Kilda Cruises

01/09/2024

Month of September - Remaining availability for St Kilda

We have some remaining availability for trips on the 13th, the 16th and the 18th of September.

All available to book via our website www.kildacruises.co.uk

29/08/2024

29th of August 1930. The evacuation of St Kilda took place at the request of the 36 remaining islanders.
How must they have felt?

22/07/2024

Two places on our website for next Monday/Tuesday 29th/30th July. www.kildacruises.co.uk

16/07/2024

St Kilda Trip - Thursday 18th July
Places available to book online at www.kildacruises.co.uk or contact Angus on 07760 281804

15/07/2024

St Kilda Trip Thursday 18th July - places available.
Four and a half hours ashore at Hirta with a tour of the magnificent stacks and Boreray a highlight.

Departing Leverburgh at 7.45am
£285pp / £255 for 14 and under

More information and online booking at www.kildacruises.co.uk
but please contact us if you have any queries about the trip.

20/06/2024

Lunch with Grant Fulton at you know where. 😋

17/05/2024

Conditions are looking calm for our St Kilda trip tomorrow, Saturday 18th. We have 4 places available due to cancellation. Please call, text 07760281804 or send a PM.

08/05/2024

04/05/2024

St Kilda Day Trip, Monday 6th or Tuesday 7th May (depending on weather) - Three places available.

This week we enjoyed some glorious weather on our St Kilda day trips. The sun was out and the island is so fabulously green and fragrant just now, good timing as the new lambs graze freely around the village. The wildlife to be seen on our tour of the stacks and Boreray was outstanding, including a White Tailed Eagle - something of a rarity at St Kilda.
Due to illness, some of our passengers have unfortunately had to cancel their visit to Harris and their trip to St Kilda with us.
Three places are available to book on our website www.kildacruises.co.uk

02/05/2024

Stunning day at St Kilda today. Borerary with its hat on, 24 degrees in the Bay and a sea eagle at Stack Armin on the way home 👌

02/05/2024

*trip now fully booked*

One place on tomorrow's St Kilda trip, Friday 3rd May.
www.kildacruises.co.uk to book

Kilda Cruises running boat trips to St Kilda and other islands of the Outer Hebrides leaving from the beautiful Isle of Harris.

24/04/2024

St Kilda day trip - Thursday 25th April.

4 spaces available.
Please email [email protected] or call 07503336785
for more information or to book.

22/04/2024

EDIT - The trip is now fully booked.

St Kilda day trip - Wednesday 24th April

Would you like to join Angus for a trip to St Kilda this Wednesday? We have three places, our last availability until late July.
The forecast is looking good, and reports from this season's first trip on Saturday are that there are lots of lovely wee lambs around the village.
Book online at www.kildacruises.co.uk

14/04/2024

11/04/2024

Hirta is up for her annual polish by Kevin KR Valeting Services and bottom paint on the hard at Stornoway Port Authority. Such graceful lines Safehaven Marine

05/04/2024

Friday 19th April - St Kilda Trip

Two weeks today we have our first scheduled St Kilda trip and we have places available. This is an extra trip we are running so the final preparations are taking place on our vessel 'Hirta'.

Next week Angus plans to take her up to Stornoway for a paint and polish and she will be good to go! Only three places left on this trip.

For more information and to book -
www.kildacruises.co.uk.

17/03/2024

Season Availability

Do you intend to travel with Angus to St Kilda this season? Our first trip is scheduled for the 22nd of April and we have some places available for the first couple of weeks, but from the 6th of May until the 22nd of July we have only two individual places remaining. Late July , August and September have a good availability.

If you have a Kilda Cruises Gift Voucher or are keen on a particular date for your trip to this exceptional place, browse on our website www.kildacruises.co.uk

10/03/2024

Mothering Sunday 2024

Our greetings and best wishes to all the mums enjoying their special day. Here at Kilda Cruises central command we have had a nice breakfast, some flowers and are to be treated to Sunday Lunch at Hotel Hebrides - Tarbert Isle Of Harris.

Antiques Roadshow and a glass of port on return and we will have hit the 'mother lode'. *cymbal crash*

Enjoy the day!

Photo by Arpat, a member of the Soay Sheep Project. Taken way back in 2008 but still a lovely shot.

22/02/2024

Looking Back to Look Forward

Our season is just around the corner and guess how we are feeling? Excited, nostalgic and optimistic because 2024 is going to be a different year for us.
After some seasons behind the scenes guiding Kilda Cruises, owner Angus will be back behind the wheel of our beloved boat 'Hirta'. Angus is proud to be an Honorary Member of the St Kilda Club in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the island and is delighted to once again lead trips to the archipelago.

