The St. Kilda and Western Islands Cruise

 
 
 
 
 

St kilda and western isles example route

Join us for a Bucket List Sailing trip to St. Kilda, departing from various locations in Scotland. Our West Coast route starts and finishes in Oban on Scotland’s west coast while the coast to coast route runs between Oban and Inverkip in the Clyde Estuary.

With an amazing array of locations to visit as we aim for the dual world heritage site, we will be spoilt for choices of places to stop. Mull, the Small Isles, the Inner and Outer Hebrides will all beckon. With careful weather watching going on, it won’t be long before we are taking on the North Atlantic and aiming for St. Kilda.

St. Kilda at anchor.

Subject to weather, we aim to spend time ashore exploring St. Kilda in between exploring some of Scotland’s amazing islands, spotting local wildlife and, perhaps, a distillery or two!

Key Information

Travel:

Oban is well served by bus and train routes and does have a small airport with limited route choices. Car parking is available throughout the town and bookable online (Use the Argyll and Bute council website for best prices), where vehicles can be left, at the owners risk. However, the train route to Oban is one of Scotland’s most scenic and well worth experiencing. Travelling from Glasgow alongside lochs, through glens and over some amazing bridges we highly recommend travelling to Oban by train. However, we also recommend booking a window seat well in advance as they fill up fast in the summer!

Cost:

From £1870 per person inclusive of all onboard costs.

Dates:

29th July - 8th August 2025

Follow the link at the top the page for our full trip calendar.

Sample Itinerary:

Day One: Join the yacht late afternoon for an evening buffet and initial familiarisation

Day Two: Mandatory safety briefings along with final familiarisation briefings as we head to our first stop which is normally Tobermory, Mull.

Day Three to Six: Cruise to St. Kilda and the North Atlantic via the Outer Hebrides.

Day Seven: Time ashore

Day Eight to Nine: Cruise back towards our destination taking in amazing islands, wildlife and possibly some distilleries.

Day Ten: Arrival back to Oban.

Day Eleven: Depart the yacht by 12 noon.

NOTE:

  • The cost of this event includes all onboard food, fuel and berthing charges.

  • Sailing activity is weather dependent. If conditions are too severe activity may be postponed, cancelled or the passage plan adjusted.

  • Guests need to arrange their own travel to/from the embarkation and disembarkation point.

  • Unlike many pre-book firms we don’t spend your hard earned money before your trip which means if there is disruption out-with our (and your) control that qualifies for a refund your money is safe and can be returned to you quickly.