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Explore The Gap of Dunloe: A Killarney Bus and Boat Adventure
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60 Ratings
Killarney
Discover Killarney’s stunning landscapes with a bus, walk, and boat tour through the Gap of Dunloe. Uncover hidden gems and breathtaking views.
Discover Killarney’s stunning landscapes with a bus, walk, and boat tour through the Gap of Dunloe. Uncover hidden gems and breathtaking views.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Gap of Dunloe - Passengers can take in the breathtaking beauty of the Gap of Dunloe by travelling the 7mile/12km journey on foot or can also hire a Jaunting cart (optional extra cost).
- Ross Castle - For those client’s who wish to complete the tour by beginning their boat journey at Ross Castle, will have some time to look around the grounds…
- Gap of Dunloe - Passengers can take in the breathtaking beauty of the Gap of Dunloe by travelling the 7mile/12km journey on foot or can also hire a Jaunting cart (optional extra cost).
- Ross Castle - For those client’s who wish to complete the tour by beginning their boat journey at Ross Castle, will have some time to look around the grounds prior to the boat departing Reen Pier (red boats) at 11am
- Kate Kearney’s Cottage - Traveller’s will have time to avail of refreshment’s at Kate Kearney’s Cottage either at the start or end of their tour (depending which direction they are taking the tour).
What's Included
- Bus transfers included.
- Professional tour guide.
- Bus transfers included.
- Professional tour guide.
Additional Information
The Gap of Dunloe Excursion is a top choice for those visiting Killarney. This ‘Adventure’ kicks off daily from our main bureau at O’Connor’s Pub, 7 High St., Killarney at 10:00am. We can also make arrangements to pick clients up from their lodgings in the Killarney vicinity.
Your trip commences with a bus ride to either Kate Kearney’s Cottage or Ross…
The Gap of Dunloe Excursion is a top choice for those visiting Killarney. This ‘Adventure’ kicks off daily from our main bureau at O’Connor’s Pub, 7 High St., Killarney at 10:00am. We can also make arrangements to pick clients up from their lodgings in the Killarney vicinity.
Your trip commences with a bus ride to either Kate Kearney’s Cottage or Ross Castle (suggested commencement point for hikers to have additional time). From this point, holidaymakers embark on the 7-mile walk (kindly allocate 2.5 to 3 hours for this walk). For clients who prefer not to walk, Jaunting carts are available (for a supplementary charge of €25 per person) for a scenic journey through the untouched beauty of the Black Valley, a haven for walkers.
Arriving at Lord Brandon’s Cottage, tourists will have some time to relish refreshments (not part of the package) at the Cafe, preceding the boat voyage across the Lakes of Killarney to Ross Castle where your bus awaits to take you back to Killarney. Worth mentioning, this itinerary can be executed in the opposite order as well.
Location
7 High Street
High Street
O'Connor's Traditional Pub, 7 High Street Killarney, Eircode: V93 DV26
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(60 Ratings)
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J_rgj659
Mar 28, 2026
Tour Gap of Dunloe and Lakes of Killarney - recommended - A great experience! Taken by bus from downtown Killarney to Kate Kearney's Cottage. Wonderful walk through the Gap of Dunloe to Lord Brandons. There after picnic by boat sailed over the Killarney lakes to Ross Castle. A wonderful tour! Highly recommended!
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Annahv7298xi
Sep 6, 2025
Great tour - Beautiful experience by boat and then by foot through the Gap of Dunloe.
Comfortable to be picked up at the fixed meeting point to go by coach. It can also pick up and leave the clients at the nearby hotels and accomodations.
The boat tour was great, beautiful nature and the weather was fine. The walk is not very complicated. Went with kids 8 and 12, everyone is fine. The road was very crowded, though, between the hikers, the cyclists, the jaunting cars and the cars the road is very busy. Recomend to go.
