2 hour crossing from Kennacraig to Port Askaig operated by Caledonian McBrayne, then take the 5 minute ferry operated by Argyll & Bute Council from Port Askaig to Feolin Ferry – N.B. Kennacraig is 35 miles south of Ardfern

Jura comes from the Norse words meaning Deer Island. Today over 6500 deer live on six estates on the island. In contrast, the human population is less than 200.

The island is 29 miles long and 7 miles wide in places. The west is wild and virtually uninhabited, occupied only by the three Paps of Jura which are known in Gaelic as The Mountain of the Sound, The Mountain of Gold and The Sacred Mountain. The island's annual Fell Race takes place on the last weekend in May.

Many caves and raised beaches can be found on the west coast, but you'll have to be a good walker to reach them.

Jura's only road leads up the east coast (public transport is limited to a minibus, so it's best if you have your own car). If you want to get away from it all, this is the place to come. The novelist George Orwell who stayed on the island at Barnhill during the 1940s quite rightly described it as "an extremely un-getatable place".

Wildlife lovers will be interested to know that there are over 100 species of birds (including golden eagles) on the island, together with wild goats, seals, rabbits, hares, stoats and otters.