Orkney Ferries has finally published the summer timetable (May-September) so its now possible to book vehicles and passengers to and from Kirkwall to the North isles. All those involved in tourism in the North isles were getting increasingly frustrated at the delay and hope that in future the timetable can be available for bookings much […]
Summer ferry timetable Read More »
We have had a good look at our running costs (for ever increasing unfortunately) and tried to compare our prices with similar tours and have made the decision to raise our rates (first rise since 2022) to £95 per person for the full day tour (between 8 and 9 hours long). An introductory coffee and
April is here, the daffodils are standing up to the breeze as best they can, the cliffs are filling up with nests and noise and there are lots of visitors around.And just as the season is about to get underway, our trusty bus has developed a limp! It’s off to the garage at the end
Tours available from mid April Read More »
Westray has held Fairtrade Island status since 2007. Last week, sixty six local businesses and organisations met to celebrate and renew their commitment to Westray’s Fairtrade Island Charter. We are very happy to be one of those businesses. The pledge includes a commitment to using fairly traded products wherever possible, and to support local businesses.
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We’ve been promising ourselves we’ll update the website in the winter for quite a few years now! Finally, we are LIVE with our new site, thanks to the patience of Craig at Orknet. We are continuing to work on updating the content and layout as we go along and as we learn. So we would
Welcome to our updated website! Read More »
The tour season is well underway now and hopefully the weather will realise that too soon! The puffins are back in good numbers at the Castle o Burrian which is a relief and there appear to be plenty of aaks amongst the gannets up at Noup Head. We are busy taking bookings for the summer
We have taken the decision to not run tours on Saturdays and Sundays from now on due to having too many other commitments in Westray. We were in danger of spreading ourselves too thin so as a rule we won’t be providing weekend tours, although we will of course honour any already booked and will
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As October draws to a close and it feels increasingly like winter is upon us we will put Westraak into hibernation and concentrate on some of our other commitments here in Westray. Thanks to all who have joined us for a tour this year, after a slow start we have been as busy as ever
UPDATE October 2021 Read More »
We are pleased to be able to operate tours again. We are currently running with limited numbers in order to comply with social distancing on the bus and in our house but are hopeful that will ease again soon. Please be aware that even foot passengers have to book in advance with Orkney Ferries. The
The puffins are back in Westray and we are hopeful that it won�t be long before we can welcome visitors to Westray again too. At the moment there is no clear guidance on when travel restrictions to the islands of Scotland will be lifted (at the moment it is essential travel only allowed on the
