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Ramsey Island Boat Trips

Click images to enlarge In 2002 we introduced our Offshore Islands Voyage, which includes Whale and Dolphin Watching. The Voyage departs from St Justinian (2 miles from St Davids) We offer a range of highly guided Voyages from the ever popular inshore Ramsey Islands to the Offshore Islands Whale and Dolphin Last year provided excellent sightings of dolphin (over 500 seen on one voyage), Porpoise, Minke Whale, Orca and Fin Whale. A 2 ½ hour voyage scheduled to depart every morning from the end of May to the end of September. North Bishops Puffin & Shearwater Voyage Watch For birders we can offer dedicated offshore migratory bird watching by arrangement.

Area Guides: St Davids Activities: Bird Watching Boat Trips Fishing Watersports Whale and Dolphin Watching County: Pembrokeshire Region: South West Wales Email: Click here to email Ramsey Island Boat Trips Holiday Accommodation: Click here for details of St Davids holiday accommodation Click here for all Pembrokeshire Holiday Accommodation Details: We are proud to offer some of the finest marine guided tours on the coast. http://www.ramseyisland.co.uk Above all our experience is second to none and the business is owned, managed and run by local Pembrokeshire people most of whom have centuries of ancestry back to Ramsey Island and the local coast. We welcome you to contact our office in order to discuss your requirements. Voyages Of Discovery AS SEEN ON BBC BLUE PETER, PEBBLE MILL, ACTIVE 8, HEL STRAEON, LAND OF DREAMS ETC Featured in Mail on Sunday Holiday Section and recommended in most authoritative guides, Voyages Of Discovery specialise in providing guided marine tours of the inshore and offshore Pembrokeshire Islands. As conservationists our ethos is to provide a professional and interactive voyage that is SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES We are a long standing local family company with highly qualified and experienced personnel including oceanographers, fisheries scientists etc. We offer a range of highly guided Voyages from the ever popular inshore Ramsey Islands to the Offshore Islands Whale and Dolphin Watch. Our fleet of vessels, the RHIB ' VIKING PIONEER, VIKING VOYAGER, VIKING CHALLENGER and VIKING EXPLORER are purpose built and maintained to exacting standards. Our vessels offer both inboard and tube seating (which ever you prefer). Navigating into deep sea caves, through gorges and around spectacular cliffs you will observe colonies of birds, seals and porpoises at close hand - a wonderful opportunity for children and photographers. Or try the offshore sailings with frequent whale and dolphin observations. Your expert guide and skipper personally tailors each voyage to your needs ensuring an unrivalled voyage of a lifetime. We offer a whole range of Voyages to suit most peoples requirements. Skipper & Guides John M Price,B.Sc.(Hon).L.M.I.F.M, M.F.P.B Marine Biologist Ffion Rees, BA. (Hon)., Fluent German, Welsh., Malc Gray, Former Coxwain St Davids Lifeboat Ian Gray, Merchant Navy Officer, Lifeboat crew member Neil Thomas, Inshore Lifeboat crew, Senior helmsman Debbie Bird , Outdoor education, skippers licence Sailings Ramsey Island Voyage A one to one and half hour tour around the RSPB reserve. Spectacular sea caves, large colony of Atlantic Grey Seals, Porpoises and Bird colonies. Fully guided, a family favorite. Voyages are scheduled to run daily from March to the end of October with several sailings per day. Limited winter sailings. Adults £24, Child £12, Child under 4 £5 Family, Group & Educational Discounts North Bishops Puffin & Shearwater Voyage Watch An evening hour and a half voyage to the Bishops and Clerks Puffin Isles. Excellent seal watching, thousands of migratory shearwaters and not forgetting the Puffins. Voyages are scheduled daily and run from late May through to late August. Adults £28, Child £17, Family, Group & Educational Discounts Coastal Explorer A two hour coastal heritage voyage along the dramatic North Pembrokeshire coast. Fully guided, this unique trip takes in some of the most stunning scenery and rarely visited coves, bays and parts of the coastline that are only accessible from the sea. Adults £40, Children £20. Adults £40, Children £20 Two Hour Spectacular An extended Ramsey tour affording visits to less frequented islands, more guiding and views of the wildlife colonies, spectacular