The Orkney archipelago lies just a few miles off the north coast of the mainland of Scotland. The islands are famous for, i.a., their density of prehistoric remains and links with both World Wars.

2008 sees us offering our biggest ever variety of trips to Orkney. We appreciate the range may be a bit confusing! This summary is to help you find the trip most suitable for you.

All our Orkney tours leave from Inverness. Click on this link to show the relationship of Inverness to Orkney, and on this link to show the main ferry routes to Orkney. Please visit our calendar for a complete list of dates these various tours operate.

The prehistoric and wartime sites of Orkney do not exist in isolation; they are part of a continuum of such features in the north of Scotland. Our trips are unusual in that they empasize this continuum, pointing out many prehistoric features on the drive from Inverness to the north coast, and, in the case of the trips in the left column below, visiting at least one of them.

Orkney Tours based on going north with our JOHN O'GROATS trip Partially Escorted Tours	"Stand-alone" Orkney Tours Fully Escorted Tours
Orkney Adventure Fare: £ 65. Normally a minimum of 2 nights in Orkney. This tour operates up to 4x a week from 20 March to 16 October.	Orkney Gold Star Fare: £ 160. 2-day trip, overnight Kirkwall; accommodation & breakfast there included. (This is our ONLY trip with accommodation included within Orkney.)
Orkney Overnighter Fare: £ 63. 2-day trip, available June-August. This tour is ONLY available in this period - it depends on a particular bus service John o'Groats/Inverness which only operates during these three months.	GO-ORKNEY MegaTour Fare: £ 85. 1-day trip. The best of Okrney in a single day from Inverness.
Orkney (September) "85% escorted". Fare: £ 99. 2-day trip, overnight Kirkwall; arrange your own accommodation. This tour combines our JoG trip north on Tuesday with the Orkney portion of the G-O MegaTour the following day.