By guest blogger Steve NewmanThere's something rather swish about booking the entire ship for a cruise. You can take your friends and family, celebrate a special occasion or anniversary, plan your own route and excursions or just leave all that to the cruise line.
Based in south-west Scotland, the Majestic Line's two boats sail the waters of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides. With only six en suite cabins for 11 guests, they offer three and six-night itineraries and, with all meals being taken around a single table, you certainly get that family feeling.
As you might expect, the food is sourced locally and includes fish, shellfish, beef and venison whilst, after the meal, there is a comprehensive selection of single Malts to choose from as you watch the red deer come down to the shore or the seals and otters swimming lazily by in the last rays of the evening sun.
The crew of four, including the chef, ensure the very highest levels of service and the smaller size of the vessels mean you can get in really close at night to anchor in some secluded bay or inlet where the only sound is the corncrakes calling or the lapping of the waves.
Of course, you don't HAVE to book the entire ship - you can just take the normal cruises visiting place such as Mull, Skye or Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal. Whether or not you'll see the Monster in Loch Ness rather depends on your whisky intake, but either way you'll be very happy!
Cruising the Hebrides and visiting these little out-of-the-way places and islands has long held great appeal for me. It's good to see there is now quite a bit of choice here (along with the traditional old Hebridean Princess), and this represents some fabulous alternative cruising.
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