2 Best Sights in Argyll and the Isles, Scotland

Tobermory's cute little distillery has been making distinctive malts (the peaty Ledaig and the unpeated, lighter-tasting Tobermory) since 1798, though there have been intervening decades when it was "silent" and produced no whisky. It was relaunched in 1993, and a tour here is a more personal experience than is offered by some bigger, better-known distilleries. Visitors can also sample the distillery's newest product: its own artisan gin.

White-tailed sea eagles, extinct in Scotland since 1916, were reintroduced to the Hebrides in 1975. There are now around 80 breeding pairs, and on a Mull Eagle Watch trip you have an excellent chance of seeing these magnificent raptors on their nests and feeding their young at nesting sites around the island. Guides are paid directly in cash. From October to March, tours are by request only.