Explore Scotland’s Orkney Islands on a week of coastal walks and heritage discoveries based in Kirkwall, with ferries to outlying isles and a start and finish in Inverness.
  • Sail the Viking Swan’s Path ferry from Kirkwall to Westray.
  • Witness vast seabird colonies at Noup Head on Westray.
  • Explore the Brough of Deerness Viking settlement atop a sea stack.
  • Peer into the Gloup collapsed sea cave on the Deerness Peninsula.
  • Visit the Italian Chapel, Churchill Barriers, and wartime Scapa Flow.
  • Walk clifftops to the sea stacks of Yesnaby and North Gaulton.
  • Discover Skara Brae, Ring of Brodgar, and Stones of Stenness.
  • Explore Rousay’s Midhowe chambered cairn and Iron Age Broch Tower.
Stay at The Orkney Hotel in the historic town of Kirkwall, our base for the week. We arrive on Day 1 and spend each night here between daily excursions across Mainland, Westray and Rousay, then check out on Day 7 before returning to Inverness.