Connemara national Park tour - Wonderful trip around Connemara ! The visit of the national Park was great, and the guide's explanations were interesting and, full of anecdotes. Only minus was that the road was long and my son felt sick. But the team was nice and helpful.

Perfekt day - Perfekt day, a very good driver and nice nature. Weather was not so good, but good mood in the bus. And very interesting story

National park not to be missed! - Nice day trip to Connemara! Cool trails and stunning views from the top. If you enjoy being outdoors you should go there!

Diamond Galway - The trip was amazing. The trekking we did was hard but it was worth because the view from Diamond Hill is astonishing. The driver of our coach told us so much about Galway and Ireland’s history that he was better than my professors at university. The only one thing I would change is the time we were given for the tracking. 3 hours seem a bit short.

Stunning! - This was a really great trip! First of all Cathal, our guide and busdriver, was just excellent - informative and humerous. We made a few nice stops on the way. Then the main attraction of the tour: Connemara and Diamond Hill is so much worth it - what a nature and what a view over « the wild Atlantic coast » from up there! If you feel fit go for the top (red marks), it’s a fantastic 360 degrees view from there. if you’re more for a stroll, stick to the blue marked way, the view is nice from there too.

Fantastic tour of Connemara Park - Our trip to Connemara Park was fantastic. We had an awesome hike. CATHAL was our tour guide and he was absolutely amazing. So knowledgeable and kind.

Incredibly scenic. - Trails of varying difficulty, all gorgeous and interesting. Some incredibly beautiful brief scenic stops along the way. Also, we cut a mini course in cutting turf. Very knowledgeable and pleasant guide.

Weather matters - This trip is worth it for the landscapes and for the opportunity to visit the National Park. The stops along the way are relatively uninteresting. Regarding the National Park: if it's raining, I would recommend skipping the hardest (red) hike to the top of the hill and also the second-hardest (blue) hike halfway up the hill. The red hike is for the young, fit, and fast. I took the blue hike (2.9km). You are rewarded by a nice view. However, you do have to go up 44 stone steps and down ? (fewer) stone steps, with no railings, and this did not seem as if it would be a fun thing to do if it's raining. The easier (yellow) and easiest (green) hikes would be possible no matter what. They are short, however. Tourists are allowed to spontaneously switch to a Kylemore Abbey visit, Kylemore Abbey being very close by, thereby giving you a bad-weather back-out. The dominant weather pattern now in July seems to be: unstable.

Great tour guide but not enough time, poorly designed - Macdara our tour guide was wonderful. But I emphasize STRONGLY to the organizers that this tour needs an earlier start so people have enough time to enjoy either Kylemore or Connemara. The only reason this review has four stars is Macdara. He was hilarious and gave intelligent and insightful stories, as well as smart advice. As for the timing of the day, this should have started at at least 9am, or cut out some of the needlessly long and less interesting pit stops. For anyone looking to have enough time to hike Connemara or Kylemore, look elsewhere.

Big Bus Tours are not a good way to get out to nature - I took this tour more as a shuttle to Diamond Hill. During that stop, my group were given 2 hours (another group spent that time at Kylemore Abbey). This wasn't long enough to reach the top and return back to the bus, mainly due to the sheer number of people on the trail. I visited during a Bank Holiday in May, so the time of year might be a factor. Other than that, there's a couple of stops at villages. I would've preferred skipping An Spideal, it wasn't very interesting and the time better spent elsewhere. The driver/guide had the perfect combination of hard facts, funny jokes and even threw in a song. If you are someone like me who prefers smaller group tours in vans, I would stay away from the big tours like these in coaches. There were almost 50 people to wrangle, and while the guide still made a great effort, that is just too many people to satisfy. The amount of constant chatter, singing and general disrespect for those who paid for an actual tour has put me off these big buses. Lally's is a very well managed company, but options for smaller group tours, while more expensive, would still be appreciated.