A Boat trip to Skelligs,
what can I say : An Atlantic Ocean Island, 8 miles off the West
Coast of Ireland, With World-famous Seabird colonies, magnificent
scenery and the World's finest example of early Christian Monastic
architecture on a cliff-top, 200 metres above the Sea.

A Boat trip in calm weather conditions only !!
Can be booked from the Hotel or at :
Lavelles
It is a 2 hour drive from the Hotel to the departure dock at
Portmagee

In Skellig waters you shall also see seals and in season
even Basking Sharks and Dolphins

Enjoy the puffins – pompous
little citizens of Skellig – who, in season, will scarcely step
aside to let you pass. Listen to the nonstop arguments of the
Kittiwakes at Cross Cove. Identify the chirping purr of the storm
petrels that nest under virtually stone step of the way. Stop.
Rest. Observe. And begin again.

In summer season (Mid
April to late September), Des and Pat Lavelle run a daily boat
trip to Skellig Michael - subject to the weather and sea conditions
of the moment. Departure time is 10.30am, and the departure point
is Portmagee harbour, a few miles off the Ring of Kerry route.
The trip takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes each way, passing very
close to Small Skellig and its 27,000 pairs of nesting gannets
en route. But don’t have eyes only for the birds; a dolphin can
also take flight! Visiting time on Skellig Michael is normally
about 2 hours 30 minutes, giving you adequate time to tour the
old monastic site 200 metres above the sea, and to admire the
puffins, guillemots, razorbills, kittiwakes and fulmars nesting
on the island from the end of April to the early days of August.
You are normally back on the mainland by about 4 pm.
It is possibly
the best Day Trip Ireland has to offer !!
Rate: Euro € 50 per person.
Its well worth it !
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Des or Pat Lavelle
Valentia Island, County Kerry, Ireland.
Tel: +353.66.9476124;
Fax: +353.66.9476309.
http://www.skelligboattrips.com/




ADVENTURE not to be missed !!

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