Location: Cahersiveen,
Ring of Kerry
Ireland
Departure Site:
Cahersiveen Marina
to Valentia Harbour
Trips also to uninhabited
Beginish Island
Phone: 00 353 87 0527562
Email: info@valentiaharbourtours.com
Website:
The Tour:
The tour is a new 2009 purpose-built amphibious boat with the latest safety standards.
The tour is in completely-enclosed Valentia Harbour on the Ring of Kerry - no seasickness. Tour is from Cahersiveen Marina to Valentia Harbour.
Cahersiveen - riverside view of Barracks with its imposing towers with the Church dominating the
skyline.
Ballycarbery Castle - an imposing ruin of a 15th century castle ruled by the McCarthy’s, one of the last Irish
chieftans.
There are Ring Forts in Cahergal and Leacanabuaile. Vikings lived on Beginish Island.
Church Island has a monastic
settlement where monks lived.
Valentia Island, Knightstown -
picturesque harbour village.
Slate Quarry - slated the House of
Parliament in London and the Paris
Opera House
Cable Station - 18th century to 1960’s - the first telegraph line across
the Atlantic.
Glanleam Tropical Gardens - former
home of the Knights of Kerry.
Lighthouse, Piers, Marinas, explore these later at your leisure.
