Deposit: £250

Cost includes:  Airport transfer and all transportation on Shetlands, accommodation, meals, boat trips and reserve entry fees.

Cost excludes: Travel to Shetlands, sundry items and alcohol.

Accommodation:  We have comfortable hotel accommodation on both Mainland and Unst, and from these two locations we will base all our excursions. Dinner and breakfast will be at our base with a daily packed lunch.  Accommodation is based on twin rooms, although single supplements may be available on request. 

Level of fitness:  The walks can be reasonably hardgoing over uneven terrain, and some can be of a long duration. Although the weather is inevitably variable here, when good we will be looking to make the most of the best light early and late in the day.

LEVEL 3

 Shetlands Summer

This remote outpost of Britain has such an amazingly diverse range of wildlife to offer the nature photographer, from towering sea cliffs to windswept moors and from crystal clear lochs to rich rocky shores. The Shetland Isles has got to be one of the best places in Britain for wildlife: the sheer size of the sea cliffs at the famous national nature reserve at Hermaness are breath-taking; the evocative call of the red throated diver is one that evokes mystery and intrigue; the drumming of the male snipe as it rises from the wet moors is rare indeed in the mainland of Britain, but on the Shetlands this sight and sound is still commonplace. The splash by the rocky shore is a sign of one of the most charismatic mammals - the otter and this beautiful mammal can be found in many of the quiet inland fjords.  These beautiful islands are well known to us with a multitude of visits over the years, and this wealth of experience will guarantee that we will go to the best locations that the Shetland Isles has to offer the wildlife photographer.

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