No cruise ships are scheduled in Inverness today, Thursday 12 November 2026. The next is Douglas Mawson on Thursday 17 June 2027. Over the next 12 months, 1 call brings about 154 passengers.
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Thousands of people in port, guests plus crew. Crowd level compared with a typical Inverness day.
The crowd calendar shows every ship and how busy the port is, hour by hour, plus the quietest and busiest days for the next 90 days.
16 km · 20–35 min by car
Driving from Inverness Airport (Dalcross) to Muirtown Basin Marina is about 16 km via B9039 and A96, typically 20–35 minutes. Hebridean provides coach transfers from the airport to the berth for Inverness-embark sailings (and back to the airport at the end of Inverness-disembark sailings), plus complimentary car parking at Inverness Airport with transfers included for guests who drive.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Homeport logistics refer to Muirtown Basin (Hebridean), not Harbour Trust/Longman. Port of Inverness separately notes that the airport and railway and bus stations are a short drive from its commercial harbour landing areas — that wording applies to the Harbour Trust site only.
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Hebridean Island Cruises Lord of the Highlands homeport berth. Highland Licensing Board premises address: Muirtown Basin, Caledonian Canal, Inverness IV3 5LE (licence HC/INBS/668). Google Maps place Muirtown Basin Marina / Scottish Canals Seaport Marina, Muirtown Wharf. Not the Port of Inverness Harbour Trust commercial harbour.
Commercial Port of Inverness / Harbour Trust facility at Longman Drive. Own cruise page: vessels berth alongside and tendered visits can be accommodated; coach parking adjacent to landing areas; marketed for turnaround visits. Distinct from the Muirtown canal homeport berth — do not use this pin for Hebridean embarkation.
Near-berth cruise parking at Muirtown Basin was not verified with published rates or public multi-day access. Hebridean Island Cruises states complimentary car parking is available at Inverness Airport with transfers included for guests driving to Inverness-embark sailings — that parking is at the airport, not at the berth. Port of Inverness coach parking adjacent to landing areas applies only to the Harbour Trust commercial harbour, not Muirtown.
Hebridean brochure: access via lowered stepped gangway or ramp depending on location; no lift on board — ship not suitable for severe mobility impairment (operator wording).
Pick the area first. Typical nightly prices, approximate.
Pre-cruise night near transfers
One-night pre/post stays with access to Hebridean city-centre coach pick-ups and a short taxi or transfer to Muirtown Basin. Example hotels are city-centre search results, not walk-to-berth claims.
Light homeport: one city-centre area. Snapshot Google Hotels prices for a midweek one-night stay (2 adults, GBP) for the three example hotels; amounts are displayed rates, not guaranteed. Canal-adjacent hotel search returned overlapping city hotels — not asserted as beside the berth.
Casual lunch from Charlie's Cafe, The Waterfront and Prime (own menus, GBP). Coffee, soft drink and dinner omitted (<3 venues each).
Cafes and restaurants around the bus station, Huntly Street and Ness Walk, a short trip from the harbour.
Inverness is the capital of the Scottish Highlands, where the River Ness meets the Moray Firth. VisitScotland highlights riverside walks, historic streets, shops and cafes, with Inverness Castle overlooking the city. It is a common base for Loch Ness, Highland landscapes and Cairngorms National Park.
Cruise use is split across two distinct sites. Hebridean Island Cruises embarks and disembarks Lord of the Highlands at Muirtown Basin on the Caledonian Canal (IV3 5LE) — a canal-side homeport berth, not the commercial harbour. Separately, Port of Inverness (Inverness Harbour Trust) on Longman Drive receives smaller cruise ships as a day-call and turnaround gateway, with Loch Ness about a 15-minute drive from that harbour. Large deep-water berths for big liners are at Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth — a different port.
