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Blasket Islands Marine Wildlife & Whale Tour – Ventry (Dingle Peninsula)

Outside, 50 km from Killarney National Parkby Blasket Islands Eco Marine Tours (Skipper Mick Sheeran)

Native West Kerry skipper Mick Sheeran operating from Ventry Pier — 4 miles west of Dingle town on the Slea Head Drive. Multiple products: marine wildlife charters; pelagic whale watching (adults only); pelagic birdwatching trips; Great Blasket Island landing tours; photography charters. The waters below the Slea Head Drive cliffs and around the Blasket Islands are arguably the best whale and basking shark location in Ireland. Remote Blasket Island sea stacks (Inis na Bro Inisvickalaun Tearaght) host tens of thousands of seabirds including puffins Manx shearwaters storm petrels and Leach's petrels. Basking sharks regularly seen at close range in spring–early summer. Multiple cetacean species April–October — 5 species possible on single trip. The most westerly point of Ireland. Photography and filming charters available.

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Months

  1. January, closed
  2. February, closed
  3. March, closed
  4. April, open
  5. May, open
  6. June, open
  7. July, open
  8. August, open
  9. September, open
  10. October, open
  11. November, closed
  12. December, closed

Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct