6 Days | Stunning coastal scenery and wildlife spotting in the Shetland Islands





Discover the many charms of the Shetland Islands on a small group tour featuring dramatic coastlines, towering sea cliffs, wildlife spotting, and history galore. Lerwick, a charming town that plays host to the Shetland Museum, is filled with historic buildings and your home away from home on this trip. Private minibus adventures will take you to famous Eshaness and the most northerly point in the United Kingdom to spot local wildlife like puffins and seals. Add a quaint town and atmospheric pubs to enjoy at the end of each day and this trip has it all.
Trip overview

- Start
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Finish
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Theme
- Explorer
- Destinations
- United Kingdom
- Physical rating
- Indicates how physically exerting a trip is, and how fit you will need to be to enjoy it. More info on physical ratings
- Style
- Original
- Ages
- Min 15
- Group size
- Min 1 - Max 12
- Trip code
- BWSL
- Lerwick, a charming town filled with historic buildings, makes for the perfect base for your trip. Unpack once, settle in, and enjoy a warm welcome back at the end of each day.
- Tour the Shetland Museum which celebrates the local history with engaging interactive exhibits and world renowned collections of historic artefacts and documents.
- Keep a lookout for puffins on a private minibus trip to Muckle Flugga which is home to the Muckle Flugga Lighthouse and the most northerly point in the United Kingdom.
- Take a private minibus tour to Eshaness and be captivated by the crashing waves, dramatic sea cliffs, and history which makes this destination a Shetland Islands ‘must visit’.
- Maximise your time by catching the overnight ferry where you will snooze in a comfortable ‘sleeping pod’ that reclines 70 degrees to help you get a good night’s rest.
- This trip is new to our range this year. And while we have thoroughly researched every detail of the logistics, new destinations and working with new partners can sometimes throw us some unexpected surprises. More often than not, it’ll be a great surprise. But every now and again there might be a hiccup. We like to think that’s what puts the ‘adventure’ in ‘adventure travel’.
- On Day 3 & 5 we are going to take coastal paths and hike between 5-7 kilometres/3-4.5 miles. Hikes are not demanding and follow established paths, but you will need a basic level of fitness to fully enjoy them.
Itinerary
Inclusions
3 breakfasts
Private vehicle, Overnight Ferry
Hotel (3 nights), Overnight Ferry (2 nights)
- Lerwick- Lerwick Leader Led Walking Tour
- Lerwick - Shetland Museum Tour
- Sumburgh - Jarlshof and Sumburgh Head Hike
- Shetland - Muckle Flugga Trip
- Lerwick - Overnight Ferry Lerwick to Aberdeen
- Eshaness - Coastal Hike
- Lerwick - Noss Boat Wildlife Tour - GBP50
Dates and availability
Important notes
1. This trip starts in Aberdeen in late afternoon (3.30pm in the waiting room at Aberdeen Ferry Terminal) and the overnight ferry trip to Lerwick. Trip finishes in Aberdeen in the morning of Day 6 upon overnight ferry arrival from Lerwick.
2. A single supplement is available if you’d prefer not to share a room on this trip. The single supplement applies to all nights in Lerwick, but not to overnight ferry nights, where single cabins are unavailable. Single supplement is also a subject to availability. Please speak to your booking agent for further information.
3. There is a separate optional upgrade (on request and subject to availability) for a two berth outside cabin on the ferry
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