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Home Top Trips

Do you love your castles, or do you want to find some awesome sea stacks? We’ve chosen some selections of some of our favourite ‘top trips’ that will hopefully help you find inspiration to visit some new places. Don’t worry, we’ve left plenty for you to discover yourself and no doubt you will evolve your own additional ‘top trips’ as well!

We’ll keep adding to the categories… please do Contact Us if there is a selection you’d like to see here.

Castles

Scotland is famous for it’s Castles and some of the finest are best seen from the sea. They are all rich in history and in our selction there will be castles for all abilities of paddler to enjoy.

Loch Duich Eilean Donan Castle

Sheltered Trips

There’s a wealth of sheltered trips to choose from in Scotland. Here is a great selection for the paddler just starting out or for the experienced paddler looking for somewhere to kayak on a stormy day.

Sea Kayak Morar Arisaig Rum

Lighthouses

Lighthouses, my mid-life crisis! The Stevenson family built some of the world’s most impressive around Scotland and here’s a selection to enjoy. All are impressive, with some committing and some more sheltered.

Point of Stoer Lighthouse

Puffins

Puffins have got to be everyone’s favourite when it comes to seabirds. At the right time of year the sea kayak is the perfect way to ‘get up close’ and here’s a selection of places to do just that.

Isle of May Puffins

Tide Races

Scotland has some of Britain’s most tidal waters, offering a great challenge for many sea kayakers. In the right conditions they can offer a lot of fun with great surfing potential. Here’s a variety of great tidal races to excite!

Sea Kayak Garvellachs

Sea Arches

There is nothing more dramatic than a sea arch, and to paddle through one is always a great experience. Here’s a selection of our favourites around the Scottish coastline, along with some of the biggest!

Sea Kayak Bullers of Buchan

Beaches

Landing on a deserted beach with perfect sands and crystal clear azure blue waters is a truly magical experience. Around the Scottish coastline there are beaches a plenty where this is possible, here’s a few…

Sea Kayak Achmelvich Beach

Gannets

The flash of white as gannets dive into the water or thousands of birds circling overhead, are both possible to experience around Scotland’s coastline. Here’s locations to enjoy this unique sight by sea kayak.

Gannet off Noup Head

Sea Stacks

Towering high above seemingly, defying gravity to stay upright, the sea stacks around the Scottish coastline are best accessed by sea kayak. Whether tall, ornate or just huge; here’s a few of our favourites for all to enjoy.

Sea Kayak Hoy Orkney Old Man of Hoy

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