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Gordon Grant Marine

Gordon Grant Marine Staffa and the Treshnish Isles trips depart from both Fionnphort and Iona. Trips run from May until early August. Please wear warm waterproof clothing and practical footwear. A packed lunch and/or snacks are also recommended as there are no facilities on the islands. Toilet facilities are on the boat. Read more

Address:Gordon Grant Achavaich Isle of Iona
Tel: 01681 700338 Fax: 01681 700338
Email: fingal@staffatours.com
Web: http://www.staffatours.com
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MV Volante

MV Volante This trip departs daily on the M.V. Volante from Fionnphort, on the Ross of Mull, at 10.15am and from Iona at 10.30am. We take you out north of Iona to the area around Staffa, the Treshnish Isles, Ulva and Burg Read more

Address:Gordon and Val MacCormick Thistledo Isle of Iona PA76 6SP
Tel:01681 700362
Email: gordon@volanteiona.com
Web: http://www.volanteiona.com
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Alternative Boat Hire

Alternative Boat Hire Alternative Boat Hire. Experience the joys of sail power – inshore trips under sail or power in a stable traditional wooden boat. Island visits, exploring inlets and bays, watching sea birds and seals, or fishing with a hand line. Wildlife, history, stories. Family friendly, help work the boat or sit back and watch the coast go by. Can take up to 12 passengers. Join a scheduled trip (3 hours or day trip; charged per head) or hire the whole boat, charged for hire of the skippered vessel. Operates from April to October. Read more

Address:Mark Jardine Lovedale Isle of Iona PA76 6SJ
Tel:01681 700537
Email: info@boattripsiona.com
Web: http://www.boattripsiona.com
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Staffa Trips

Staffa Trips It is a 45 minute sea journey to Staffa and Fingal's Cave which is always splendid and atmospheric with basaltic columns formed 59 million years ago. Puffins can be seen ashore in season and often guillemots, fulmars, great skuas, eider ducks, gannets, kittewakes, black-backed gulls, great northern divers and razorbills on the water. Read more

Address:Carol Kirkpatrick Tigh na Traigh Isle of Iona PA76 6SJ
Tel:01681 700358 Fax: 01681 700358
Email: iolaire@staffatrips.co.uk
Web: http//www.staffatrips.co.uk

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