Join a 7‑day winter journey to Shetland for the spectacular Up Helly Aa, with scenic coach excursions, inter‑island ferries to Yell and Unst, and visits to Lerwick, Scalloway and Jarlshof.
  • Witness Lerwick’s Up Helly Aa torchlight procession and Viking longship burning
  • Explore Jarlshof’s prehistoric and Norse settlement spanning three thousand years
  • Walk the dramatic sea cliffs of Eshaness and its Stevenson lighthouse
  • Traverse Mavis Grind’s narrow isthmus into Shetland’s stark north mainland
  • Reach Sandness headland for views across to Papa Stour
  • Discover Scalloway’s castle and the wartime Shetland Bus operations
  • Explore Yell and Unst, reaching Saxavord Hill for sweeping views
  • Visit Sumburgh Head’s lighthouse and RSPB seabird reserve
Stay at the Sumburgh Hotel, where all rooms have en-suite bathrooms, free Wi-Fi, Freeview TV, hairdryer, and tea and coffee facilities, or choose Busta House Hotel (supplement applies) with individually decorated bedrooms and a bar offering around 160 malt whiskies and an open peat fire. Overnight ferries provide en-suite cabins.