This will be our 20th year running St Kilda trips and we want to bring the same energy and care to each trip that we did in the early days of pioneering the first regular day trip to St Kilda.

We are cutting back the number of trips that we run each week to three to ensure that we can give each trip the focus it requires. The boat will be maintained in tip top condition and we will be able to mitigate against the weather by having a two day window for each trip that we plan. We are not running standby trips this year.

We know how keenly anticipated each trip is for the individual - whether it is for big birthday celebration, to fulfill the ambition of a lifetime, or on a whim to answer the call of your adventurous spirit - and we want to ensure a happy and fulfilling day. The very best we can make it.

Our first scheduled trip is on the 22nd of April. Please visit our website www.kildacruises.co.uk for more information and to book.

We are so looking forward to this season and will share occasional stories and pictures from our trips - Abair ach beagan agus abair gu math e. (Say but little and say it well.)

24/12/2023

Our Christmas tree is finally up here in Plockropool in the usual spot in our sitting room. Hanging next to it is a beautiful print of Sula Sgeir by Norman Ackroyd. A nice, peaceful and reflective time. We hope that you all have a very, very Happy Christmas and that Santa is good to you x

22/09/2023

Season's End and New Beginnings

Today is an auspicious day in Harris as we celebrate the launch of the Hearach single malt whisky with The Isle of Harris Distillers.
The village is buzzing as visitors join us to enjoy various launch events and to partake of the new spirit.
Today was to be our last scheduled trip of the season as the weather roughens into the Autumnal pattern of wind, rain, slightly darker mornings and evenings. Tonight there is a big ceilidh on in the village hall. We will see you next year x

14/09/2023

St Kilda - Friday 15th September
Departing Leverburgh at 0745

This image of the Village at Hirta was taken by the wonderful National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson on a trip with us a number of years ago. There is something poignant about the carefully arranged walls and the formation of the street to allow a good balance of privacy and community. The picture captures it so well.
Beyond the frame is a fantastically diverse and dramatic landscape just waiting to be explored.
Forget about today's wind and rain, tomorrow is going to be lovely.
www.kildacruises.co.uk for more information and to book online.

13/09/2023

Friday 15th September - St Kilda Day Cruise -
Four places available

In typical mid-September weather today started well, went downhill quickly and tomorrow looks worse still.
Friday, however, looks lovely with sun and little wind and we have places available to book.
An undoubted highlight of the day is the trip round the stacks and Boreray on our return to Harris after time exploring ashore at Hirta.
Boreray is a spectacular island and it is the first thing you see on the horizon as we approach the archipelago.
For more information and to book visit www.kildacruises.co.uk

29/08/2023

Thursday 31st August - St Kilda Cruise with places available.

It is looking lovely for a St Kilda trip on Thursday 🌤☀️and light winds.
For further details and booking visit our website www.kildacruises.co.uk or call into our bookings office in Tarbert, just up from the pier.

29/08/2023

Remembering the evacuation of St Kilda today, on the 29th of August 1930. Ninety three years ago five thousand years of inhabitation ended with the last islanders leaving Hirta. They left taking their furniture and belongings to mainland Scotland, many of them moving to Lochaline.
They left, leaving the bible in the small church open at the book of Exodus.

Photographs - collection of the National Trust for Scotland

22/08/2023

*Edit* One place left
St Kilda Day Cruise - Thursday 24th of August

Places available to book on our website www.kildacruises.co.uk or by visiting our booking office in Tarbert

13/08/2023

St Kilda Trip availability from Tuesday 15th August.

The forecast is looking promising for extra trips on Tuesday and Thursday and we have places available to book for a trip to this mesmerising dual World Heritage Site.
Book online at www.kildacruises.co.uk or visit our office in Tarbert on Monday.
Call 01859 502060 if you have any queries about the trip.

06/08/2023

Bill Cameron, who is a frequent visitor to St Kilda, sent us a series of pictures from his trip with us yesterday. The photographs show a beautiful day, but can anyone see what connects all four pictures?

03/08/2023

*Update - Two places left *
Saturday 5th August - St Kilda Trip

Yes, it is short notice but we now have places available on tomorrow's St Kilda Trip, departing from Leverburgh.
To book, please follow the link below
https://booking.kildacruises.co.uk
A much better looking forecast than today's.

The photographs are from a great set sent by a previous visitor, the talented Stephen Worrall.

02/08/2023

Saturday 5th August - St Kilda Trip
*Update* Two places available

We have some places available on this trip, departing Leverburgh.
At the moment the forecast is for a good, dry day with very light winds. (Hope we don't jinx it!)
Book online at www.kildacruises.co.uk, call us on 01859502060 or call into our office in Tarbert for more information.