BY FERRY

PENTLAND FERRIES sail from St Margaret's Hope in Orkney and Gills Bay on the Scottish mainland. They have up to four sailings per day.

NORTHLINK FERRIES offer up to 3 sailings per day and pass by the Old Man of Hoy. They sail from Stromness in Orkney and Scrabster on the Scottish mainland.

NORTHLINK also provide a sailing between Kirkwall and Aberdeen

BY PLANE

LOGANAIR Flights are available from Inverness, Sumburgh in Shetland, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow.