Southern Hebrides 2024 | Bay Farm Tours

8
Days

Southern Hebrides

featuring Islay & Mull

7th to 14th September 2024

All transport within the itinerary

Quality Accommodation of 4* and above

Experienced Tour Guide from the UK

All gratuities

This tour to The Southern Hebrides & Argyll offers the opportunity to not only visit two of the most well-known islands but the mainland region of Argyll including the Kintyre Peninsula. There will be the opportunity to sample local cuisine, and whisky of course, in addition to enjoying the spectacular lochs, glens and coast of this exceptionally beautiful area of Scotland.

What's Included

Itinerary

Tour
Full

Guided tour of Cruachan Power Station
Entrance & tour of Inveraray Castle
Return ferry to Mull
Return ferry to Islay
Tour and tasting at a classic distillery
Full cooked breakfast each morning
7 evening dinners
2 lunches
Gratuities for Local Guides & Coach Driver

Varied agricultural visits including cheese & dairy, Highland cow fold, Aberdeen Angus herd and an oyster farm on Islay, and a typical Scottish estate
2 nights in Motherwell (first and last night)
3 nights in Kilchrenan, nr Oban
2 nights on Isle of Islay
Car parking for the duration of the tour at our Motherwell Hotel
Bay Farm Tours tour manager throughout

How to book

This tour is now full, please get in touch if you would like to join the waitlist or stay informed about our next departure!

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Agriculture

Our visits include dairy, beef and sheep, offering an insight into the challenges for agriculture and the variable enterprises of the islands. Including an oyster farm on Islay where oysters grow well as the waters around the island are warmed by the Gulf Stream.

These warmer waters affect agriculture and vegetation in the region & you will find palm trees growing on Islay, as with many west coast islands.

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Pace

Grade A

All of our tours are graded A to D according to the pace of the tour, with A being the least active. To find out more, please click here or on the goat!

Meals

Breakfast each morning
5 Lunches
7 Evening dinners

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Sightseeing

Islay known as the Queen of the Hebrides has a population of approximately 3,000 and Scottish Gaelic is spoken by a quarter of the population. The main industries on the island are agriculture, malt whisky distilling and tourism. This island of 620 square kilometres is home to nine whisky distilleries. On arrival on the island, we will make our way to one of the many whisky distilleries for a tour & tasting.

A Highlight

It has been a long tradition on the western isles that farmers combine farming activities with fishing.

We have a visit thart reflects this tradition to a tee. Our hosts' Aberdeen Angus herd & flock of blackface ewes is now combined with a modern oyster growing operation. The oysters are farmed on the east side of Loch Gruinart, a tidal estuary on the north coast of Islay. This visit promises to be an exceedingly unique and interesting one!