Until May 30, 2025, one of the world’s smallest luxury cruise lines, Hebridean Island Cruises, is offering a special 15 per cent saving on selected sailings this year through the wild and far-flung isles, lochs and canals of Scotland.
As the exclusive Australian representative for the boutique UK cruise line, small ship cruising specialist, Cruise Traveller, has paired a boutique cruise to quaint storybook hamlets and wild and remote stretches of Scotland with an extensive land tour from England to Scotland to create a unique and exciting 20-night cruise and tour package from the bottom of Great Britian to the top.
Hebridean Island Cruises operates two vessels – the 48-guest Hebridean Princess and 38-guest Lord of the Highlands, which are both akin to stylish country houses on water, celebrating the gentle pleasures of cruising with an ambience of relaxed elegance, luxurious décor, maritime tradition, personal service and shared conviviality.
Cruise Traveller has handpicked one of Hebridean Island Cruises’ 2025 sailings that offers the special 15 per cent saving – a seven-night journey in Scotland – and added a 10-night land tour through the UK to create the new 20-night ‘Highlights of Britain and Secrets of the Highlands’ package.
The Scottish cruise this September is aboard the elegant, 38-guest, Lord of the Highlands, launched in 2021, and specially crafted to transit the intricate waters of the Caledonian Canal as well as navigate the sheltered, castle-dotted waters around Scotland’s fretted and hauntingly beautiful coastline.
The holiday begins in London on September 16, 2025, with a 10-night, small group coach tour to Edinburgh that features the postcard-pretty hamlets of the Cotswolds, the Tudor town of Stratford-Upon- Avon where Shakespeare was born, the rugged and ancient landscapes of Wales, the spectacular scenery of Snowdonia National Park, the Beatles home of Liverpool, magnificent Castle Howard where the famous 1980s TV show ‘Brideshead Revisited’ was filmed near York, the sweeping Lake District, Beatrix Potter’s quaint holiday home on the English moors and a traditional haggis dinner and bagpipe demonstration over the border in Scotland where the tour ends in Edinburgh.
After two nights in Edinburgh and one in Inverness, guests board Hebridean Island Cruises’ vessel, Lord of the Highlands, for a seven-night journey from Inverness through the heart of the spectacular Scottish Highlands. The adventure starts with a cruise down the historic, 100km-long Caledonian Canal which connects Scotland’s east and west coasts and takes guests on a fascinating passage through the Highlands via 29 locks and four lakes including the famous and mysteriously deep waters of Loch Ness. The journey along the storied canal includes the transit of Neptune’s Staircase – a set of eight, interconnected locks dropping 19m into the sea lock at Corpach.
The journey then takes in the dramatically beautiful islands of the Hebrides including the Isles of Mull and Skye with their quaint, brightly painted villages and ancient castles standing guard over them.
The cruise, which ends in the charming, seaside village of Kyle Lochalsh in north-west Scotland, is all-inclusive, embracing guided shore tours, gourmet cuisine, onboard beverages and gratuities. All cabins aboard Lord of the Highlands boast water views of Scotland’s ruggedly spectacular coastline.
Including the land tour with 15 meals, three extra hotel nights in Scotland and the fully inclusive cruise, the 20-night land and cruise package is available from A$16,565 person, twin-share, in a Deluxe Cabin – a saving of A$1485 if booked by May 30, 2025. Flights from Australia are additional.
Call Hebridean Island Cruises’ exclusive Australian agent, Cruise Traveller, on 1800 507 777 or visit www.cruisetraveller.com.au/
Cruise Traveller is Australia’s premier, small ship cruise specialist, representing 66 boutique, luxury and expedition cruising operators around the world., including Hebridean Island Cruises.
