Your Tours

Your tour is totally bespoke and flexible and may or may not include all of the above – possibly not even any of it! This is fine – we will craft your tour entirely according to your own wishes, whether it’s a 1-day tour or longer.

The Island’s Story
The Island has a long story to tell – starting with prehistory and continuing right though to the present day. We can’t possibly tell its whole story in one day, nor even in seven days!

What we CAN do however is to tell you part of it, within however long you have at your disposal. And it will be the part that draws you in most – whether this be a pick-and-mix of different experiences within a timeframe of your choosing OR whether it be themed to one (or more) particular area/s of your interest.

The Pace of Your Tour
Please also bear in mind, the pace at which you want to travel will be set by you , according to your abilities and wishes. This will all be discussed with you in detail ahead of time. We can’t know much you will comfortably be able (or want) to fit into your time with us.

We craft your unique Island Experience and Exploration
Each tour is a carefully crafted personal exploration and experience of the Island, and always part of a much wider tapestry.

To simplify matters, we have divided your potential tour components into 8 themes/ areas of Interest
Below we have 8 buttons – each representing a different theme or area of interest ) rather than a geographical area (with the exception of Royalty, Racing & Rigging – which is almost all about Cowes and East Cowes – thus including Osborne) . Inevitably, there will be some overlaps, but we invite you to look at all of them before deciding on what you would like to include in your tour.

There is plenty more to see on the Island besides what I have mentioned!
It also has to be said, we haven’t included everything on the Island – we couldn’t possibly! If I have missed out your favourite gem – please forgive me! I am very aware that there is a lot more that I sadly haven’t been able to include here, so please don’t imagine the list I have given is exhaustive!

Extra info given in the Fossils & Geology section which some of you might want to skip – no problem!
At the bottom of that page we also give you more in-depth information which you may or may not wish to read. If you don’t – please feel free to click the button to skip to the next page.

Often we have included some suggested themed tours within a pages.
Bear in mind – these potential tour components are all just suggestions. designed to be helpful. You can either consider or discard them, exactly as you wish. Remember – nothing is set in stone. Each potential tour component that we include is simply there for your consideration - nothing more.

Our aim is to assist you to make an informed choice of what you would like to include in your very own customised dream tour!
However, if you feel you need to look no further and that one of our suggested ‘off-the-peg’ tried-and-tested tours hits the spot for you, then that’s perfect too!

Fossils and Geology – various tour options, background info on Island creation etc., Compton Bay fossil walks, Freshwater Bay, ‘Dinosaur Farm’ (nr. Chale), Tennyson Down (to Needles) walk, Robert Hooke talk, ‘Dinosaur Isle’ Museum (Sandown), Shanklin Chine and Cliffs, Bonchurch, background info on Robert Hooke, Charles Darwin & Alfred Lord Tennyson (with regard to geology etc.)