6 hour 40 minute crossing from Oban to Lochboisdale operated by Caledonian McBrayne – N.B. Oban is 24 miles north of Ardfern

South Uist can be accessed from Oban and Barra by ferry and by road from Benbecula and North Uist. The ferry terminal is situated in Lochboisdale (South Uist's largest village on the east side).

South Uist is the larger of the two islands and is also the only one with hills of significant height. These are concentrated on the east side of the island, the west being beautiful machair land, which in the springtime, becomes a carpet of wild flowers lying above a beautiful sandy beach which runs more or less continuously from one end of the island to the other.

South Uist is a birdwatcher's paradise where countless varieties of waterfowl, seabirds, waders, and moorland birds can be spotted.