We offer two Dingle Way 5-Day tours. This is a lower level and easier option than our other 5-day Dingle Way tour
The Dingle Way is one of Ireland’s premier walking trails and is along part of the Wild Atlantic Way. Taking in a distance of 179 km, the Dingle Way trail reveals to you some of the most startling scenery that you will find anywhere in Ireland. While walking the Dingle Way you will encounter an array of archaeological monuments dating back from the Mesolithic Period of around 6000 BC, including Standing Stones, Ogham Stones and a multitude of beehive huts, evidence of the rich culture of a bygone age.
Hiking around the Dingle peninsula, you will enjoy views of lush green pastures sweeping down from the heather-clad mountains above to reach a wild and rugged Atlantic Coastline. The National Geographic Traveller has described The Dingle Peninsula as “the most beautiful place on earth”.
Prices / Dates
Price: €636 per person sharing
Single Supplement: +€325
Solo Traveller Supplement: +€50
Tour Dates: 1 April to 15 October
Tour Grade: Easy
Accommodation: Guesthouse or B&B
Included / Excluded
- 4 nights bed & breakfast
- All accommodation is pre-booked in approved family-run guesthouses or B&Bs with all rooms en-suite.
- Dingle Way Guide Book
- GPX Tracking
- Details on restaurants and places of interest to visit along the way.
- Luggage transfers daily from inn to inn while you walk with just a small day pack.
- All information on trains or buses needed to get to your first accommodation in Dingle and back at the end of the tour from Dingle town.
- 24-7 Emergency Telephone support
- Public transport to the beginning of the tour and back at the end
- Packed Lunches
- Evening Meals
- Drinks and Snacks
- Personal Equipment
We will supply you with all the travel details to get from your point of entry into Ireland, Shannon or Dublin Airport, to Dingle Town. You will stay overnight in Dingle Town.
We will arrange a complimentary taxi transfer from Dingle Town to the Village of Ventry to begin your walking tour of the Dingle Way.
Your walk along The Dingle Way today is mostly along minor roads and beaches, but beyond the village of Ventry is some of the most spectacular scenery on the trail. The Dingle Way weaves through fuchsia hedges and climbs an old track on the foothill of Mount Eagle past the early Christian beehive huts at Fahan.
Behind are views of Ventry Harbour and south are some amazing views of the Ring of Kerry and Valentia Island. Ahead, the Dingle Way opens up to Slea Head and the Blasket Islands. Beyond this is America! You will stay overnight in Dunquin.
Distance: 16.3 km / 10.2 miles, Ascent: 390 m / 1070 ft, Approximate walking time: 4 / 5 hours
We recommend a visit to the Blasket Island Interpretative Centre to learn about the harshness of life on the islands. The last inhabitants resettled on the mainland in 1953. Other than fishing and sheep farming on the windblown hills, there is little else in this area to maintain the local communities. The route follows the Norse named Smerwick Harbour and a detour takes you to Dun an Oir, the Fort of Gold where Italian and Spaniard soldiers were besieged by troops of Elizabeth Ist in 1580.
Ballyferriter is situated in a stunning green valley, sheltering under majestic Cruach Mhárthain to the south and the Three Sisters to the east. Ballyferriter is the last major village west of Dingle Town. You will stay overnight in Balllyferriter.
Distance: 16.5 km / 10.3 miles, Ascents: 215 m / 645 ft, Approximate walking time: 4 / 5 hours
Today's walk offers you superb views of both mountains and the sea. You are in the cradle of early Christian civilization here, with as many as sixty notable sites of cultural and religious development from the 5th to 9th centuries. Your walking trail takes you along the eastern side of Smerwick Harbour, through the townland of Ballydavid, through sheep farming countryside to your destination in Cuas, where you will stay overnight.
Distance: 16.25 km / 10.14 miles, Ascent: 131 m / 394 ft, Approximate walking time: 4 / 5 hours
After a hearty breakfast, you will have a complimentary taxi transfer back to Dingle town for your onward journey.
