GOING FOR ‘GOLD’ & WE DID IT… A GREEN TOURISM ‘GOLD’ AWARD LEADING THE WAY INTO 2024 The 2024 season is getting off to a fantastic start…from ‘Service Excellence’ to Green Tourism ‘Gold Awards’.  We are over the moon to receive such awards alongside our Visit Scotland Prestigious 5-Star Accolade as well as our double… Continue reading Green Tourism Gold Award…Leading The Way Into 2024 – 07.03.2024

We are over the moon with news delivered earlier this week announcing that we are winners at the Travel & Hospitality Awards for ‘Boat Tour Of The Year – Scotland’.  We were chuffed to hear earlier on in the year that we had been nominated for this awards and now found out that we have… Continue reading The Noss Boat – Travel & Hospitality Awards Winner 2024- 10.02.2024

With just 3 weeks until Christmas, time to start thinking about gifts for your loved ones. We have the perfect gift with our 5-Star Noss Boat Tours gift vouchers. Our gift vouchers have no expiry date. The voucher photo in this post still shows 4-Star but we are now proud to be a 5-Star Tour… Continue reading Christmas 2023 – The Noss Boat Gift Vouchers – 04.12.2023

 DOUBLE WIN FOR SEABIRDS-AND-SEALS NOSS BOAT TOURS 2023 HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS THISTLE AWARDS After being shortlisted in July under two categories, the team here at Seabirds-and-Seals Noss Boat Tours are absolutely over the moon to have won both categories that we were shortlisted for.  We attended this amazing event at the Drumossie Hotel in Inverness… Continue reading DOUBLE WIN – HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS THISTLE AWARDS 21.11.2023

Celebrating 20 Years Of McKinlay Kidd   We had a fantastic time in Glasgow on Thursday 2nd November, where we joined team McKinlay Kidd in celebrating 20 years of business.   Year after year we work in collaboration with this fabulous company and such a fantastic team to work with. The business was launched in… Continue reading Attending McKinlay Kidd 20th Anniversary Celebrations 21.11.2023

Our Green Story We are Marie and Brian Leask, both Shetland born and bred with a lifetime’s experience of our islands’ heritage. We’ve been together since 2005, got married in 2019 and we run the award-winning Seabirds-and-Seals Noss Boat Tours. We grew up around boats and have extensive seafaring experience, having spent more than two years… Continue reading Our Green Story – Seabirds-and-Seals Noss Boat Tours 20.07.2023

We are absolutely delighted and excited to share that we have been shortlisted in this years Highlands and Islands Thistle Awards.  Not just in one, but in two categories along with other businesses as detailed below.  Receiving this fantastic news comes on the back of us receiving our Visit Scotland 5-Star distinction, an award we… Continue reading Highlands and Islands Thistle Awards Finalists – Two Categories 17.07.2023

We are absolutely delighted to share our wonderful news and just on the back of receiving TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice award yet again this year. A few weeks back we had our unannounced quality assurance visit from Visit Scotland.  Always nerve wracking when they announce at the end of the tour who they are, but the… Continue reading Scottish Tourist Board 5-Star Tour Accolade ***** 13.07.2023

  Every year since taking over the business, we have been awarded this fantastic accolade from TripAdvisor.  We are delighted to be leading the way as a top visitor attraction in Shetland – listed number one boat tour on TripAdvisor for our area.  Thank you so much to everyone has supported us to make this… Continue reading TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award 2023 – 21.06.2023

Not all heroes wear capes – some like skipper Brian of The Noss Boat ‘Seabird’ wear blue rubber gloves.  On a cruise to Noss on Friday 21st April we discovered a Gannet entangled in a discarded fishing rope.  Fortunately, seas were calm enough allowing Brian to rescue the bird.  The rope was cut free and… Continue reading Not All Heroes Wear Capes – 21.04.2023

We are very proud to have received a Green Tourism Silver grading award.  The awards are acknowledged worldwide as an indicator of good environmentally-friendly-practice, and are a great way of progressing on a green journey as well as acting as a hallmark of ‘Green Quality’, attracting custom from increasing numbers of eco-minded visitors.  Having accreditation… Continue reading Seabirds-and-Seals – The No.1 Original Noss Boat Tours – Delighted To Achieve Silver Award On Green Journey (21.03.2023)

We are absolutely delighted with recent photo shoot advertising our new range of Eco-Friendly Noss Boat merchandise for the 2023 season. Our hoodies, t-shirts, caps and tote bags are all 100% organic cotton. We are currently waiting for our Eco-friendly reusable water bottles to arrive, will upload photo and add to our online shop as… Continue reading The Noss Boat – 2023 Eco-Friendly Merchandise