Premium Tour – The Great Blasket Island Experience

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Operator: Great Blasket Island Experience
Duration: 2 h 30 m
Area: Dingle
Prices: Adult €100.70, Senior €100.70, Teenager €100.70, Child €100.70, Infant €100.70

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About this tour

The most comprehensive day tour on the Dingle Peninsula. A true Irish experience exploring history, heritage and wildlife native to our Irish. shores.

Experience the outstanding natural beauty of the Dingle coastline, paired with an exciting speed boat blast and an unforgettable Great Blasket Island landing.

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Rates

Person: €90 pp // All ages - 0 to 100 years old, set price. We can only carry maximum 12 passengers, every human is classified as a paying passenger.

Duration

Approximately 6 Hour Round Trip
1 hour outward boat journey
4 hour Great Blasket Island landing
1 hour return boat journey.

Times may vary depending on wildlife sightings.

About

The Great Blasket Island Experience – a speedy sea safari paired with a Great Blasket Island landing departing Dingle Marina daily.
Touring the dramatic coastline all the way to the Great Blasket Island. An abundance of history, heritage and nature paired with breathtaking views, staggering cliffs, geology and wildlife.

Landing on the Great Blasket Island for approx 3.5 - 4 hours visitors can delve into Irish history and experience the lives of 'Islanders' and how they lived 100 years ago. Free guided history tours of the old Island village provided by OPW guides.

On the return boat journey, we tour further to the surrounding Blasket Islands and explore the 'Wild Bank' - a shallow feeding ground and hotspot for any marine activit, i.e whales, dolphins, basking sharks and birdlife.

TOUR BREAKDOWN:

• Exploring significant geological spots – cliffs, coves, and rock formations over millions of years old.
• Touring deeper sea ground in search for whales, dolphins, porpoises and an abundance of sea birds.
• In settled weather conditions we visit puffins on Inishvickillane and the Cathedral rocks on Inis na Bro.
• Reaching the Great Blasket Island, we tour the Northern shore which is a hot-spot for Grey seal activity.
• Passengers land on the Great Blasket Island for 3.5 to 4 hours where they can take a free guided tour of the abandoned village provided by OPW guides, explore the beautiful tracks and grassy trails, enjoy the sandy shores of the Tra Ban (White Strand)where one of the largest Grey Seal colonies reside, panoramic views of the Iveragh and Dingle Peninsula plus much more!

Please bring your own lunch

No rush or time restraints for a personal, easy going tour, carrying a maximum capacity of 12 passengers.

The ‘Peig Sayers’ Stormforce 11 is the flagship of the Redbay range, offering the best that RIBs can offer. 12 seated heated indoor cabin for those who want to keep dry and warm.

The Peig Sayers incorporates quality, speed, safety, and comfort. You are not seeing the best of Ireland unless you catch it from the water.

ALL PASSENGERS MUST EMAIL OR CALL DAY BEFORE DEPARTURE TO RECONFIRM SAILING TIMES

Departure

We depart Dingle Marina daily (directly below Dingle Tourist Office, next to the Fungie the Dolphin statue). Times may vary depending on weather and sea conditions. Please call to reconfirm.

Meeting point

Dingle Marina from pontoon directly below Tourist Office - next to the Fungie Statue, The Dolphin Statue, Strand Street. ## Departure We depart Dingle Marina from the pontoon located directly below the Dingle Tourist Office, next to the Fungie the Dolphin statue.NOT THE SIDE NEAREST THE AQUARIUM.

Cancellation policy

Any booking cancelled before 14 days of arrival full refund is given.

Any booking canceled within 14 days to 48 hours before arrival half booking fee will be taken.

Any booking cancelled less than 48 hours before arrival full fee is taken.

Customers will also receive a full refund or credit in case of operator cancellation due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances. Contact us by phone to cancel or inquire about a cancellation. No-shows will be charged the full price.

Please cancel your booking in writing or over phone for acknowledgment/receipt of cancellation.

Weather Policy
I understand if on the morning of sailing visibility is poor and /or it is raining, I will NOT be refunded if I decide NOT to go on tour or reschedule seats.

It is at the Skippers discretion to cancel tour due to rough seas ONLY.

We do not accept rescheduling if WEATHER conditions are not favorable (overcast, wet, windy & rain) Rescheduling seats only accepted if Billy determines sea conditions NOT suitable.