点评:This is about the Eco Tour specifically, the tour that only goes around the Islands and not the landing tour where you get to walk around the islands. We were traveling with our three children and decided to do the Eco Tour to try to see some wildlife, puffins especially (there is an age minimum for the landing tour). The day in July was very clear when we went, though a bit windy, and the boat ride was very rough. The biggest issue for me, however, was that we weren't given life jackets for the ride. I originally assumed we would be given them because they are pictured in the photos on the website. When we weren't given them, I assumed it was because we didn't need them. However, the very rough boat ride had us bouncing on our seats with almost nothing to hold on to and only the thinnest railings around the edge of the boat. I was terrified, as my youngest child is only 5. It takes about 45 minutes to get out to the islands, so we were white knuckling it the whole time. Once at the islands, the water was calmer, and it was beautiful to see gannets and seals. But no puffins! They were too small to make out on the larger island. The trip back was just as bad. We were told some bigger boats to the islands can handle the waves better, but ours just had to ride over them at top speed. Having assumed the life jackets were not customary, I was really surprised to find out that our family members who had used a different company to go on a landing trip were all given life jackets. All this is to say it ended up being a fairly harrowing and regrettable experience for our young family, and I wouldn't recommend the Eco Tour, especially for families with young children.
翻译:这是专门针对生态旅游的,该旅游仅围绕岛屿进行,而不是您可以在岛屿周围散步的登陆旅游。我们和三个孩子一起旅行,决定参加生态之旅,尝试观看一些野生动物,尤其是海雀(登陆之旅有最低年龄限制)。我们去的时候是七月的天,天气很晴朗,虽然风有点大,乘船也很颠簸。然而,对我来说最大的问题是我们没有为骑行提供救生衣。我最初以为我们会得到它们,因为它们出现在网站上的照片中。当我们没有得到它们时,我认为这是因为我们不需要它们。然而,非常崎岖的乘船之旅让我们在座位上弹跳,几乎没有什么可以抓住的,只有船边最薄的栏杆。我很害怕,因为我最小的孩子只有 5 岁。到达岛屿大约需要 45 分钟,所以我们一直紧张不安。到达岛屿后,海水变得平静,可以看到塘鹅和海豹,景色很美。但没有海雀!它们太小了,在更大的岛上看不清。回来的旅程也同样糟糕。我们被告知一些更大的船只可以更好地应对海浪,但我们的船只必须以最快的速度驶过它们。本来以为救生衣不符合惯例,但我真的很惊讶地发现,我们那些乘坐不同公司进行登陆旅行的家人都得到了救生衣。所有这一切都表明,对于我们年轻的家庭来说,这最终是一次相当痛苦和遗憾的经历,我不会推荐生态之旅,特别是对于有小孩的家庭。