Private Full-Day Ring of Kerry Tour

The famous Ring of Kerry offers majestic and dramatic land and seascapes that will draw you in and inspire you to discover more. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the incredible scenery, intriguing history, and fascinating culture! Customize your own itinerary and discover Ireland’s breathtaking natural beauty on this private Ring of Kerry tour from Killarney. Visit pretty towns and villages including Cahersiveen, Portmagee, and Kenmare, and discover top local attractions such as the Torc Waterfall. Enjoy panoramic cliff views along the Skellig Ring and hike to top spots like Valentia Island and Cahergall Fort. As it is a private tour, feel free to stop where and when you like!
You will be driven and in addition photographed (Optional) when viewing the amazing Ring of Kerry, visiting all the attractions, you will get some information and some legends about the places, and a photography reportage ( Optional)documenting your experience. JUST TWO IN ONE

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Torc Waterfall, Kenmare Road, Killarney Ireland

Torc Waterfall is a 20 metres high, 110 metres long cascade waterfall formed by the Owengarriff River as it drains from the Devil's Punchbowl corrie lake at Mangerton Mountain. The waterfall, which lies at the base of Torc Mountain, in the Killarney National Park,

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Ladies' View, 71 Killarney National Park, N, Killarney V93 X376 Ireland

Ladies View is one of Killarney's and indeed Ireland's best known scenic viewing points. It is named after Queen Victoria's Ladies in Waiting who were part of her entourage during her visit to Killarney in 1861.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Kenmare, Kenmare, County Kerry

Kenmare is a small town in the south of County Kerry, Ireland. The name Kenmare is the anglicised form of Ceann Mara, meaning "head of the sea", referring to the head of Kenmare Bay.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Staigue Fort, Castlecove Ireland

“When the traveller…first approaches it, he experiences a sensation of disappointment…But when he enters it, he is struck with astonishment; and his imagination almost instantly transports him to distant ages lost in remote antiquity. He vainly endeavours to figure, in his ‘mind’s eye, ’ the beings who erected it, their manners, habits, and costume; until, ‘lost and bewildered in the fruitless search, ’ his mind returns to sober investigation, again to lapse into conjecture. This effect is not lost by familiarity—I have visited it a hundred times, and have always experienced the same sensation. The name of this building is Staigue…”
F.C. Bland, Description of a Remarkable Building…

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Darrynane Beg, Derrynane, Co. Kerry, Ireland

Coomikista Pass is another very scenic area to make a stop and take in the views and usually plenty of fresh air. here you are up high and command views of Ballinskelligs Bay, Waterville and if you look down Loher Stone fort to the North. To the South, you can see the Islands on Begnish and Scarriff along with Derrynane National park and in the distance see the Coastline of West Cork.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Ballinskelligs Abbey, Horse island, Ballinskelligs Ireland

The Ballinskelligs region of South Kerry is an area with strong associations to the Skellig Monks. The renowned Skellig Islands (Na Scealga), which includes Skellig Michael upon which St Fionan’s monastery stands, are visible off the coast as you drive throughout the region.

Ballinskelligs Abbey, also known as Ballinskelligs Priory, is an Augustinian Abbey that was built in the 12th Century to house the Skellig Monks. The Abbey was founded for monks who returned to the mainland from Skellig Michael after numerous attacks by Vikings. The Abbey was dedicated to St Michael, as was Skellig Michael, and the monks adopted the Augustinian rule. A number of buildings, most from the 15th Century, constitute the Abbey, among them a rectangular church. The church and other buildings were arranged around a central cloister. Parts of the cloister and a large domestic hall are still visible. The Abbey is one of a number of spiritual sites dedicated to St Michael in the area.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Kerry Cliffs, Skellig Ring, Doora Cross Ireland

The cliffs stand over 1000ft above the wild Atlantic and were formed in a desert environment 400 million years ago. Out to the west stand the amazing Skellig Rocks one of only three UNESCO world heritage sites in Ireland. Of course the Kerry Cliffs are the closest viewing point to the great rocks and also the famous Puffin Island. Allied with these facts as you stand at the summit of this mystical place and breath in the freshest of air, deep in to your lungs from the wild Atlantic and observe this natural wonder. You can relax and unwind and observe the majestic views from here which reach out for 30 miles of the surrounding areas.

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Valentia Island, Valentia Island, County Kerry

[OPTION 1] A bit of trip through the water. We will drive along Valentia Island to Knightstown and take the ferry to Cahersiveen.

Stop At: Geokaun Mountain and Cliffs, Feaghmaan West, Valentia Island Ireland

[OPTION 2] Geokaun Mountain & Cliffs offer breathtaking views across Dingle Bay, the Kerry Mountains and the seemingly endless Atlantic Ocean”

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Cahergall Fort, Cahersiveen Ireland

The stone fort of Cahergal built around 600AD. It is well worth a visit. The current structure has undergone some reconstruction and while the purist may say it is too “clean and pure” it is an impressive site. With walls approx 6 m high and some 3 m thick this dry stone wall fort is one of the best examples of an early medieval stone forts to be found on the ring of Kerry.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Kerry Bog Village Museum, Glenbeigh Ireland

Kerry Bog Village Museum 18th 19th century village museum. Good place to get focus how we were living in the past.Kerry Bog Village is a place which memorises great potato famine in the middle of 19th century. Traditional thatched roof cottages, smell of burned pit will take visitors to 19th century.



Duration: 1 hour

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.