Sea Life Mull - Isle of Mull

Fliss G.

Incredible experience with sea life mull! Hundreds of dolphins chasing the boat and feeding! three minke whales, harbour seals , golden and a white tailed eagle! Such a fantastic day and one to remember forever! My three year old little girl loved it. All the staff were great but a special thanks to Stuart one of the volunteers, he was brilliant, so knowledgeable and really made sure that my daughter was included and involved, really looked after us! Best wildlife tour we’ve been on.

Heather M.

Our wee family joined the four hour wildlife tour and it was the highlight of our fab holiday on Mull.

During the trip, we saw an extraordinary amount of minke whales, huge numbers of harbour porpoise engaging in hunting and acrobatics, pods of common dolphins, a white tailed sea eagle and a big variety of birds.

The staff were amazing - chatting to our little girl, full of facts about the wildlife and the local area and super helpful when I had questions about animal behaviour.

The boat is large and comfortable - lots of space up on the top deck to view in the open, but heated covered cabin down below for the less hardy on board.

A highlight for us was being lucky enough to be sat near crew member Andy - his love of wildlife and the seas is infectious and he was such an inspiring person to talk to during the trip. We were even invited to see view his plankton specimens under the microscope back at the harbour - an experience which I think may have inspired a new future marine biologist in our household.

All in all, we all loved this and would highly recommend it to everyone visiting Mull.

kerry D.

We went on the 4 hour boat tour today (13/07/25) and it was fantastic. The staff are friendly, informative, very knowledgeable and engaging with you.

During the trip, we were lucky to see dolphins, whales, Eagles, seals, diving gannets and other types of wildlife. The dolphins and whales were the highlight and couldn’t have been any closer to the boat.

We also got to see the islands and local attractions along the way, such as Rum, Coll, Eigg, Ardnamurchan Lighthouse to name a few. All pointed out and highlighted by the staff.

It’s worth mentioning again the staff, they really made the trip stand out with the way that they interacted with us as a group or individually.

It’s been a heatwave on Mull so we went on the boat trip today and seen get out on the water where the temperature would be cooler/more manageable and that was a great shout. The boat trip has been a highlight and couldn’t recommend it enough.

deborah F.

The best wildlife boat tour I’ve ever done! We saw minke whales, bottlenose dolphins, seal pups, common dolphins, sea eagles and feeding gannets. The staff were so knowledgeable and took time to explain things and answer our questions. They also have VERY keen eyes and could notice things we would never have spotted on our own. I couldn’t recommend this enough!

Caitlin T.

Couldn’t recommend Sea Life Mull/Staffa Tours enough. My partner and I had booked onto their 4hr wildlife trip departing from Tobermory and unfortunately on the morning, due to ferry confusion (we were travelling over from Kilchoan, CalMac had shifted its usual ferry elsewhere and hadn’t made clear who the replacement charter service was with to look out for) we had originally begun to accept that we wouldn’t get out at all and were heartbroken. However, the team at Sea Life Mull and Staffa Tours did all they could to ensure we could still get out! They collected us alongside their other passengers for the Treshnish Isles trip from Kilchoan, and then met with the wildlife boat and pulled alongside to transfer us over. Not long after we’d boarded either, our first minke whale of the day popped up! The wildlife continued to amaze us, with a super pod of common dolphins later appearing and surrounding us, and even bow riding for a while. Utmost respect and distance was shown to the marine life, it very much interacted with us on their own terms, which meant a lot to me as a marine biologist/conservationist as well - it gave us the best encounters without causing any harm or disturbance to the animals.

I can’t thank the team enough for putting in such effort for us to make sure we could still get on our trip and experience this wildlife. We’ve previously been on their Treshnish Isles trip last year and this was also absolutely wonderful. Will absolutely return for another trip in future (hopefully with less drama on my end!) and will recommend to everyone I can. Thank you!!

Caroline J.

This was an amazing trip. The staff were all helpful and informative and ensured we all saw a wide variety of sealife.
Highlights were the pods of dolphins and the minke whale that swam right by the side of the boat.
All three of us thoroughly enjoyed it, who wouldn't with glorious sunshine and a calm sea it was like a mini cruise.
Thank you sea life guys you made our holiday.

Laura K.

The wildlife watching tour was everything I hoped for! We saw dolphins and minky whales, which was a bucket list moment for me. The tour guides were so knowledgeable and friendly that the 4 hours really flew by. Wish I could do it all over again!

S M.

I was having a wonderful experience, minke whales and dolphins were spotted. All of the crew working on board who I met were lovely and friendly apart from the older gentleman named Andy who apparently volunteers on the boat most of the time.
He called me stupid and said everyone who swims with animals are idiots after I told him that I had been swimming with basking sharks with the company ‘basking shark Scotland’.
I understand everyone has different views but I think this view could have either not been shared with me (a paying customer) or at the very least put across in a nicer way as to not insult me.
Pretty poor from someone who works for the company in some sort of capacity. Especially as it’s a hypocritical view point seeing as he said it disturbs the animal swimming near them even though he’s happy to go on a large boat with loud engines looking for animals everyday.
If it wasn’t for this unpleasant encounter which made me feel unwelcome and uncomfortable it would have been the best trip, unfortunately as he is part of the company and unavoidable on the boat this is reflected with my poor two star review.