minke whale are most often seen in the

waters around St Kilda

you might be lucky enough to

experience bow-riding dolphins

approaching Hirta with Levenish

to the right

Hjalmar Bjorge anchored in Village

Bay with Levenish in the background

looking in to Village Bay on Hirta with

army base on the right hand side

crossing Village Bay in the ship's

tender - dry on a calm day!

the pier can be treacherous in

bad weather conditions

now you're ashore:

the beach at Village Bay

north east in Village Bay: an old 

cleit house and the feather store

walk by the derelict houses of the 

"high street" in the village

admire the work undertaken by 

National Trust for Scotland volunteers

take a photo of your boat through

one of the house windows

continue up to Ruaival and take 

a photo of Dun

turn round and take a photo of 

Village Bay and Oiseval from Ruaival

walk north from Ruaival and see 

the Mistress Stone

catch your breath and soak up 

the views from Mullach Bi

the most northerly point of Hirta -

the Cambir - and Soay beyond

continue round the north of Hirta 

and look over to Boreray

zoom in for a better look at Stac Lee, 

Stac an Armin and Boreray

descend from Conachair and take a 

photo of Village Bay from the north

"capture" a Soay sheep on the 

way back to the boat

sidle up to a Soay lamb... 

they are extremely cute

the first evening in Village Bay

looking toward Levenish

next morning a tour of the 

archipelago - Soay Stac

leaving Hirta behind and 

travelling to Boreray

approaching Boreray and

Stac Lee on the left

Stac an Armin on the left 

Stac Lee in front

see, hear and smell the 

gannets at Stac Lee

one of the estimated  

120,000 gannets at St Kilda

Stac an Armin rises from the 

sea like a fang

Hjalmar Bjorge leaving Stac Lee 

and Boreray behind

Hjalmar Bjorge leaving Hirta and

heading toward the Sound of Harris