BEARA WALKING TOUR IRELAND - 7-DAY MODERATE                    

    

DAY 1: Transfer to Glengarriff

Your Beara walk starts in Glengarriff – a small town in the foothills of the Caha Mountains.

DAY 2: Glengarriff to Adrigole • Distance 18km • Walking Time 5 – 7 hours • Max Height 544m

A lovely path through the forest takes you up into the Coomerkane valley and then climb towards the Sugarloaf Mountain. Enjoy splendid views over Bantry Bay before descending into the village of Adrigole.

DAY 3: Adrigole to Castletownbere • Distance 19/23km • 4.5 - 6.5 hours • Max Height 335m

Today you pass Hungry Hill - a mountain immortalised in Dame Daphne Du Maurier's epic novel of the same name. You go around the mountain before continuing to the whitefish port of Castletownbere.

DAY 4: Bere Island • Distance 14/24km • 3 - 4 hours/5 - 7 hours • Max Height 256m

A short 15 minute ferry ride across the sheltered harbour will take you to Bere Island. There are two loops on the island - you choose how far you wish to walk.

DAY 5: Castletownbere to Dursey Sound • Distance 27km • 5 - 8 hours • Max Height 323m

Walk along old country roads that take you through some forestry and then up into the Slieve Mishkish Mountains before descending past an old disused copper mine into the brightly-cloured village of Allihies. The a stunning walk out to the tail end of the Beara Peninsula.

DAY 6: Dursey Island • Distance 15km • 3.5 - 5 hours • Max Height 245m

With just 6 permanent residents, little motorised traffic and abundant wildlife, Dursey Island is a walkers paradise.  Free taxi transfer back to Castletownbere in the evening.

DAY 7: Depart Castletownbere

Daily bus service from Castletownbere to Cork city. From Cork city,  there are regular connections to Shannon, Cork and Dublin Airports.