Our Lewis MegaTour is unique. It is designed for the visitor who wishes the maximum amount of time at the principal heritage features - especially prehistoric sites - of Lewis. It is the only scheduled trip which allows long periods at not only the celebrated [principal] Callanish site, but also the very important satellite arrays. We appreciate that, as a day trip, it may seem expensive but it gives exceptional value for money.
A general view of the interior
We then continue to the main Standing
Stones of Callanish site (below).
Main photo courtesy of Lubos Fiala
Click on thumbnails (above) for detailed pictures of two of the stones, and here
for more pictures and information on Callanish.
We give you a whopping two-and-a-quarter hours (135 minutes) - or even longer, see below - to explore Callanish I, II and III. You have great flexibility; you may acompany your driver-guide in the vehicle or you may walk between some or all of these three circles. (Total distance, should you walk between all three, is a little over a mile:
< 2km.)
From the main Callanish site you may accompany the driver to Cnoc
Ceann a'Gharraidh, also known as Callanish II (below), but if conditions are agreeable, we suggest you walk the half-mile or so.
Above left, Callanish II; above right, one of the stones seen edge-on.
From Callanish II it's a walk of a few hundred yards to Cnoc
Fillibhear Beag, also known as Callanish III, or you may drive to the small parking are for an even shorter walk to this array of a dozen stones, four standing inside a circle of eight.
Callanish III, above left; above right, detail: fallus or phallacy?
Many visitors find these sites extremely exciting, the
casual visitor to Lewis tends to neglect them in favour of the main Callanish
site.
After time here we continue east and south to Ceann Hulavig, a fine circle with 5 stones still standing, sometimes known as Callanish IV:
We return to Stornoway about 1815hrs and board our ferry for the return
crossing to Ullapool. We drive back to Inverness, arriving about 2315hrs,
and drop you at your accommodation.
The ground at some of the sites - especially Callanish II and Callanish III - can be boggy after rain so you should
have good footwear.
Windproof clothing at any time of year is advisable.
Our fare of £ 99 includes:
