TIMETABLE

Muckle Flugga - Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Departs from Burrafirth Pier at 11.00am. Return approx. 1.00pm

All scheduled tours depart from Burrafirth, Unst.

Bookings essential - June to September

HERMANESS
Your journey starts in the large and well-serviced harbour in Baltasound. We will then travel north past Haroldswick and then round Skaw and on to explore the extraordinary caves and natural arches that buttress the eastern shore of Burrafirth.

Next stop is the end of Britain, the Out Stacks. Located on one of the several rocky islets which lie off Hermaness on the north coast of Unst is Muckle Flugga Lighthouse. The lighthouse, now unmanned and remotely-controlled, was built by Robert Louis Stevenson's father, Thomas, in 1857-8. The map in Treasure Island closely resembles a map of Unst, which the writer saw on his visit to the island in 1869. The lighthouse was automated in 1995 and its white tower stands 20m (66 feet) high and the light has a range of 22 miles (35 km).

Hermaness National Nature Reserve is one of the wonders of the bird world. The gannetry extends onto the Muckle Flugga stacks and is home to the third largest colony of Great Skuas (Or bonxies, as they are called in Shetland) in the world. In summer, 25,000 pairs of puffins (tammie-norries) live in burrows on the edge of the cliffs and breed from about mid April to early August. Half the world's population of great skuas live in Shetland. They breed from about May to August.

FETLAR
Alternative Trips
Bluemull sound is a regular flight path for Gannets and Guillemots. In winter Eider and Black Guillemot are often seen in large flocks while cetaceans like Killer Whales are also seen.

If you pass the islands of Linga and Sound Gruney (which is a RSPB reserve), Urie Lingey and Wedder Holm you will have the opportunity to look out for porpoises, as well as the common and grey seals and occasional dolphins, minke whales and basking sharks. Uyea Isle has a ruined mansion house and is a paradise for nesting birds.

Fetlar is 15 square miles (38,m2), has fewer than 100 inhabitants, and is often referred to as the Garden of Shetland due to its fertile soils and green landscape.
The blue banks on Fetlar have exposures of soapstone and serpentine.

Warm and appropriate weather-proof
clothing is recommended on all tours.

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