scenery and if conditions allow a visit to the North Bishops Island. Voyages are scheduled from the end of May to the end of September. Adults £40, Children £20 Offshore Islands Whale & Dolphin Watch First offshore to Grassholm Island, home to the second largest gannet colony in the N Hemisphere, then a sweep of these distant waters looking for cetaceans. Last year provided excellent sightings of dolphin (over 500 seen on one voyage), Porpoise, Minke Whale, Orca and Fin Whale. A 2 ½ hour voyage scheduled to depart every morning from the end of May to the end of September. Adults £55, Children (8 -12years) £30 Please contact our office to check our sailing schedule and availability Eco Tourism Boat Buses In conjunction with the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority we have been instrumental in the establishment and management of the Boat Buses. These buses run from St Davids to St Justinians, a few minutes ride, and are to encourage patrons using sustainable local transport. The ethos of the bus system is to reduce the impact of car journeys on our precious landscape. Whilst taking on board global environmental benefits this will also enable a further calming of our locality. We have also purchased our own new bus that will be dedicated to our own passengers and will run at times relative to our boat sailings. It is hope that in time other commercial boat operators will follow our lead. Car parking is available at St Justinians and over the next 2 years as the buses become more integrated the scope for parking will become reduced. We have purchased a retired Chapel and land at St Justinians and this will, by 2007, become a reception point and interpretation centre for boat and island patrons. From this point we will also be running a series of land based walks and talks from 2007. Whale and Dolphin Watch In 2002 we introduced our Offshore Islands Voyage, which includes Whale and Dolphin Watching. Voyages Of Discovery is the only company offering dedicated sailings to these spectacular waters. The abundant sea life is derived from nutrient rich water up welling to the surface as it reaches offshore reefs. This creates a food cycle from phytoplankton up to the mammoth Whales in an area acknowledged for its biodiversity. All our Rigid Hull Inflatables have been designed & built for this Offshore Route & are equipped with full inboard seating and the latest navigational aids. The Voyage is approximately two and half hours long. The Voyage departs from St Justinian (2 miles from St Davids) and firstly covers the south end of Ramsey Island. From there is westwards to the Irish Sea and the offshore Island of Grassholm. En route there are normally good sightings of harbour porpoise. Grassholm is a spectacular sight being covered in 60,000 breeding Gannets and forms the second largest colony in the Northern Hemisphere. This small island also offers some excellent Atlantic Grey Seals that fish the turbulent waters. Depending on the weather conditions we then make a Northerly or Southerly Sweep along the edges of the Celtic Deep. It is here that we enjoy most sightings of Whales and Dolphins. Sightings include Common, White Sided, Bottlenose and Rissos Dolphin, Orca (Killer Whale), Minke Whale, Fin Whale and Pilot Whale. Porpoises are seen on most sailings, dolphins on 80% and whales on 40%. The offshore sailings are made between April and Sept (inclusive). The best times are May and June for Orca ( and again in Sept), Minke July through to Sept, Dolphins most of the year but peaking July to September. We have observed up to 31 Minke and over 500 dolphins on a sailing (but please remember that we have also had sailings with no sightings !!). For many though just a reaching the rarely visited Island of Grassholm is reward enough. We also see basking shark, large sunfish and turtle from time to time. Inshore the Porpoises are seen daily with occasional sightings of whale. When conditions allow we also offer a longer four hour Voyage 20 miles offshore. This is normally very early in the morning and on particular tides to an area that produces a frenzy of activity by cetaceans. The Voyage is suitable for all ages but please take account of the wind chill offshore and that young ones may find it a little long. Prices are: Offshore Voyages Adults £55, Child £30 A monthly update on the latest sightings is available by clicking below. 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