Blasket Island Tour: Scenic Dolphin, Whale Watching and Island Exploration
5.0
1 Rating
Ceantra
Embark on a thrilling adventure with our Blasket Island Tour, featuring scenic dolphin and whale watching, as well as island exploration. Discover stunning landscapes, diverse marine wildlife, and the captivating beauty of the Blasket islands archipelago and Dingle Bay.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
learn more
Highlights
- Great Blasket Island - Our 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.
What's Included
- Guided cultural and historical tour
- Deserted village exploration
- Great Blasket Island
- OPW-certified guides
What's Not Included
- Snacks
Additional Information
This experience merges a 4 hr. expedition to watch dolphins and whales with a 3 hr. layover on Great Blasket Island. Your time will be allocated between a 1 hr. ocean voyage, 3 hrs. spent on Great Blasket Island, and a subsequent 3 hr. eco-friendly marine exploration of the surrounding islands, where we’ll be on the lookout for dolphins, birds, and hopefully whales (although sightings can’t be guaranteed!). Given favourable weather and calm seas, we promise a fantastic time amidst stunning landscapes and diverse sea creatures in and around the Blasket Islands archipelago and Dingle Bay.
- Passengers must arrive at the departure point 15 to 20 minutes before departure time of 10:00 am in order to park car on pier
- The boat departs at 10 am and under no circumstances will the boat wait for passengers
- Put on suitable warm, windproof clothing and for Safety meeting.
- Not suitable for children under 10 yrs.
Location
Ventry pier, Ventry Harbour, Co. Kerry
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.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
5.0
(1 Rating)
5 stars
4 stars
3 stars
2 stars
1 star
50mattj
May 22, 2024
A fantastic all round experience, thanks Mick and team! - The team were absolutely fantastic, friendly, and full of knowledge. We went around the time of basking shark aggregations which was amazing to see. Also saw many other species along the way and the crew were always on hand to answer questions!
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Johnbelfast123
Jul 13, 2023
Tempted to go on a second trip! - I went on an incredible adventure on 10 July - it was so good that I went for a second trip.
I have not been disappointed on either trip.
Thanks again to Mick, the owner who tries to reduce my expectations (always fails), to Vincent the driver who has a nose to find wildlife and to John, the guide who describes the animals.
I will be back again for approaching my fortieth trip - the trips are so good!
Review provided by Tripadvisor
D1198pscyrilp
May 21, 2024
What a disappointment! Again - It is the second year in a row we went with this company and again except seals we did not do see anything. Granted the Blasket islands are beautiful and their story is interesting. But staying 3 hrs on the boat to see seals for 20mn is not worth it. I do understand you can not predict nature but at least it would have been good to get a little word from the captain apologizing for not being able to see any marine mammals. If animals patterns are changing as the guide was telling us then they need to adapt their tours. 413 euros to sail the Irish sea mostly away from sceneries ( and we did not even go to the island with an archway ) is too expensive!
We did the sea safari in Baltimore , County Cork for 3 year straight ( also in late April ) we saw marine mammals every time!
Review provided by Tripadvisor
More activities from this operator
