Ocean Cruises in UK and Great Britain

Sail aboard Scenic Eclipse from Dublin to Leith, stopping at Belfast's Titanic Belfast Museum and the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Giant's Causeway with its 40,000 basalt columns. Take guided Zodiac excursions to Fingal's Cave on Staffa, the remote St Kilda Islands home to Britain's highest sea stacks, and the Flannan Isles off Scotland's west coast. With only 228 guests, you'll find nine bars and lounges, the 550sqm Senses Spa with vitality pools, spacious all-verandah suites with butler service, and over 130 whiskeys at the Scenic Lounge Bar.

This 10-day ocean expedition aboard the Expedition vessel sails from Greenock near Glasgow to Edinburgh's Port of Leith. You'll navigate Scotland's coastline with zodiac excursions to remote islands including Lunga's puffin colonies, the UNESCO-listed St Kilda archipelago featuring Britain's tallest sea stack Stac Lee, and the Orkney Islands' 5,000-year-old Heart of Neolithic Orkney sites like Skara Brae.

This 10-day ocean cruise sails aboard the Expedition through Scotland's legendary isles, checking out the Shetland, Orkney, and Hebrides archipelagos with daily Zodiac excursions. Head to the sea stacks of St Kilda, where northern gannets nest on Stac Lee, Britain's tallest sea stack, and cruise past the puffin colonies on Hirta island. Stop at Lunga in the Treshnish Isles for close encounters with breeding puffins, then anchor at the Isle of Iona to tour the historic Iona Abbey.

Sail aboard the ultra-luxurious Seabourn Venture on a 12-night cruise from Greenwich through Scotland's coastlines, checking out Fair Isle's puffin colonies, the UNESCO-listed Ring of Brodgar in Kirkwall, and Fingal's Cave's hexagonal basalt columns on Staffa. Visit the Isle of Skye's 800-year-old Dunvegan Castle, see 40,000 interlocking basalt formations at Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, and wander through medieval Castle Rushen on the Isle of Man.

You'll board the ultra-luxurious Seabourn Venture for a 13-day ocean cruise through the British Isles, sailing from Greenwich to Dublin. Cruise past the hexagonal basalt columns of Fingal's Cave on uninhabited Staffa and see 40,000 interlocking rock formations at Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. Check out Fair Isle, Britain's most remote inhabited island, and tour UNESCO-listed Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye, continuously occupied by Clan MacLeod for over eight centuries.

Sail aboard the M/V Sea Spirit from Leith through the remote Shetland Islands, where you'll see seabird cliffs at Sumburgh Head with thousands of puffins nesting among wildflowers. Visit the 5,000-year-old archaeological site of Jarlshof to see preserved Viking longhouses. Head to Foula's volcanic sea stacks and Papa Stour's sculpted caves and blowholes, home to Britain's largest great skua colony. Cruise to the Faroe Islands to see the Gothic ruins of Saint Magnus Cathedral in Kirkjubøur and the turf-roofed Roykstovan farmhouse occupied by 17 generations.

This cruise takes you along Scotland's coastline with stops in Glasgow to see the 13th-century Gothic Glasgow Cathedral, and the Isle of Portland on England's UNESCO-listed Jurassic Coast. Visit Fowey in Cornwall, one of the UK's sunniest spots, and Dover's towering white-chalk cliffs overlooking the English Channel. This 15-day voyage includes one complimentary shore excursion in every port, free Wi-Fi, beer and wine with meals, and onboard gratuities, with all-veranda staterooms starting from the Deluxe Veranda category.