the splash as they touch the water. We will be taking the famous ferry from Tobermory to Oban and then drive back to Glasgow where we will overnight at the Courtyard Marriott or similar

Accommodation : Courtyard Marriott

Your tour leader will drop your off at Glasgow international airport or Glasgow train station and wish you Bon Voyage!