Welcome to Misty Isle Boat Trips, Isle of Skye

Our local skippers and crew look forward to entertaining you with tales and legends of the area as you sail out to visit the jewel in the heart of the Cuillins: Loch Coruisk!

Boat Trips from Elgol to Loch Coruisk since 1969!

The Mackinnon family have been welcoming passengers from all over the world since 1969. Come and experience for yourself the finest scenery Scotland has to offer on one of our boat trips form Elgol to Loch Coruisk on the Isle of Skye.

Misty Isle Boat Trips’ owner, Seumas Mackinnon, is a local skipper, born and bred in the village of Elgol with a lifetime of experience at sea. The boat trips continue as a family business with Seumas and his wife Anne working alongside their sons and grandchildren bringing visitors to see Loch Coruisk in the heart of the Cuillin hills where we guarantee you will enjoy some outstandingly beautiful Highland scenery. We also guarantee you will enjoy some true Highland hospitality!

We have frequent regular sailings from Elgol to Loch Coruisk from  through to the end of October. Though less frequent we also run cruises, boat trips and private charters throughout the year…

  • star rating  We visited at July 2022 during our the Isle of sky trail end part. Awesome captain + son who helped us with getting to Elgol and back. Great in-sites on... read more

    675janisb
    July 17, 2022
  • star rating  An amazing experience. The boat ride and narrative were great and the walk was beautiful. Elgol was also a cute place to visit and the community were friendly.

    Christopher J
    May 29, 2022
  • star rating  Fantastic experience, sandy and Seamus were fantastic, very interesting stories about the local culture, the loch was beautiful and picturesque.

    Loveroffood95
    October 29, 2021
  • star rating  Absolutely beautiful day out  - I took two grandfather's and three kids aged 16,13 and 12 out on a lovely calm dry October day. The trip was superb. Our highlight was seeing minke... read more

    Katrina R
    October 23, 2022
  • star rating  We had the most amazing time on our boat trip the skipper & his staff where so good & informative in the area we went too the views where amazing... read more

    H8700RTclaires
    August 1, 2022
  • star rating  Fabulous trip to Coruisk with a skipper and crew who were armed with local knowledge and folklore

    O1097JBemmat
    July 18, 2022
  • star rating  Weather seemed to be set fair and we wanted a trip over to Loch Coruist to get a little closer to the magnificent Cuillen ridge. The trip delivered this and... read more

    Jimmers17
    June 2, 2022
  • star rating  Didn’t know what to expect from the boat trip especially as the weather was a bit drizzly to start but what a great outing I had. The crew (3 generations... read more

    F245YBwendyr
    July 3, 2022
  • star rating  I arranged this trip for my mum and dad, my brother and his wife and their two dogs. The team were super helpful and friendly over the phone when... read more

    rosgomersall
    April 19, 2022
  • star rating  We had an Awesome trip, best day ever! The company is run by the loveliest local family, who have great information and stories about the mountains and wild life. We... read more

    Ordwifey
    September 6, 2022