Loch Hope

How to Book

The Boat Availability page shows which boat-days are currently free. An "OK" indicates that the day was free when the chart was last updated. If the cell is blank, the day is already booked.

From April 1st onwards, you can book by phone and pay by credit card via CKD Galbraith: ring 01738 451 600 and ask for Loch Hope Boats. The person in charge of boat bookings is Betty Robinson, and their office hours are 9 - 5.30 Monday - Friday.

During February and March, bookings can be made by post, using the Advance Booking form (this is a PDF document, so you'll need an Acrobat reader to open it). The prices are discounted during this Advance Booking period, and payment must be made by cheque.

Cancellations.
If you have booked a boat and find you can't use it, please tell CKDG.  They will put your days back on the website, and you'll get a refund, less a handling charge, subject to their ability to re-let the relevant days. The earlier a cancellation is made, the better the chances of a re-let.

What to do if the dates or beats you want are not available.
Around half of the Loch Hope boats are leased for the full season by local hotels or other organisations; but occasionally some of these reserved days will reappear on the website as available, if lease-holders find they do not need the fishing for their own guests. If you can't find what you want, tell CKDG and they can put you on a waiting list..

Alternatively, you can try contacting the lease-holders directly, as most of them will let boat-days without accommodation if their own guests are not using them. Prices may of course be different. See the Where to Stay page for contact details.

Here are the prices for 2008 (which are unchanged from 2007)