Arrive in Glasgow and spend a night at a comfortable and centrally located hotel. In the evening take time to explore this Scottish city on your own.

Travel by private bus and with a local guide to Oban, where your small and comfortable expedition ship the MS Quest is waiting. Your trip to Oban offers magnificent sceneries of the landscapes, characterized by lochs and bens. In the afternoon embark the ship and head out on your expedition cruise.

At dawn reach the Summer Isles and go ashore to the largest and only inhabited island of the archipelago, Tanera Mòr. Walk around and enjoy the breathtaking scenery that surrounds this charming fishing community. In the afternoon, reach Handa, a small island and nature reserve located along the northwestern coast of Scotland. During the summer season the island’s dramatic sandstone cliffs become home to an estimated 100,000 breeding seabirds such as puffins, razorbills and guillemots. If lucky you can also spot some dolphins in the surrounding waters. In the evening, set course for the Orkney Islands.

In the morning arrive at the port of the charming town of Stromness, located on the largest island - Mainland. Spend the day exploring the island and head into the heart of neolithic Orkney, an area designated as a world Heritage Site due to its wealth of pre-historic archaeology. Visit the 5,000-year-old village of Skara Brae and see the remarkable dwellings that were revealed from beneath the sand dunes by storms only 160 years ago. Today it is western Europe’s most well-preserved prehistoric village. Continue to the Ring of Brodgar - a huge ceremonial circle of stones dating back almost 5,000 years. On the way back to Stromness also make a stop in Kirkwall, the main town of the Orkney Islands. Here find St. Magnus Cathedral, the most northerly cathedral in the British Isles, founded by the Viking Earl Rognvald in 1137.

In the early morning, reach the capital and main port of the Shetland Islands, Lerwick. During your visit explore the remarkable neolithic ruins of Jarlshof. The site was uncovered by a violent storm in the winter of 1896/97, revealing an extraordinary settlement site embracing at least 5,000 years of human history. A guided tour takes you through the narrow stone lanes of Lerwick and makes a visit to Shetland museum, where you will get acquainted with the islands’ fascinating history and culture. In the afternoon continue your voyage towards the remote Faroe Islands.

Spend the day heading northwest as you listen to interesting lectures on the flora, fauna, and history of this fascinating group of islands to come. In the early evening reach Suðuroy, one of the 18 islands that belongs to the Faroe Islands.

Spend the day exploring the dramatic island of Suðuroy. Spellbinding steep bird cliffs to the west and a rolling, idyllic landscape offer visitors magnificent sceneries upon arrival. The geographic distance from the rest of the Faroe Islands also explains much of its uniqueness when it comes to language and culture.

From Suðuroy’s little town Vágur, beautifully situated in the Vágsfjørður fjord, head for Beinisvørð - a 469 meter high sea cliff. From here enjoy the breathtaking views of the island’s diverse landscape that consists of mountains, fjords, villages and valleys. Your tour continues, either by foot or by bus, down the slope to Suðuroy’s southernmost village, Sumba. From here make a longer walk to the southernmost tip of the Faroe Islands, Akraberg, where you may visit a charming lighthouse dating back to 1909.

Weather and wind permitting, take a zodiac to the westernmost island - Mykines, a bird paradise that attracts bird enthusiasts and ornithologists from all over the world. This little island is home to hundreds of thousands of seabirds such as gannets, fulmars, guillemots, storm petrels and kittiwakes.

The main attraction is undoubtedly Mykineshólmur, an independent islet that is connected to the mainland by a suspension bridge on 35 meters elevation. On the grassy slopes above the cliffs, thousands of puffins are nesting. It is not unusual to see them flying in with fish hanging from their beaks to feed their young. For those who are ready for a tougher hike, have the chance to reach the top of Mykines to enjoy the incredible views. Hopefully you will also visit the only settlement, named after the island, with its ten brave inhabitants.

Spend your last full day in the Faroe Islands on the largest island, Streymoy. Here lies Tórshavn, the archipelago’s charming capital, established by the Vikings in the 9th century. The parliament that was founded in 850 AD can still be seen and is one of the world’s oldest. What was once an important trading port is now a modern town with about 13,000 inhabitants. After a visit to the capital, continue to the historical village of Kirkjubøur, which is the Faroe Islands’ most important cultural and historical site. Here have a chance to see the 900-year-old picturesque farm Roykstovan, originally the bishop’s residence but since 1550 belonging to the Patursson family. Today, part of the house is a museum while the remainder is occupied by the 17th generation of the family. In Kirkjubøur also find the small, and still active, medieval church St. Olav and the ruins of the magnus Cathedral from about 1300 AD.

In the morning disembark MS Quest, transfer by bus to Vágar Airport and begin your journey back home.