seven nights, GBP 2300
The Isle of Mull, at the heart of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, has a wonderfully diverse landscape and wild coastline. In recent years, thanks to TV exposure, it has entered the public mind as the home of sea eagles, surrounded by seas bustling with dolphins and larger whales. Indeed, eco-tourism contributes over £8 million to the island’s economy each year. But it is a big island and it’s easy to leave the crowds behind and find your own wild corner to explore and photograph.
Mull has an ancient volcanic backbone rising to over 900 metres. It is also deeply indented by seaweed-strewn sea lochs where otters and herons live by the tides and which are grazed along their margins by Highland cattle. The weather is “Atlantic” and never stays the same for long so the light is often divine.