About this trip
Seven days walking the Orkney Islands, tracing clifftop paths and quiet shoreline routes between some of Europe's best-preserved Neolithic remains. This is a fully guided group trip with private rooms, moderate in pace, built around island life rather than rushing between sights.
You'll spend your days on foot — clifftops, wildflowers, puffin colonies in season — and your evenings eating fresh seafood and getting a taste of Orcadian hospitality. The islands themselves set the pace: relaxed, a bit remote, shaped by Norse and Iron Age history as much as the weather.
What you'll do
- Walk clifftop paths above the Orkney coastline
- Visit Skara Brae, one of Europe's best-preserved Stone Age villages
- Look for puffin colonies and other seabirds along the cliffs
- Explore Iron Age villages and Neolithic sites beyond Skara Brae
- Eat fresh local seafood and learn about Orcadian and Norse traditions
- Moderate pace, fully guided, with private rooms throughout
- Suited to walkers who want history and wildlife alongside the coastal scenery
Worth it if you're genuinely keen on Neolithic archaeology, coastal walks and spotting puffins. Think twice if you need guaranteed sunshine or prefer less remote ferry-dependent travel.
- Puffin encounters at 2m distance and abundant wildflowers make the Westray walks genuinely memorable.
- Neolithic sites like Skara Brae, Ring of Brodgar and Maes Howe, combined with knowledgeable guides, bring prehistory vividly alive.
- Stromness coastal walks deliver stunning cliff views, geology and fossils in a single day of walking.
- Ferry crossings between islands are part of the adventure; plan for variable weather and potential delays.
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Departing in Sep is cheapest — from £2,090, about 15% below the priciest month (May).
Getting there
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Where to stay
A night before your tour in Inverness · 11 Sept – 12 Sept
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