🏝️Around the archipelago5 activities
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Sumburgh Head
Southern tip of Mainland
Lighthouse, visitor centre and puffin cliffs, open April to September.
Official websitesumburghhead.com→🏛️
Mousa Broch by boat
Sandwick
Fifteen minutes by boat to the best-preserved broch, with night trips to watch storm petrels return. April to mid-September.
The Mousa Boatmousa.co.uk→🦅
Hermaness
Unst
A nature reserve facing Muckle Flugga: gannets, puffins and great skuas; allow 3–4 hours.
NatureScotnature.scot→🦦
Otter watching
Mainland
Trips with licensed guides to watch otters along the shore.
Shetland Natureshetlandnature.net→🥾
Eshaness cliffs
Northmavine
A loop on volcanic cliffs in the UNESCO geopark, around a lighthouse.
Shetland.orgshetland.org→