Puffin in a burrow - © Joshua Copping
Visiting Skomer Island
The Official Guide To Your Island Adventure
The Ultimate Wildlife Adventure
How To Book 2026 Overnight Stays
With nearly 350,000 breeding pairs of Manx Shearwaters, over 40,000 Puffins, thousands of Guillemots, Razorbills and Kittiwakes and hundreds of Fulmars, Skomer is an internationally important seabird island.
It is also located less than a mile off the beautiful Pembrokeshire coast making it a great place to visit for the day or stay overnight.
Discover the wildlife and history of Skomer
Book An Overnight Stay
Follow the link below to find out what our hostel has to offer.
For information on how to book trips in 2026, please follow this link:
How To Book 2026 Overnight Stays
Book A 2025 Day Trip
2025 day trips can be booked using the link below. 2026 day trips will be on sale in the first week of December.
© Beth Thompson
Atlantic grey seal pup in Pigstone Bay © Beth Thompson
Short-eared owl on Skomer © Beth Thompson
Common dolphins off Garland Stone © Tom Malpas
Common lizard basking in the sun © Beth Thompson
Other Ways To Visit
Want to explore Skomer on one of our events? From Shearwater Week to arts events and yoga, we have something for everyone.
Keen to land your own boat? You are able to land on Skomer 10:00am - 12:30pm and 14:30pm - 17:00pm, Tuesday - Sunday, from April to August. Please note that in September we are closed to all day visitors and private landers on Fridays. No landings can take place from October to April.
Instructions for private landings
Planning a school or university trip? We have amazing discounts available to help your students to discover this amazing habitat and the creatures that live here.
Skomer Stories
Catch up with the latest episode of Skomer Stories, our mixed-media series exploring Skomer Island with Visitor Officer Rob Knott, on our Youtube channel. You can also find Skomer Live episodes and an exclusive interview with Sir David Attenborough.
Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales YouTube
Accessibility & Inclusivity on Skomer
Progress Pride Flag - © Wikipedia
We are working to make our islands as inclusive as we can so that everyone can enjoy the wildlife that lives there. Find out how below.
Commercial Trips
From 2026, we cannot allow overnight commercial trips to Skomer Island. However, you are free to bring paying guests on day trips to the island. There is no priority booking for these and day trips can be booked from the first week of December. Parties of 6 and under can be booked online. Groups of over 6 can be booked on the phone with Pembrokeshire Islands.
Please see below our Code of Conduct for day trip leaders.
