Seawolf Wildlife Tours
Rediscover Wonder.
Fall back in love with wildlife.
Maybe you’ve always been a wildlife lover. Maybe you want to share a passion with your kids. Maybe you want to finally see that creature that’s always captivated you. Or maybe you just want an adventure. Whatever it is, Caithness can reinspire your love of nature, or provide you with a new experience to remember forever.
Puffin Tours.
Adorable puffins are guaranteed on this tour of some of our busiest local puffin roosts with an experienced ecologist. Whether you have your own transportation or not, we will get you that sighting. But more importantly, the magical experience of the Caithness puffin colonies. Watch them take off and climb into their burrows to nestle and feed their young, flying overhead amongst other seabirds such as common and black guillemots, fulmar, razorbills, cormorants using high powered binoculars. Look out for our grey seals, or on a lucky day, out local whales and dolphins.
NOTE TO OUR BELOVED GUESTS: THIS IS NOT A BOAT TOUR. PUFFINS RESIDE AT THE TOPS OF THE CLIFFS YOU WILL VISIT.
There are easy routes for young children or tougher trails that get you up close for hardier hikers, roosts accessible by car or by public transportation from any Caithness Town! We'll suit this tour to you. Good walking boots are essential, and bookings are subject to cancellation during bad weather, which can cause dangerous conditions. Binoculars and ID guides provided. If you require transportation by car, please note that there is a fixed additional fee of £30 that can be paid on the day or by purchasing an additional ticket, and a minimum of 2 days notice. This covers both fuel and a driver.
All tours depart from Thurso Bay Campground Car Park - Please note the campground is not affiliated with us, and you cannot book tours through them. We can however recommend the coffee, food, and milkshakes served there at the onsite Blue Door Diner.
Booking cancellations are subject to poor weather - high winds make many areas unsafe for walking. When winds reach speeds of over 20 mph, children will not be able to participate, and above 30, the tours will be cancelled.
£45 per adult
£15 per child
£30 per local adult
£10 per local child
Sunset Puffin Tours.
Caithness sunsets are pretty spectacular, and our puffins agree. Sunset is the best time to spot puffins as they come home to roost for the night in large numbers, and spend this time socialising and winding down. Watch them court their partners while the sun sets behind the Orkney Islands over the Atlantic Ocean.
NOTE TO OUR BELOVED GUESTS: THIS IS NOT A BOAT TOUR. PUFFINS RESIDE AT THE TOPS OF THE CLIFFS YOU WILL VISIT
Adorable puffins are guaranteed on this tour of some of our busiest local puffin roosts with an experienced ecologist. Whether you have your own transportation or not, we will get you that sighting. But more importantly, the magical experience of the Caithness puffin colonies. Watch them take off and climb into their burrows to nestle and feed their young, flying overhead amongst other seabirds such as common and black guillemots, fulmar, razorbills, cormorants using high powered binoculars. Look out for our grey seals, or on a lucky day, out local whales and dolphins. There are easy routes for young children or tougher trails that get you up close for hardier hikers, roosts accessible by car or by public transportation from any Caithness Town! We'll suit this tour to you. Good walking boots are essential, and bookings are subject to cancellation during bad weather, which can cause dangerous conditions. Binoculars and ID guides provided. If you require transportation by car, please note that there is a fixed additional fee of £30 that can be paid on the day or by purchasing an additional ticket, and a minimum of 2 days notice. This covers both fuel and a driver.
All tours depart from Thurso Harbour - Please note the campground is not affiliated with us, and you cannot book tours through them. We can however recommend the coffee, food, and milkshakes served there at the onsite Blue Door Diner.
Booking cancellations are subject to poor weather - high winds make many areas unsafe for walking. When winds reach speeds of over 20 mph, children will not be able to participate, and above 30, the tours will be cancelled.
£45 per adult
£15 per child
£30 per local adult
£10 per local child
Simmer Dim Nocturnal Wildlife Tour.
The Simmer Dim is the time of endless summer nights and long hours of amber and purple twilight in the North of Scotland. It also reveals the secrets of our Caithness noctural wildlife…with the help of a few extra gadgets.
Watch bats, otters, owls and seals by night with our starlight nightvision camera scope, and learn how to use a heterodyne bat detector to identify and find bats by their call as researchers do. Watch dozens of these normally invisible animals flit around your head, keeping an eye out for the local otters who go a-hunting at this time along Thurso River. It will be a truly magical experience. Find out how to protect them, bring them into your own gardens and rescue grounded babies as they learn to fly.
Talks will be lead by an experienced bat surveyor who spent 6 years as a researcher for the University of Edinburgh who will answer your questions like "Why do vampires turn into bats?", "Are they really blind?" and "How do they help humans?"
£15 per adult
£8 per child
Private Wildlife Tour of Caithness.
Thurso is home to a wonderful world of wildlife, but there is more to be seen outside of our town. Whether you want to be shown the puffins, gannets, guillemots and razorbills at Dunnet head, look out for whales and dolphins from the Duncansby stacks, or explore our inland mountains and moors looking for Red Deer Stags, Highland Cows and Hen Harriers sky dancing, we can show it to you. Available to those who have their own transport, though public transportation options are available for some locations. Binoculars and ID guides are provided, most tours will take a minimum of 2 hours. You will not be charged extra for going over this time. Booking cancellations are subject to poor weather - high winds make many areas unsafe for walking. When winds reach speeds of over 20 mph, children will not be able to participate, and above 30, the tours will be cancelled.
All tours depart from Thurso Bay Campground Car Park - Please note the campground is not affiliated with us, and you cannot book tours through them. We can however recommend the coffee, food, and milkshakes served there at the onsite Blue Door Diner.
£30 per adult
£15 per child
Whale Watching Picnic
We also want to give you the best chance of spotting the 12 species of whales and dolphins that swim up and down our coast every day. We’ll not only take you to the best whale watching spots in Caithness, we’ll park you in front of puffins for company. With a complimentary luxury picnic, binoculars, ID guides, and your professional puffin and whale spotter guide.
You can enjoy:
Caithness Charcuterie prepared in Clyth and made from local meats, including venison salami
Chutneys, dips and jams made in Orkney and Caithness
Thurso made Wolfburn whisky or Orkney Brewery puffin ales
Caithness scones, oatcakes, pastries and cakes from Reid’s bakery
Caithness and Orkney Cheeses
Watch the puffins come and go, wait for your whales, eat charcuterie or cheese, drink tasty beverages. Sounds like it might be the best day of your life.
Dietary requirements can be catered to on demand, just message us. For just £10 more per adult than a regular tour, you are entitled to an almost unlimited amount of your guide’s time as well as your complimentary picnic. Own transport required, or 48 hours notice to arrange transport.
£55 per adult
£20 per child
