Skye Activities - Woodbine House

2011 season

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Whale watching

The best period for whale watching is between mid June and September.

Did you know:

The minke whale is named after a Norwegian Whaler "Miencke" who often harpooned minke whales mistaking them for blue whales. The crew started calling these animals “Meincke’s whales” and the name caught on.

Wildlife

Look out for Skye's abundant wildlife including Golden Eagles, Corncrakes and Otters.

A huge diversity of birds are found on the Isle of Skye

Golden Eagle

itineraries

1½ hour trip - visiting the Ascrib Islands

We depart Uig and head to the Ascrib Islands in the beautiful Sea Loch Snizort where the seals sunbathe on the craggy rocks and play in the water around our RIB. The Ascrib Island archipelago is stretched along the east coast of Skye's Waternish Peninsula in a chain of five islands and several reefs. The Ascrib Islands are designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) by the European Commission.

From there we head along the Waternish Peninsula to see the waterfall cascading into the sea and have a chance to see the pair of sea eagles which nest on the coast.

We have regular sightings of Sea Eagles along the Waternish Peninsular!

Adults £29

Children (up to 12 yrs) £19

Common seals at Ascrib Islands

minimum 2 people per trip

Whale spotting trips

2½-3 hours - Duntulm Castle, Rubha Hunish, Fladda-Chuain islands

Join us on a on an exciting and exhilarating trip on skye_Xplorer around the north of the Trotternish peninsular. Cruising past the dramatic Duntulm Castle and rounding the very north of Skye at Rubha Hunish we have a good chance to see minke whales in their favourite feeding ground and basking sharks as we travel along the stunning coastline. We then head north and visit the Fladda-Chuain islands where hundreds of puffins, guillemots and razorbills can be spotted! Puffins

On this trip we have the greatest chance to see the minke whales in particular between June and early September and basking sharks in August and September.

Trip times: 2pm

Adults £45

Children (up to 12 yrs) £29

Sea stacks around Rubha Hunish

minimum 2 people per trip

6 hours - Shiant Islands

Join us on a on an exciting and exhilarating trip on skye_Xplorer to the Shiant Islands.

The Shiants are a small island group 12 miles north of Skye. Steep basalt cliffs (over 100m) towering over the emerald water, arches and caves these islands are true gems.

During the summer months thousands of puffins breed on the grassy slopes of Garbh Eilean. It is a haven for sea birds with Guillemots, Kittiwakes, Fulmars, Skuas, Razorbills, Shags and many more.

...Finally, (you never know) we might even see "The Blue Men of the Minch" - the folklore tribe of supernatural sea creatures who live around the isles!

Trip times: 11am - 5pm

Adults £70

Children (up to 12 yrs) £58

minimum 3 people per trip