Hebridean is unlike any other cruise company.

Our two small ships – Hebridean Spirit and Hebridean Princess – are unlike any other cruise ships.

Here you will find none of the brash garishness so often associated with cruise ships and cruising. Instead, we welcome our guests on-board our elegant and refined vessels into an atmosphere where congenial company mixes with an anticipation of discovery. Where service and your comfort are paramount and where, as the purveyors of the Finest Privately Escorted Tours, we take you into the cultural and historical centre of each destination we visit.

Both our ships echo the company philosophy that "small is personal", giving a small number of guests the very special Hebridean Experience of luxury cruising to off the beaten track destinations. Our excellent crew have earned Hebridean a world-class reputation for unbeatable service, fine food and wine and an attention to detail no longer common in the present era of mass travel.

Our Privately Escorted Tours set Hebridean apart from any other cruise operator. Combining erudite, well-informed and often well-known onboard guest speakers with adept and expert local guides. Each Privately Escorted Tour seeks to capture the unique essence of each destination in a manner that is enjoyable and relaxed yet informative and interesting.

Our first ship, Hebridean Princess, has cruised the waters of the Scottish West Coast for the past seventeen years, introducing what is the most dramatic and emotive coastline in Europe to a new and enchanted audience. The original "country house" cruise ship, she welcomes many new passengers on board for the first time each season and has a very loyal following. Hebridean Princess sails the Inner and Outer Hebrides, far flung St Kilda, the Orkney and Shetland Islands and the magnificently remote lochs and peninsulas of mainland Scotland. Only departing briefly in late summer, as she heads for Norway to sail it’s breathtaking Fjords.

Hebridean Spirit first cruised under the Hebridean flag in July 2001 when she was christened by HM The Princess Royal in Leith, Edinburgh. Her year-round programme sees this beautiful ship tour some of the most fascinating locations on earth from northern Europe to The Indian Ocean, in between, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, South Africa, Mozambique, Seychelles, Madagascar, Namibia, Mauritius and the beautiful Aldabra Islands. Please see the cruise calendar for details.

There are so many things that make Hebridean different, which unite to create the Hebridean Experience. We like to think that time aboard either ship represents a meeting of minds – discovery, friendship, relaxation, insight; people take so many different things from their time with us. What is clear though is that we welcome back most of our guests time and again. There can be no more convincing endorsement of Hebridean, our ships and our philosophy than this.