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Dolphin & Whale Watching (4hrs) + Blasket Island Landing (3hrs)
Dingle, South West Ireland, Ireland, Europe
$152.72
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Overview
The Dolphin and Whale Watching Tour with Great Blasket Island offers an unforgettable day combining marine adventures with stunning landscapes. This 7-hour journey takes you through Dingle Bay, where you can spot dolphins and whales while exploring the beautiful Great Blasket Island.
- 🐬 Enjoy a thrilling 4-hour dolphin and whale watching tour, keeping an eye out for common dolphins, Minke whales, and occasionally bottlenose dolphins and basking sharks.
- 🏝️ Spend 3 hours on Great Blasket Island, where you can hike scenic trails, swim in pristine waters, or relax while watching seals basking on the rocks.
- 🗣️ Benefit from an English-speaking human tour guide who will share insights about the local wildlife and the rich history of the Blasket Islands.
- 🕙 Depart from Ventry Pier at 10 am, ensuring you arrive 15-20 minutes early to secure parking and prepare for your adventure.
- 🚤 Transfer to Great Blasket Island via a licensed Zodiac dinghy, providing a unique and exciting way to reach the island.
- 📸 Experience the breathtaking Cathedral Rocks on Inish na Bró, a natural formation resembling a gothic cathedral, carved by the ocean's power.
- 🐦 Spot puffins and other sea birds around the outer islands like Inishvickilaun, where puffins gather in "rafts" on the water.
- ⚓ Pass by Tearaght Island, home to the most westerly lighthouse in mainland Europe, with views of St. John's, Newfoundland, directly west.
- 🍪 Enjoy snacks during the tour, keeping you energized for the day's adventures.
- 🐾 Service animals are welcome, ensuring all guests can join this memorable experience.
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Dolphin & Whale Watching (4hrs) + Blasket Island Landing (3hrs)
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 7 hours
- Cultural and historical tour of deserted village on Great Blasket Island by OPW guides
- Snacks
Meeting point
4 miles west of Dingle town, on the Slea Head drive, road R559. Turn left on the slip-road by the cottages opposite Quinn's pub, Ventry - Ceann Trá.
Return details
4 miles west of Dingle town, on the Slea Head drive, road R559. Turn left on the slip-road by the cottages opposite Quinn's pub, Ventry - Ceann Trá.
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Great Blasket IslandOur tour boat leaves from Ventry pier at 10am. We head out into Dingle Bay towards the Blasket Islands keeping an eye out for common dolphins and Minke whales along the way. We also sometimes see bottlenose dolphins, Risso's dolphins and basking shark (in season). We arrive at Great Blasket Island at approx. 11 am and tie up to our mooring off the White Strand. We disembark passengers by licenced Zodiac dinghy / tender to the Great Blasket Island slipway. Passengers have 3 hrs. to enjoy the island either hiking the loop walk (1.5 hrs), swimming in the pristine waters off the beach or just relaxing and watching the seals off the rocks. There is a small island tea room and access to toilets. We pick up passengers again at 2pm and continue on our marine eco tour around some of the outer Blasket islands where you can see puffins, lots of other sea birds, fantastic landscapes and seascapes and hopefully pods of dolphins and the occasional humpback whale as they migrate past our shores.
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Cathedral Rocks on Inish na Bró, which is one of the outer Blasket islands, is a fantastical rock formation on the north east promontory of the island and is so called because it looks like a vast, naturally- formed gothic cathedral with "windows", "doors" and buttresses. You can wonder at the power of the ocean and sea that carved out this imposing natural structure in winter storms, as you pass close underneath
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In order to see puffins on the Blaskets you have to travel out to the outer islands like Inishvickilaun and inish na Bró as there is too much (marine) traffic off the main island of the Great Blasket. The puffins can be seen near Inishvickillaun as they congregate in "rafts" on the water. They are smaller than you expect but their bright coloured beaks are apparent when viewed through binoculars. As you pass by the cliffs on Inishvickillaun look up towards the tops of the cliffs and you might see some of the native red deer stags silhouetted against the skyline!
- Depending on the course that your skipper decides to do for the day we may travel northabout towards Inish Tuaisceart which is another of the (7) Blasket Islands. It is best viewed from a distance from a point just off Slea head and it is then very obvious why the island is more commonly known as "The Dead Man" and / or "The Sleeping Giant". If you have a good imagination it looks very like old Abe [Lincoln]! (pass by)
- Tearaght is the most westerly of the Blasket Islands and has a lighthouse on the westerly end which is the most westerly lighthouse in (mainland) Europe. Due west from here is St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada which is the same N latitude as the Blaskets. The tour boat only goes around Tearaght island in fine settled weather and light swell, which is rare around the Blaskets. (pass by)
If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Dolphin & Whale Watching (4hrs) + Blasket Island Landing (3hrs)
Dingle, South West Ireland, Ireland, Europe
$152.72
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!