Orkney being a group of islands access is gained either by ferry or by air.

Pentland Ferries offers an attractive alternative route to Orkney; a short crossing time - just one hour between Caithness and St. Margarets Hope, Orkney - for passengers and their vehicles

.John O' Groats Ferries
The John O' Groats to Orkney Ferry
We operate a passenger ferry service from John O' Groats in the Far North of Scotland to Orkney.
Every day all summer from 1st May to 30th September.

NorthLink's fleet of magnificent ferries provide a very high standard of comfort and meet and exceed all the latest safety requirements. Your sea voyage will be a safe, luxurious, and enjoyable experience.

The frequency of the service and sailing times have been carefully prepared for your convenience to make travel to the northern isles more simple and enjoyable than ever before.

All in all, we aim to offer the NorthLink experience - a truly pleasurable sea journey that will see customers using our service again and again.

Loganair Ltd is synonymous with aviation in Scotland, and since 1962 it has provided air travel to the communities of its home market to proudly earn the title of Scotland’s Airline. As well as providing life-line services to remote island communities, it serves the needs of the business traveller with frequent flights between Scotland’s cities and towns.

Loganair
Through Loganair’s franchise partnership with British Airways, the network of flights on offer extends far beyond Loganair’s local markets. Scheduled connections over Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness onto the British Airways network ensure business and leisure travellers can enjoy high standards of customer service quality and hospitality with Loganair and British Airways.