Cork and Kerry

Let’s see more of this beautiful country and discover more of Ireland!

Travel to Dublin independently.  Join our guide at the assigned departure point and commence the tour with a transfer to Cork, via Kilkenny. 

If booking from Northern Ireland a coach transfer from Belfast, Ballymena, Newry and Lisburn is also provided.

Details of the pickup point in Dublin and final timing will be advised closer to departure date. Estimated start time is 09:30am.  

Travelling to Cork by coach, we will stop in Kilkenny and visit one of the most iconic and recognised landmarks in Ireland, Kilkenny Castle! Let’s take in in the beauty of this majestic site which dates back to the 12th century. Few buildings in Ireland can boast a longer history of continuous occupation than Kilkenny Castle, which has been rebuilt and adapted to suit changing circumstances over a period of 800 years.

Enjoy some free time in Kilkenny to explore its characterful streets and have lunch (not included), before continuing to Cork.

Check-in at your hotel in Cork where you will be staying for 2 nights and take the rest of the afternoon to relax and become familiar with your surroundings. Your guide will be happy to tell you of places of interest nearby.

Tonight, join us for a welcome dinner at your hotel.

After breakfast, we depart for a full-day guided excursion to Cobh and Midleton.
Enjoy a visit to St Colman’s Cathedral in Cobh. This neo-Gothic building took over forty-seven years to build and opened in 1911. Its spire stands one hundred metres tall and the tower houses forty-two bells, comprising the largest carillon in Ireland.

Let’s step back in time for our Titanic Experience. We start at the original White Star Line Ticket Office, a building steeped in history, dating back to the early 19th century and the departure point for many thousands of White Star Line passengers. All aboard! We start our adventure with our boarding card, giving details of one of the 123 passengers who came to the ticket office on Thursday, April 11th 1912. These were the final passengers to join Titanic at her last port of call in Queenstown (now Cobh). Your personal tour guide will take you on a virtual journey, joining Titanic for her maiden voyage to New York.

After our Titanic experience, we will stop for a light lunch, which is included today.

After lunch, we will continue our guided tour to Midleton, where we’ll enjoy one of Irelands finest, a visit to the Jameson Distillery!

Whiskey has been distilled in the town of Midleton, County Cork since the early 9th Century. The tour will include a short audio-visual presentation before discovering more of the distillery with local guides. Our tour ends in the Distillery pub, where we are invited to enjoy a glass of Irish Whiskey - sláinte! After a warming whiskey, e relax on the coach transfer back to your hotel.

Your evening is at leisure to enjoy your surroundings. Your guide will be happy to make some suggestions for local entertainment options.

After breakfast we’ll check out of our hotel and depart for one of the most scenic and beautiful places in Ireland, Kerry. En-route in County Cork we will have a full day excursion, including a guided visit to Bantry House, ancestral home of the Earls of Bantry. The House has an important collection of art treasures and beautiful surrounding gardens.

After the visit, we’ll stop in Glengarriff.

Join us as we board the ferry and take a short scenic journey to Garnish Island, enjoying views of the bay and passing Seal Island with its colony of harbour seals. Garnish is a unique island with an unusual microclimate that plays host to a multitude of exotic and subtropical plants. During the summer months, it is often covered in a rainbow of colour.

Take some free time to explore the island before we return on the ferry and continue our journey to our hotel.

* Please note Garnish Island is not open in March*

March departures will include the following instead:

Enjoy a Heritage walking tour of Kinsale, including historical stories of the battle of Kinsale, Pirates, the White Lady and much more.

Discover more with a visit to Charles Fort, overlooking Kinsale Harbour. After we continue our journey to our hotel.

After checking in at your hotel for the next two nights in the Tralee area, take time to enjoy some moments at leisure before dinner.

Dinner is included for the two nights of your hotel stay.

The rest of your evening is free to explore independently.

This morning we depart on our guided excursion on the most famous panoramic route in Ireland. Along the journey, we take in awe-inspiring vistas of mountains, peat bogs, lakes and the Atlantic Ocean as we travel along the coastal roads. Leaving Killarney, we pass through Killorglin, famous for its Puck Fair, Glenbeigh with its cliff road and panoramic views of the Dingle Peninsula and Sneem village with its brightly coloured houses, before continuing on through the mountains to Moll’s Gap and Ladies View, with breath-taking views of the lakes.

Finishing off our day we make our way back to our hotel with a few photo stops along the way; time to sit back, relax and enjoy the scenery.

Sláinte! On our final night we savour a complimentary a cocktail before dinner in our hotel.

Later we have time to relax and unwind and enjoy the rest of our evening reflect on our beautiful and scenic journey over the past four days.

After breakfast and check out from your hotel, it is time to say "Slán Abhaile" to Ireland's South West as we depart for Dublin. En-route we stop in the picturesque County Limerick village of Adare and enjoy some free time for lunch (not included), before heading back to Dublin's fair city. 

We'll arrive back into Dublin in the late afternoon and say goodbye to your new friends and guide, with fond memories of Cork and Kerry’s highlights.

Those who joined from Northern Ireland will transfer onwards to the original pick up point.