 Getting Here and Getting About
See also iMaps. If you need any advice or help with travel, just ask! > Carrick is in the crofting township of Bun a’ Mhuillin on the north coast of the small island of Eriskay in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides.
>Eriskay is connected to its larger neighbour South Uist by an all-weather causeway 1.5 miles long. Similar causeways connect all the islands from Eriskay in the south to Berneray in the north. There are short vehicle inter-island ferries linking Eriskay with Barra, and Berneray with Harris.
> Carrick is about 12 miles south from Lochboisdale, which is the port for the Calmac car ferry service from Oban (on some days via Barra).
> The Calmac ferry from Uig in Skye sails to Lochmaddy, North Uist, about 48 miles to the north.
> Benbecula Airport (Balivanich, Isle of Benbecula) with Flybe/Loganair flights via Glasgow, is 33 miles north of Carrick.
> Flybe/Logainair flights to Barra from Glasgow land on the beach (the world’s only scheduled flights to do so), with bus or taxi and Calmac ferry connections to Eriskay.
> Details of taxis, vehicle rental and public transport serving the airports is available from the airport web pages.
> Eriskay is served by regular bus services connecting the Barra ferry with Daliburgh, Lochboisdale and northwards. You can also use the buses to explore the crofting townships and back roads of Uist.
> You can hire a car at Lochboisdale (Laing Motors 01878 700267) or Benbecula (ask car hire).
> Bicycles can be hired from Rothan at Howmore (South Uist)
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