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Johnlo722sk
Jul 21, 2025
- We parked at Kate kearney's Cottage and walk the Gap of Dunlow. The views were spectacular. We started about 850-900am and only saw 2 other people. later into the walk we saw bikers, a few hikers, a few car, and jaunting cars. lots of sheep and some private homes during the walk. Bridges and some babbling brooks along the way. Once we got to Lord Brandon's Cottage we took the boat trip at 2pm to Ross castle. It was about 1hr 15 min. very nice ride on the lake. A boat driver was very nice. Then a bus took us back to our care at Kate's Cottage. It was a wonderful day. we had great weather. I would highly recommend this company
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J_rgj659
Jul 21, 2025
- Great hike through the Gap of Dunloe - then nice boat trip over the Killarney lakes. Highly recommended!
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Coastal02807515514
Jul 14, 2025
Super adventure - Nice ride, well led. Very good Price quality ratio.
If you don't have much time or don't have the courage to walk 3h, the carriage is a good investment, it seemed worth it because it comes with good discussions with the driver who explains a lot about the Gap.
The boat part is different, refreshing and finally you feel like you can see a lot in one day, the kids (9 and 6) loved it.
The place is beautiful, our favorite visit to Ireland... Not to be missed!
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Trip55664874628
May 23, 2025
Glad we did it! - My husband and I really enjoyed the views and the boat ride. The guide/skipper was great! My 23 year old enjoyed it as well which I wasn't sure about.Highly recommend taking the jaunting car ride back to the starting point. We did not do that and the walk back was a bit much for us.
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Departure39078720646
Jul 21, 2025
Pros and Cons - The tour started with a bummer that they don’t actually send the bus they show you in the advert. We were looking forward to it and it was quite disappointing.
Rest of the tour was nice. It was a lovely trek as they described and the boat tour pick you up at the end and then tour you across lakes of Killarney which is quite nice. Boat tour guys were quite nice and went out of their way to make sure no one was left behind which was quite sweet!
The bus driver was quite annoying and wanted to end the tour early and was not ready to give allocated time for Ross castle which honestly annoyed us to the core as there is not a lot of public transport and ways to head back to city after. Even the cabs are in short supply.
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Y1167fkchloem
Jun 9, 2025
Worth it, but no castle - The pros: the bus ride was nice and so was the boat ride! They stopped to give facts and history. The cons: the itinerary was wrong. Times on the brochure were not accurate. The Ross castle was designated as a stop, and our driver insisted it was not part of our stops and argued with people about if it was part of our tour.
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Aliya
Mar 12, 2026
Great experience- use different company due - Overall, the boat and hike was a 10/10 experience. The boat guide was very kind and gave very interesting explanations of everything we saw and we had a lovely time on the boat. The hike itself was absolutely lovely, my best experience since being in Ireland with absolutely gorgeous views. However, I may recommend doing this tour with a different company due to the behavior of our bus driver.
Our driver, Tadgh O’Connor, who has asked us to review this tour, made a racist comment to one of my friends I am traveling with. He asked where she was from, and he then offhandedly told her that he knows that there are a lot of Asians in California. (She is not from California nor had she mentioned anything about California, she had stated she was from Sydney)
Additionally, he offered to drive us to the airport to catch our flight after the tour. The way he worded it, we assumed he was doing us a big favor and that the ride would be free. He did not disclose he would expect payment and even rushed us after the tour to get to the airport, and because we assumed he was doing us a big solid, we operated on his schedule rather than ours. However, when we got to the airport he asked for €45. When we explained our confusion and asked for a slightly cheaper price, he lied and told us any uber or taxi would charge even more. When we checked uber to fact check him, we saw all Ubers charged around €30. Had we known he was going to charge us so much and rush us to the airport, we would have just taken an uber instead.
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Katharinag486
Jun 16, 2025
Stressful day for 45€ - Great tour in itself ...
BUT never again with this provider!!!
The booked tour was Bus&Boat Tour for the Gap of Dunloe.
- the pick up didn't work so we ended up having to park completely stressed in the city for 11€ a day.
- the handed out flyer included the sequence for the reverse route so the times were incorrect . At the end of the tour, the tour is finished at 3:20 p.m. instead of 4:00 p.m.
You'd rather organize the tour yourself !!!
- Then the bus 30' starts too late, which is why we ended up with less time for the hike .
Episode : we just came to the boat completely stressed and had not even taken a break.
- back on the bus it goes straight back to the city. No time to look at the nice castle.
Absolutely bad organization and bad time management from start to finish !
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