Reviews

People love their boating holidays with us and often come back year after year. You can read some of the wonderful things people have said about their holidays below.

Rated out of 5 stars based on customer reviews

Graham Anderson Avatar
Genuinely one of the best holiday experiences I’ve ever had!
From start to finish, we absolutely loved our time with Caley Cruisers. All of the Caley Cruisers staff were fantastic - incredibly friendly, helpful and welcoming. The Scottish Canals staff were also brilliant and couldn’t have been more helpful throughout the trip.
And the Islay boat is something else! It’s absolutely beautiful - modern, spotless and clearly very well looked after. Everything felt brand new and the boat itself made the whole experience even more enjoyable.
We honestly couldn’t have asked for a better holiday. Cruising through some of the most stunning scenery Scotland has to offer, relaxing on the boat and just enjoying the whole experience was fantastic.
What an experience! We’ll definitely be back. Highly recommended! 🚤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Graham Anderson 01 Sep 2026
Clive Swannie Avatar
Fantastic experience.
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Clive Swannie 23 Aug 2026
Frank Lehmann (Lemon) Avatar
Nettes, freundliches und hilfsbereiten Team. Boote in sehr gutem Zustand, alles völlig entspannt. Für einen Bootsurlaub in Schottland sehr zu empfehlen.
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Frank Lehmann (Lemon) 01 Aug 2026
Bozidar Lovric Avatar
Everything was perfect!
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Bozidar Lovric 28 Jul 2026
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Graham Archibald Avatar
Fantastic holiday, brilliant boat (Kintail) fantastic team who could not be more helpful and attentive. Detailed handover and training so even with no experience, even such a large, we felt confident as we left the boat yard and headed south west. Genuinely brilliant way to explore the Caledonian Canal and the great glen. Top tip, book one of their stunning house boats for the night before departure, and book early departure on your cruiser. On the Saturday morning Kintail was brought along side the house boat. Very special!
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Graham Archibald 30 Jun 2026
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AliandEmma Avatar
We had a lovely time aboard the Balmoral boat last week. Spacious, had everything you needed and was such a relaxing break with some lovely quiet spots to stop along the way. Great service, lots of information about the route and timings and we'd definitely do it again stopping at different places on the way next time.
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AliandEmma 20 Jun 2026
Elizabeth Blait Avatar
Stayed in the houseboat lovely and quiet. Boat was so spacious an clean great views.
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Elizabeth Blait 08 Jun 2026
Gary Selfe Avatar
Excellent service, staff are very professional and knowledgeable, boat really clean, cant recommend then enough, this was our first time hiring from Caley, will definately hire again...........brilliant.
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Gary Selfe 16 May 2026
Allan Cornwell Avatar
It's got boats and that
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Allan Cornwell 30 Apr 2026
Terence Lee Avatar
Fantastic staff, they cannot do enough for you. Cally people are very nice people.
Terence Lee
Excel Events.
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Terence Lee 22 Apr 2026
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Caley Cruisers have been offering boating holidays on Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal since 1970 and we celebrated our 50th anniversary in 2020! Weekly or short break charter is available from April to October inclusive. No previous boating experience necessary as full training given. Cruising 60 miles of Europes most beautiful inland waterways will be one of the most memorable experiences you will ever have. So if you are looking for the perfect boating holiday in Scotland, or Caledonian Canal boat hire look no further.

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