Tarbert Tourist Information

Tarbert Holidays and Breaks

Harris is less populated than Lewis and has no real large towns. Tarbert is the largest town on Harris and can be a welcome stop once you've battled through the mountains to the east.

Tarbert is something of a centre with a Tourist Information office and being the port where the ferries from Skye dock. There is a good range of B&B and hotel accommodation in Tarbert itself. There is a also a tearoom, fish and chip shop, stores for everyday items and big car park and bus stop in which the Tourist Information is located.

Tarbert Tourist Information Centre, Pier Road, Tarbert, Isle of Harris HS3 3DJ. Tel: 01859 502011. Fax: 01859 502011.

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Ferries to Tarbert Isle of Harris Outer Hebrides

Caledonian MacBrayne run regular ferry crosssings from Uig on the Isle of Skye to Tarbert on the Isle of Harris.

There are usually two sailings a day during the summer and one a day in the winter. The journey takes just over one hour and forty five minutes arriving in Tarbert harbour on the east side of Harris.

This is the shortest ferry crossing to the Outer Hebrides and the car passenger ferry can take 600 passengers and 110 cars. Onboard facilities include a cafeteria, bar and shop. You can purchase an Island Hopscotch ticket if you're planning doing several island crossings. Ferry crossings between Scotland and the Hebrides include the Lewis, Isle of Skye, the Uists and Barra.

Check the CalMac website for up to date timetables and prices, weblink right or contact CalMac direct on tel: 08705 650000. Fax: 01475 635235. Email: reservations@calmac.co.uk.

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Boat Trips Tarbert to Hebridean Islands and St Kilda

There are several boat trips and excursions available from Tarbert. Kilda Cruises run boat trips to the islands of Rona, Monach Isles both of which are National Nature Reserves and the Shiant Isles. Sea Harris' boat trips from Tarbert take you to the Shiants and the islands of Pabbay, Taransay, Ensay, Killegray, Scarp, Soay, Scotisay. Sine the majority of these islands have become depopulated, a whole host of wildlife has moved in dominating these islands including puffins, kittiwakes, fulmars, guillemots, razorbills, golden eagles, oystercatchers, seals, blue shark, terns and petrels.

Kilda Cruises and Sea Harris also run day trips to St Kilda - a World Heritage Site - fifty miles west of Harris way out in the Atlantic Ocean. St Kilda is now uninhabited although the old village has been preserved and you can wander around the various buildings and get a better idea of the island's history from the museum. There are also archaeological sites on the island and it is a centre for wildlife including the endemic St Kilda wren and St Kilda field mouse as well as seabird colonies of puffins, gannets, guillemots, petrels, fulmars. The boat trips to St Kilda usually depart from Leverburgh in South Harris. Check the links right for more information.

Kilda Cruises, 'Fasgadh', Tarbert, Isle of Harris, Scotland HS3 3DJ. Tel: 01859 502060. Tel/Fax: 01859 502241. Mobile: 07760 281804. Email: angus@kildacruises.co.uk.

Sea Harris, East Tarbert, Isle Of Harris HS3 3DB. Tel: 01859 502007. Mob: 07760216555.

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