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  After a great trip with Mistry Isles last year, we returned for another with friends and took our pooch along too. Loved it just as much as the first time!... read more

    Hotdogjesse
    May 7, 2022
  • star rating  We booked the standard trip on our tenth wedding anniversary, sadly the weather wasn’t so kind with rain showers and increasing winds. Sandy and Seamus were running the trip and... read more

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    October 28, 2022
  • star rating  One of the best tours we made in this trip, exciting and entertaining experience despite of the weather. Super cool and nice staff, thank you for the hot tea and... read more

    163demiz
    May 12, 2022
  • star rating  Great trip run by a lovely family. Didn’t see any dolphins today but lots of seals. The driver and his son were hilarious. Elgol is very small with very limited... read more

    114alastairb
    August 17, 2022
  • star rating  What a beautiful afternoon’s boat trip to a beautiful, stunningly peaceful place. From the very beginning, we were greeted and helped onboard ( a very nervous golden retriever), and... read more

    janetmU7863HR
    June 7, 2022
  • star rating  We loved our trip over to Coruisk with father and son team, Sandy and Seamus today. They went out of their way to make our trip entertaining and informative -... read more

    Lucy P
    August 29, 2022
  • star rating  We enjoyed our 3-hours tour very much.

    James is a smiling, friendly guide, very interesting and professionnal.

    We had the chance to watch seals surprisingly closely, gannets and... read more

    alicez901
    August 27, 2022
  • star rating  Take some lunch and the Misty Isle and head
    out to Lake Coruisk for a fantastic walk.
    Pilot whales in the bay! Tea and biscuits on the return journey... read more

    rosg964
    April 23, 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  Went on a trip with Sandy and Seumas to Loch Coruisk. We saw harbour porpoises and seals on the way as well as many sea birds. It was... read more

    mjsieler
    August 23, 2022
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