7 day cruise around Scenic Scottish Isles

Dates

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - 08:00 to Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 17:00

Location

NOW BOOKING

Join us on Fred Olsen's newest ship, Borealis, for a 7 day cruise around the scenic Scottish Isles and only unpack once!

Enjoy the opportunity to cruise the scenic isles of Scotland on Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, smaller & more intimate cruise ship Borealis. Sailing from Newcastle to the remote Scottish Isles of Orkney, Isle of Lewis & Isle of Skye, from the comfort of your ship you can also enjoy stunning scenic cruising along your journey taking in the sights of Loch Hourn, the Small Isles, Dutchman’s Cap (Bac Mor), Fingal Sea Cave & the island of Iona located in the Inner Hebrides, before returning to Newcastle. Taking part in this Scottish adventure travelling by cruise ship, allows you the opportunity to island hop these remote islands & places of scenic interest from the comfort of the ship, which is not only your full board floating hotel, but is also your transport provider as well, which offers you easy and comfortable access to the places within this itinerary at an affordable group price. Which is a far easier, more comfortable & a more cost effective way to travel to these remote destinations, than when compared to arranging this trip via land, air, coach, ferry and hotel, etc

Skara Brae, Kirkwall

Image: Colin Keldie

Stornoway

Image: visitouterhebrides.co.uk

Trotternish ridge, Skye

Image: scottishtours.co.uk

Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Image: visitscotland.com

What's included?

• Return travel from the OU to Newcastle Cruise Terminal and back.
• 6 nights full board on the Fred Olsen cruise ship, Borealis
• Opportunity to go on shore excursions when in port (price not included)
• £50 per person to spend on board ship
• Lots of activities on board including:
  • Evening shows
  • Live music & dancing
  • Dance classes
  • Lectures & talks
  • Cookery demonstrations
  • Traditional deck games
  • Daily games & quizzes
• Free use of swimmimg pools, Jacuzzis, fitness classes and the gym

Prices

These are the prices for the cabins, an additional coach cost, for transport to and from Newcastle, is still to be determined.

• Interior Twin £989 pp
• Ocean View Twin £1,219 pp
• Superior Ocean View Twin £1,439 pp
• Terrace Cabin £1,799 pp
• Balcony Junior Suite £2,249 pp
• Solo Travellers:
  • Single Interior Cabins from £1,619
  • Single Ocean-view Cabins from £2,249
  • Solo Traveller Special Offer: £1,879*
  • * Solos Offer – Sole occupancy of a CO grade – Superior Ocean-view twin cabin with picture window (restricted view) based on a 25% sole occupancy supplement (replacing a 100% sole occupancy supplement) valid for new bookings made by the 30th November 2024. NB: This special solo offer is not combinable with the £50 pp free on board spend credit, due to the heavily reduced sole occupancy supplement.

Dates and Times

• View the flyer (PDF, 2Mb)

Full itinerary (Opens in new window and takes you to the Fred Olsen website)

Places available

50 places maximum

Booking deadline

May 2025

To request places

All bookings and payments will be made directly to Fred Olsen Cruises, if you intend to book please let OU Trips know by completing a simple BOOKING FORM 

To book your cabins and pay your deposit please visit the dedicated page on the Fred Olsen website

Payment Deadlines

A 10% deposit is payable, per person, when you make the booking. Fred Olsen will let you know payment deadlines.

Contacting us

If you need to contact us regarding a event and your question cannot be answered through our booking information page, please email and ensure that you include the name of the event you are contacting us about in the subject line of your message.