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Scapa Tours
Scotland, United Kingdom
Kirkwall, Scotland, United Kingdom
$1305.49
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Overview
The Private Tour offers a personalized journey through the stunning landscapes and historic sites of Orkney. Tailored to your specific interests, this six-hour tour ensures you experience the best of the region’s neolithic and bronze age monuments.
- 🏛️ Visit the Standing Stones of Stenness, the earliest stone circle dating back about 5400 years, with opportunities for photos and exploration.
- 🌍 Explore the Ring of Brodgar, the largest stone circle in Orkney and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, believed to have been constructed between 2500BC and 2000BC.
- 🏺 Discover Skara Brae, the best-preserved prehistoric Neolithic settlement in Western Europe, featuring nine houses that showcase ancient living conditions.
- 🌊 Enjoy breathtaking views at Yesnaby Cliffs, where you can witness the beauty of sea and bird life, feeling as if you are on the edge of the world.
- 🏰 Option to hike to Yesnaby Castle, a delicate sea stack, with caution advised due to uneven ground.
- 📸 Capture stunning views from Scorradale towards the Hoy hills and Stromness, along with scenic vistas across Scapa Flow.
- ⛪ Visit the Italian Chapel, a remarkable structure built by Italian Prisoners of War during WWII, showcasing their creativity using scrap materials.
- 🥃 Optional excursion to Scapa Distillery for a taste of local craftsmanship, including a visit to their shop and spirit sampling available at an extra cost.
- 💧 Enjoy complimentary bottled water, midge repellent if needed, and emergency weather wear included in the tour.
- ♿ Wheelchair accessible with private transportation and options for infants and service animals.
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Scapa Tours
Scapa Tours
Pickup included
Scapa Tours
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 6 hours
- Midge repellent if required
- As part of our tour, the fees for Skara Brae will be paid for our tour participants
- Guests have the option to visit the Italian. Admission to this site will be complimentary for our tour participants
- Bottled water
- Private transportation
- Emergency weather wear
- Lunch
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Return details
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Standing Stones of StennessWe will stop to take a walk and have photo oppertunites round our earliest stone circle, erected about 5400 years ago. Just north of Standing Stones we have a small neolithic village called Barnhouse, unlike Skara Brae this was only in use for a few centuries dating from 3115BC to 2875BC.
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Ring of BrodgarAs we continue our descent into our neolithic past we come to our biggest stone circle, The Ring of Brodgar part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. We believe this magnificent stone circle is the last of the great Neolithic Monuments built on the Ness dating back to 2500BC and 2000BC. These are 5000 years older than Stone Henge and Pyramids of Giza.
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Skara BraeWe will arrive at Skara Brae, our best preserved prehistoric Neolithic settlement in Western Europe. There are 9 surviving houses where you can imagine how life used to be, within these houses you can see where the slept, had their fires and even built in furniture. With your admission ticket you can visit Skaill House a 17th century mansion.
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Yesnaby CliffsWe will take a drive to see spectacular views as well as seeing our sea and bird life at yesnaby, where you can feel like your on the edge of the world. If your feeling up to it we can take a walk to Yesnaby Castle, a delicate sea stack not far from the car park. The ground may be uneven and can be slippy so please enjoy the views at a safe distance.
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We can have a photo oppertunity at Scorradale looking towards Hoy hills, Stromness and views across Scapa Flow.
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The Italian ChapelAfter a scenic 25 minute drive from Orphir we will embark towards The Italian Chapel which was built out of scrap by the Italian Prisoners of War who also helped to construct the Churchill Barriers in WW2.
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Scapa DistilleryAn optional excursion to experience a taste of local craftsmanship to a nearby Local Distillery "Scapa", allowing you to explore their shop and enjoy a sampling of their spirits.
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Scapa Tours
Scotland, United Kingdom
Kirkwall, Scotland, United Kingdom
$1305.49
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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