Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
Air
Flybe
(
0871 700 2000;
www.flybe.com
)
flies daily from Kirkwall to Aberdeen, Edin-
burgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Sumburgh (Shetland). In summer it also serves Bergen
(Norway).
Boat
During summer, book car spaces ahead. Fares vary according to season (low to peak fares
are quoted here).
From Scrabster, Shetlands & AberdeenNorthlink Ferries
(
0845 6000 449;
www.northlinkferries.co.uk
)
operates ferries from Scrabster to Stromness (passenger £16
to £19, car £50 to £55, 1½ hours, two to three daily), from Aberdeen to Kirkwall (passen-
ger £20 to £30, car £75 to £104, six hours, three or four weekly) and from Kirkwall to
Lerwick (passenger one way £16 to £23, car one way £58 to £96, six to eight hours, three
or four a week) on the Shetland Islands.
From Gills BayPentland Ferries
(
0800 688 8998, 01856-831226;
www.pentlandferries.co.uk
)
boats leave from Gills Bay, about 3 miles west of John
O'Groats, and head to St Margaret's Hope on South Ronaldsay (passenger/car £14/33, one
hour). There are three to four crossings daily.
From John O'Groats
From May to September, John O'Groats Ferries (
Click here
)
op-
erates a passenger-only service from John O'Groats to Burwick, on the southern tip of
South Ronaldsay (one way/return £20/30). A bus to Kirkwall meets the ferry (all-included
return from John O'Groats to Kirkwall is £32). There are two to three departures daily.
Bus
Citylink
(
0871 266 33 33;
www.citylink.co.uk
)
runs daily from Inverness to Scrabster,
connecting with the Stromness ferries.
John O'Groats Ferries
(
www.jogferry.co.uk
)
operates the summer-only Orkney bus
service from Inverness to Kirkwall. Tickets (one way/return £38/52, five hours) include
bus-ferry-bus travel from Inverness to Kirkwall. There are two buses daily from June to
early September.
