Group Travel Tour Operator and DMC for Cork and the Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Bantry Bay, Cork and the Ring of Kerry

Blarney Castle & Garden ©Blarney Castle & Garden
Stepped view of Bantry House & Gardens, Co Cork ©Chris Hill Tourism Ireland
Killarney National Park, Ireland

7 day tour

From £709 per person - minimum 20 passengers

The delights of County Cork range from the bustling friendly streets of Cork City, to the rugged beauty of West Cork. Neighbouring County Kerry is perhaps the most well known tourist destination in Ireland, home as it is to the lively town of Killarney and the ever popular Ring of Kerry.

Dates

March - October 2024 & 2025

Suggested itinerary by coach

Day 1

Depart the UK

Take the afternoon ferry crossing from Holyhead to Dublin, then a short drive to your hotel in time for dinner.

Day 2

Blarney Castle and Woollen Mills

Take a lunch stop at the world famous Blarney Woollen Mills, the largest Irish store in the World and after we visit to the medieval Blarney Castle with the curious Blarney Stone and beautiful gardens.

Day 3

Mizen Head Lighthouse and Bantry House

Morning drive to Mizen Head, Ireland’s most south westerly point, with dramatic cliffs for an unbelievable view. Walk on the Arched Bridge, visit the former signal station, light house and see the cute seal colony. Afternoon visit to Bantry House & Gardens, one of Ireland’s hidden gems.

Day 4

Garnish Island and the Bamboo Park

(Coach driver’s rest day)

Morning boat excursion to Garnish Island, a small island garden located in the sheltered harbour of Glengarriff in Bantry Bay, known to horticulturists and lovers of trees and shrubs around the world.
Afternoon optional visit to the Bamboo Park an exotic garden with bamboo, palms and tropical plants.

Day 5

Killarney and the Ring of Kerry

Today, enjoy a day’s excursion to Killarney and the famous ‘Ring of Kerry’ travelling from Killarney to Killorglin, Waterville and Sneem, finishing at Kenmare.

Day 6

Magical Cork City Tour

Morning tour of Cork see the English Market, the Huguenot Quarter and St. Finbarr’s Cathedral. After lunch, we make our way to Dublin for our final night.

Day 7

Return to the UK

After an early breakfast, take the ferry and return home.

Dates	7 days / 6 nights
March – October 2024	Price on request
March – October 2025	From £709.00 per person

Prices include return ferry. If you would like a price travelling by air, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Single room supplement available upon request.

Exchange rate based on £1 = €1.192 as of January 2022. All prices are per person based on sharing a double or twin room and with one free place for a coach driver or group organiser in a single room, both are based on a minimum 20 full fare paying passengers. Prices do not include any UK coach hire, travel or travel insurance. Dates are subject to availability. Smaller groups can be quoted for on request. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only. Greatdays Holidays Limited has an ATOL licence (4279) and all of our air package tours are protected under this licence. In the unlikely event of our insolvency, the Civil Aviation Authority will ensure that you are not stranded abroad and will arrange to refund any monies you have paid to us for an advance booking. All the flights and flight-inclusive holidays on this tour are financially protected by the ATOL scheme. When you pay you will be supplied with an ATOL Certificate. Please ask for it and check to ensure that everything you booked (flights, hotels and other services) is listed on it. Please see our booking conditions for further information or for more information about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to: www.atol.org.uk/ATOLCertificate. Our website policy is to use only copyright free images or images which have been authorised to us for free use by the owner. If you consider an image to be unauthorised or to be your property, please contact us immediately and if invalid we will have the image removed. If your image requires crediting or is missing a copyright statement then we will be pleased to add this to the webpage, contact us at info@greatdays.co.uk