eddieg07410 Posted July 25, 2014 #1 Share Posted July 25, 2014 We will be in the Shetland Islands mid september and would like recommended tours and tour companies for our stay there. We will be on a cruise. Also, can you give me some idea as to what kind of weather to anticipate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted July 25, 2014 #2 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Lerwick is covered on the Great Britain board, here: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=233 If you do a search over there for "Lerwick" you will find lots of threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globaliser Posted July 26, 2014 #3 Share Posted July 26, 2014 If you do a search over there for "Lerwick" you will find lots of threads.In fact, if you click here and run that search, you'll find many relevant threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey@cruise Posted July 27, 2014 #4 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Try the following: Gordon Rae of Tour Shetland - tourshetland at gmail dot com Allen Fraser of Shetland Geotours - info at Shetlandgeology dot com Both are professional guides and they are responsive and great to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartanexile81 Posted July 27, 2014 #5 Share Posted July 27, 2014 (edited) We're on the same cruise and 'tri****at' a CC member who lives locally has been very helpful with my arrangements. Here are a couple of threads I've used. http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1803620 http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1840985 Sorry it keeps deleting the user's name. Edited July 27, 2014 by tartanexile81 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donder1 Posted July 31, 2014 #6 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Which ship(s) stop in the Shetlands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globaliser Posted July 31, 2014 #7 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Which ship(s) stop in the Shetlands?Have a look on this page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey@cruise Posted July 31, 2014 #8 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Which ship(s) stop in the Shetlands? Visiting cruise ships schedule from Leewick Port Authority: http://www.lerwick-harbour.co.uk/visiting-cruise-ships-2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanemagnet Posted July 31, 2014 #9 Share Posted July 31, 2014 We will be in the Shetland Islands mid September ... can you give me some idea as to what kind of weather to anticipate. Windy. Cloudy. Raining. Temperature 10 to 12c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starry Eyes Posted July 31, 2014 #10 Share Posted July 31, 2014 We will be visiting at the end of September. Somebody on our roll call arranged a 3 hour charter sailing perfectly for our port call. Once posted on the roll call, the sailing filled quickly to capacity of 12. The company's trip advisor reviews are great, and I am looking forward to the excursion (even though it may be cloudy, rainy and windy). http://www.seabirds-and-seals.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globaliser Posted August 5, 2014 #11 Share Posted August 5, 2014 http://www.seabirds-and-seals.com/This is a great trip. You won't be disappointed, whatever the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeartGlaciers Posted August 6, 2014 #12 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Try the following: Gordon Rae of Tour Shetland - tourshetland at gmail dot com Allen Fraser of Shetland Geotours - info at Shetlandgeology dot com Both are professional guides and they are responsive and great to work with. I just came back from a cruise that went to Lerwick and would definitely recommend Allen and Shetland Geotours if you want to see sights around the island and the landscape there. We went to a Viking ruins site, the lighthouse where you can see puffins, and a beautiful beach. We also stopped to see Shetland ponies and other scenic photo stops. His van fits 8, so it's a nice small group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starry Eyes Posted August 6, 2014 #13 Share Posted August 6, 2014 This is a great trip. You won't be disappointed, whatever the weather. It is nice to hear more positive feedback. We live in the Northern US, so I think we can probably handle pretty much any weather. Well, we are not accustomed to really extreme heat, but that seems even more improbable there than here:). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanemagnet Posted August 9, 2014 #14 Share Posted August 9, 2014 We went to a Viking ruins site Jarlshof - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarlshof the lighthouse where you can see puffins Sumburgh Head - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumburgh_Head and a beautiful beach. Probably St Ninian's - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Ninian's_Isle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebbieMacG Posted August 9, 2014 #15 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Have you thought about hiring a car? you can collect it right at the port and drop it back there at the end of the day its so easy to do. We had a fabulous day doing this in June this year and the weather was fantastic :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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