Royal Fever onboard Hebridean Princess this June

With The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee just around the corner, Hebridean Island Cruises' (www. hebridean.co.uk/ 01756704704) is celebrating all things royal this summer.

Guests onboard the nine-night North to Orkney and Home From The North cruises will pay a special visit to The Queen Mother’s former holiday home, the Castle and Gardens of Mey, situated on the north coast of Caithness.

Guests can follow in The Queen’s royal footsteps as the ship calls at Scrabster –the port of choice when The Queen and her family visited the Castle of Mey aboard the former Royal Yacht Britannia every August.

North to Orkney, from £4,800 per person (based on two people sharing an outside cabin), departs from Oban and calls at Gairloch, Loch Eriboll, Scrabster, Kirkwall, Stronsay, Papa Westray, Westray, Stromness, Helmsdale and Invergordon. Price based on a 27 June 2012 departure.

Home From The North, from £3,440 per person (based on two people sharing an inside cabin), departs from Invergordon and calls at Helmsdale, Kirkwall, Skara Brae, Scrabster, Loch Eriboll, Stornoway, Skye, Rum, Glenmore and Oban. Priced based on a 15 July 2012 departure.

Prices include all meals, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, shore excursions and gratuities and all relevant cruise taxes/fees, free parking and transfers to ship or domestic flights/train travel.

For more information and to book visit www.hebridean.co.uk or call 01756 704 704.

Enjoy stunning scenery and amazing wildlife all in ultimate luxury with Hebridean Island Cruises

Join Hebridean Island Cruises’ (www.hebridean.co.uk / 01756 704 704) small luxury cruise ship, Hebridean Princess, for a seven night cruise to get up close and personal with Scotland’s fascinating wildlife.

The Hebridean Outposts cruise visits St Kilda, the UK’s only double World Heritage Site and one of the world’s most important breeding grounds for sea birds as well as the Shiant Isles, home to over 250,000 nesting birds including Atlantic Puffins.

Passengers might be lucky enough to spot whales, dolphins, porpoise or basking sharks as they cruise around the outer Hebrides.

The fully inclusive cruise starts from £5,040 per person (based on two people sharing an outside cabin).  Hebridean Outposts departs from Oban (Scotland) and calls at Gairloch, Ullapool, Isle Martin, Shiant Isles, Isle of Lewis, St. Kilda, Isle of Barra, Isle of Iona before the final port of Tobermory on Mull. Price is based on 5 June 2012 departure.

Prices include all meals, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, shore excursions and gratuities and all relevant cruise taxes/fees.

For more information and to book visit www.hebridean.co.uk or call 01756 704 704.