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Half Day Private Hire: Immersive Maritime Tour on the Clyde with Nature and Historical Sites
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Experience an immersive maritime tour on the Clyde, exploring nature and historical sites. Get up close with wildlife and enjoy the flexibility to customize your trip. Book now!
Experience an immersive maritime tour on the Clyde, exploring nature and historical sites. Get up close with wildlife and enjoy the flexibility to customize your trip. Book now!
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Holy Loch - Our journey begins and ends at Holy Loch, Dunoon. Discover its rich history from ancient times, through the wars, and up to the present day. You might even get a chance to see sonar images of some WWII landing craft that were sunk here.
- MV Captayannis - After reaching the renowned Sugar Wreck, our skipper will share the tale of…
- Holy Loch - Our journey begins and ends at Holy Loch, Dunoon. Discover its rich history from ancient times, through the wars, and up to the present day. You might even get a chance to see sonar images of some WWII landing craft that were sunk here.
- MV Captayannis - After reaching the renowned Sugar Wreck, our skipper will share the tale of its sinking. Enjoy hot or cold refreshments on board as we take a leisurely trip around the shipwreck. Feel free to take as many photos and ask as many questions as you like. We’ll be on the lookout for wildlife such as gannets, seals, and porpoises, and we might even spot some military vessels nearby. Once we’re satisfied, we’ll head to the next stop on our Northern Clyde Tour.
- Dunoon Castle Ruins - On our way to see seals at the Gantocks lighthouse, you’ll get stunning views of Dunoon, including the Castle, Castle House Museum, and Castle Gardens.
- Carrick Castle - Another highlight of our Northern Clyde Tour is the 14th-century Carrick Castle, located on the picturesque shores of Loch Goil and framed by magnificent hills. Watch for Sea Eagles and other birds of prey nesting in the nearby forests.
- Coulport - Not far from our starting point lies the second-largest floating concrete structure in the world. We’ll pass this en route to the splendid Carrick Castle.
What's Included
- Use of binoculars for enhanced viewing
- Private transportation for a comfortable journey
- Marine life identification cards to learn about aquatic animals
- All fees and taxes included for a hassle-free experience
- Complimentary tea and coffee to keep you refreshed
- Use of binoculars for enhanced viewing
- Private transportation for a comfortable journey
- Marine life identification cards to learn about aquatic animals
- All fees and taxes included for a hassle-free experience
- Complimentary tea and coffee to keep you refreshed
What's Not Included
- Currently we cannot offer full wet weather equipment so please bring your own.
- Snacks
- Currently we cannot offer full wet weather equipment so please bring your own.
- Snacks
Additional Information
Exploring the Clyde by water is the ultimate way to appreciate its stunning beauty. Leave the land behind and fully engage your senses as you are taken to remarkable sites such as castles, lighthouses, and submerged shipwrecks. Experience nature up close and keep an eye out for porpoises, seals, sea eagles, otters, and more.
No other service in the area…
Exploring the Clyde by water is the ultimate way to appreciate its stunning beauty. Leave the land behind and fully engage your senses as you are taken to remarkable sites such as castles, lighthouses, and submerged shipwrecks. Experience nature up close and keep an eye out for porpoises, seals, sea eagles, otters, and more.
No other service in the area provides such a comprehensive maritime tour, and the trip can be customized to meet your group’s preferences.
Prefer a leisurely pace? We’ll take it slow.
Looking for speed? We’ll pick up the pace!
Share your desires with us, and we’ll do our utmost to fulfill them.
We look forward to welcoming you aboard the Starfish Enterprise to explore all the wonders the Clyde has to offer!
Location
Holy Loch Marina
Rankin's Brae
Drive into the marina and turn left into the main car park. You will see Wreckspeditions on the right hand side. Our skipper will meet you there and brief you on what's to come.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(9 Ratings)
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917katem
May 13, 2024
Amazing wildlife trip - Had a magical wildlife trip, we spotted numerous porpoises and even got to see the Clyde pod of bottle nose dolphins. Jason the skipper was friendly and full.of information. Felt very safe on his boat.
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Luciay2023
Jan 17, 2023
Fantastic, professional experience with Wreckspeditions in Jan - Had a fantastic experience filming out on the Holy Loch with Jason on a very rainy January morning. He went out of his way to provide our crew with everything we needed, and options for all eventualities and was very professional and experienced in dealing with all our requests! He provided local knowledge of Dunoon and where to stay/eat etc. Would highly recommend Wreckspeditions for personal or professional hire! Thanks so much
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Vari
Sep 10, 2022
Better than Perfect. - A small group of us asked Jason from Wreckspeditions if we could book the starfish enterprise for a 1/2 day boat trip, in order to try and get a sighting of the bottlenose dolphins.
We met at Inverkip marina, where we were given a safety briefing before boarding the Starfish Enterprise (Cool name).
Less than 10 minutes into our trip, we had an amazing encounter with the dolphins. Jason was very professional and followed the Scottish Wildlife watching code. Keeping his distance to avoid any change to their natural behaviors.
We then headed out to the sugar boat for a trip around the wreck. Followed by an amazing cup of coffee and a homemade flap jack and a chat.
On our way back to the marina, we had the most amazing, unique experience with the same pod of dolphins. They decided to bow ride, They were within touching distance. Breaching and showing off!
To sum up my trip. BETTER THAN PERFECT! A day i will never forget. Thanks Wreckspeditions. We’ll be back.
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Steve
Feb 12, 2022
5 star treatment we will be back - Booked for two dives .What can I say . Very welcoming very professional and knowledgeable . Now I been on a RIB before when diving put the way he has this set up ie getting divers kit on no rush nice and relax not rushing lots of space for divers to set up and the easy way getting back on out of the water sooo easy and he puts your fins on 🤩 made the day more relaxing and enjoyable and stress free . But the surprise was coffee and tea with biscuits. But hot chocolate with marshmallows and cream . 5 star ⭐️ treatment . As a dive club we will be defo be booking the charter again . Thanks Jason from boness sub Aqua club . Ps was my first wreck dive as well glad it was with you and your boat RIB
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Jeanscot
Nov 11, 2021
Exhilarating family adventure - Had a fantastic trip out today with Jason. Very exhilarating out on the water in the fresh air. Saw the lighthouse up close and the pier. Got so close to a wreck we could nearly touch it. Lots of seabirds and different types of other vessels. All really interesting. And of course some seals and porpoises leading us a dance but showing themselves now and again just magical.
All of this along with Jason’s informative narration pointing out lots of interesting points on and off shore. We all really enjoyed our wonderful sea adventure and would be sure to go out again when back in Dunoon.
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Fifitrixi18
Sep 25, 2021
Excellent - A great experience from booking to the trip. Helpful and informative at all stages. Nothing was too much trouble. I wish this young company huge sucess.
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Ryanmc7282es
Sep 28, 2020
Great experience - Great trip out and highly recommend. 5 ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. The skipper knows his stuff , their was plenty to see and do
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Vivienne
May 14, 2020
Best experience - I took my son who is on the autistic spectrum.
Jason was accommodating to get him familiar, constantly kept us informed. Safety was azing, knowledge surpassed my expectations. Hot chocolate at sugar wreck great touch.
Porpoise hunting didn't fail.
Riding the waves of the western ferry was such fun.
Jason is such a lovely guy, who made the whole experience wonderfully.
Definitely be back soon.
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Rutecabelo
May 14, 2020
Brilliant dive skipper - Jason is the font of all knowledge about the local wrecks and dive sites. We felt in very safe hands with such an accomplished friendly skipper. Will defo dive with you guys again next time we're over.
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