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Watching Wildlife on Mull
Mull's varied landscapes and habitats, from high mountains and wild moorland to wave-lashed sea cliffs and
seaweed-fringed skerries, offer the chance to spot some of Scotland's rarest wildlife, including eagles, otters, dol-
phins and whales.
Mull Wildlife Expeditions
( 01688-500121;
www.torrbuan.com
;
)
offers full-day Land Rover tours of the
island with the chance of spotting red deer, golden eagles, peregrine falcons, white-tailed sea eagles, hen harriers,
otters and perhaps dolphins and porpoises. The cost (adult/child £43/40) includes pick-up from your accommoda-
tion or from any of the ferry terminals, a picnic lunch and use of binoculars. The timing of this tour makes it pos-
sible as a day-trip from Oban, with pick-up and drop-off at the Craignure ferry.
Tobermory harbour to the waters north and west of Mull. An all-day whale watch (per person £80) gives up to seven
hours at sea (not recommended for kids under 14), and has a 95% success rate for sightings. The four-hour Wildlife
Adventure cruise is geared more towards children (£50/40 per adult/child).
Staffa and the Treshnish Isles (adult/child £50/25, 6½ hours), with an hour ashore on Staffa and two hours on
Lunga, where you can see seals, puffins, kittiwakes, razorbills and many other species of seabird.
in Glen Seilisdeir where you can watch white-tailed sea eagles. Tours (adult/child £6/3) leave at 10am and 1pm
Monday to Friday, from the B8035 road about 1 mile north of Tiroran (advance booking essential, by phone or at
the Craignure tourist office).
Sleeping
HIGHLAND COTTAGE HOTEL£££
(
| Boutique Hotel
01688-302030;
www.highlandcottage.co.uk
; Breadalbane St; d £150-165;
mid-Mar−Oct;
)
Antique furniture, four-poster beds, embroidered bedspreads, fresh flowers and candle-
light lend this small hotel (only six rooms) an appealingly old-fashioned cottage atmo-
sphere, but with all mod cons including cable TV, full-size baths and room service.
There's also an excellent fine-dining restaurant here.
SONAS HOUSE££
( 01688-302304;
www.sonashouse.co.uk
; The Fairways, Erray Rd; s/d £110/125, apt from £90;
)
Here's a first - a B&B with a heated, indoor 10m swimming pool! Sonas is a large,
modern house that offers luxury B&B in a beautiful setting with superb views over Tober-
mory Bay; ask for the 'Blue Poppy' bedroom, which has its own balcony. There's also a
self-contained studio apartment with double bed.
| B&B
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