Kayak Wild Islay and Fatbike Hire
Guided sea kayak and Fatbike tours on Islay. With half-day and full-day kayaking tours as well as Fatbike tours, there is plenty on offer.
Contact details 07973725456 or kayakislay@gmail.com
Islay Outdoors
Guided Tours on Islay, wildlife walks, fishing trips, bird watching, field sports and much more
Islay Outdoors – Guided Tours on the Scottish Isle of Islay
Contact details 01496 850 643 / 07985 403 537 or dj@islayoutdoors.com
Electric Bike Hire
Premium Bicycle hire, delivered straight to your door.
Islay E- Wheels offers premium electric and non-electric bikes for hire. Choose between our easy entry step-through or Hybrid-style bikes.
Home – Islay E-Wheels (islayewheels.co.uk)
Contact details 07497090716 or bookings@islaywheels.co.uk
Islay Natural History Trust
Learn about Islay’s wildlife at the Port Charlotte Centre. Get creative in the wildlife den, see rockpool creatures up close and take part in a range of activities available over the season.
Contact details 01496 850288 or inht@btconnect.com
RSPB Nature Reserves
Visit RSPB Loch Gruinart with its visitor centre and hides overlooking the mudflats and saltmarsh with waders, Hen Harrier and wintering geese.
Or Visit the dramatic RSPB The Oa reserve with its cliffs, moorland, American Monument with Chough and Golden Eagles.
Both reserves offer guided walks and events over the season.
Loch Gruinart Nature Reserve, Bridgend, Islay, Argyll & Bute – The RSPB
The Oa Nature Reserve, Islay, Argyll & Bute, Scotland – The RSPB
Persabus Pottery
Visit Persabus Pottery and see how Islay’s landscapes have inspired beautiful pieces. Feeling Creative? Enjoy a pottery painting experience in their Creative Studio space or have fun with one of their pottery ‘takeaway’ kits.
Contact Details 01496 840243
Islay Woollen Mill
See how the beautiful and famous Islay Woollen Mill produce their goods, including the Hollywood Braveheart design. Why not buy some of your own whilst there?
Islay Woollen Mill, Online Shop, Tweed, Braveheart, Souvenirs, Country Clothing Islay
Contact details 01496810563 or mill@islaywoollenmill.co.uk
Finlaggan
Finlaggan is a historic site on Eilean Mòr in Loch Finlaggan. The Loch, the island, and Finlaggan Castle lie around two kilometres to the northwest of Ballygrant on Islay. Finlaggan was the seat of the Lords of the Isles and of Clan Donald. Two of the three islands that lie in the expansive scenery surrounding Loch Finlaggan, Eilean Mòr and Eilean na Comhairle, were the administrative centre of the Lordship of the Isles during the 13th to 15th centuries, until 1493 when the lordship of the Isles fell to James IV of Scotland, who administered the territory via a tenant-in-chief.
There is also a visitor centre there.
Finlaggan Islay – The Centre of the Lordship of the Isles – The Centre of the Lordship of the Isles
Contact details 01496 840 644 or finlaggan@outlook.com
Kildalton Cross
The Kildalton Cross is a monolithic high cross in Celtic cross form in the churchyard of the former parish church of Kildalton on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It was carved probably in the second half of the 8th century AD, and is closely related to crosses of similar date on Iona. It is often considered the finest surviving Celtic cross in Scotland, and is certainly one of the most perfect monuments of its date to survive in western Europe.
Dunyvaig Castle
Dunyvaig Castle, is located on the south side of Islay, in Argyll, Scotland, on the shore of Lagavulin Bay, 4 kilometres from Port Ellen. The castle was once a naval base of the Lord of the Isles, chiefs of Clan Donald. It was held by the chiefs of the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg.
Museum of Islay Life
Located in Port Charlotte, the museum houses a large and fascinating collection of objects, books, photographs and stories all illustrative of life in Islay from prehistoric to recent times. This includes artifacts found at Dunyvaig Castle, which we pass on our tours.
Museum of Islay Life | Showing the history of Life on Islay (islaymuseum.org)
For more information on what to do on the island check out this travel guide – KAYAK Isle of Islay Travel Guide