Day 1: Arrival
Optional Complimentary Transfer from Shannon or Kerry
Airport (see transfer times below) Arrival at accommodation
in the scenic and lively town of Killarney. Briefing
with your guide in your guesthouse at 18.30 Hrs, followed
by dinner. You can make the most of the pubs and atmosphere
of Killarney before returning to your family run B&B
for your first night's accommodation. |
Day 2: Ballysitteragh Mountain
- Distance:10.5km/6.5miles Ascent: 625m/2,050ft
A gentle ascent through blanket bog and scree slope
onto the Mount Brandon ridge gives a perfect overview
of the territory to be walked over the coming days
- panoramas of mountains, mountain passes, ice-carved
valleys, drowned river valleys, islands and the Atlantic
Ocean. |
Day 3: Dingle Way (Ventry to
Slea Head) - Distance: 10.5km/6.5miles*. Ascent:
190m/625ft
Through landscape littered with archeological sites,
walk over the rocky shores of Dingle Bay to the Atlantic
Ocean. The spectacular scenery of Slea Head and Dunquin
("the nearest parish to America") has been
captured in many movies. *An extra 3km/2miles will take
you to Dunmore Head, the most westerly point in Ireland,
marked by an ogham stone. oh yes, thats in the list
however careful. |
Day 4: Free day at your leisure
Discover the delights of the fishing village of Dingle. |
Day 5: Celtic Culture Day
Distance: 9.5km/6miles Ascent: 420m/1,400ft
In the early part of the 20th century the inhabitants
of Great Blasket Island produced a body of literature
in the Gaelic language, describing a harsh existence
battling the elements. A walk on the now-abandoned island
allows us to appreciate the conditions that stimulated
that output.
The Slea Head Drive on the way home allows visits to
the renowned Louis Mulcahy Pottery, the heritage centre
of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh (Ballyferriter) and
the unique stone oratory of Gallarus (8th C). Return
to Dingle will give time to visit the town’s craft
shops, sample its literary coffee shop and pubs or call
on Fungi, Dingle’s own dolphin. |
Day 6: Dingle Way (Brandon Creek
to Cloghane)
Distance: 12.5km/8miles. Ascent: 650m/2,125ft
An old military road leads from Brandon Creek (from
where St Brendan sailed to America), crossing the
Brandon Ridge at the saddle of Masatiompan, before
descending by the abandoned village of Arraglen to
the fishing village of Brandon. |
Day 7 Dingle Way (The Northern
Beaches)
Distance: up to 20km/12.5miles. Ascent: 50m/165ft
A leisurely coastal walk - three beaches, two medieval
church ruins, one wildbird sanctuary - on a walk that
can be shortened or lengthened to suit you and the
day. |
| Day 8 - Departure Day |
GRADE:
+ |
(Brandon)
Moderate walks of 6-12 miles (9.5 - 20km)
with gradual ascents of up to 2,125ft (650m)
approx |
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| *Note
that, for weather or other reasons, on occasion the
guide may have to change the sequence of walks or
the walks themselves. |
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