Duration of Tour - 8 Hours
Leaving Lerwick - or your chosen pick up point, we travel to Toft (aprox. 45 minutes) to join the inter-island ferry for the short crossing to Ulsta on Yell (20 minutes).
After a short drive through Yell, we board a second ferry to Unst (crossing time 10 mins) to Belmont on Britain's most northerly island, Unst.
Our first stop is Muness Castle, built in 1598 for Laurence Bruce of Cultmalinde. After sustaining significant damage in 1627, it was abandoned at the end of the 17th century.
Half a mile from the nearest road end in a remote corner of the island, and therefore never busy, Sandwick Beach also has the added interest of a cluster of early history sites nearby: an iron age house and Norse longhouse (half-submerged in sand) at the back of the bay, and a Viking chapel at the north end next to a cemetery.
Visit a medieval chapel, prehistoric standing stone, Iron Age broch and Viking longhouses at Lund.
Pause for lunch/refreshments at a reconstructed Viking longhouse and longship in the village of Haroldswick (lunch own expense).
View the most northerly inhabited house in the British Isles at Skaw and gaze across to Saxavord Spaceport. (Please note that as SaxaVord is an active spaceport, access is not permitted at certain times and this stop may be removed)
Pause for views towards Muckle Flugga, the outcrop which marks the northernmost point of Britain.
Maximum of 8 passengers - £995 per group
**Cancellation**:
14 days before - no fee / 14 days-24hrs before - £675 fee / Less than 24hrs - no refund
