Day 4

Day #4: Dingle to Dunquin 26 km

Today was, at times, a gruelling hike that took 22min/km in some places. I say gruelling, because it was!

But it was also incredible scenery. I don’t think many people get to see the wonders of the high country as we did today. This would be one section that a lot of people likely bypass. That being said, it was amazing, but took its toll. We were just really glad to see Kruger’s Pub at the end and thankful that the owner of the B&B where we’re staying told us about the local bus that would take us all the way to her front door; “just tell the driver where we wanted to get off”, all for €1.30 each

Shops and pubs facing the harbour walk front in Dingle on our way out of town.

The 6km walk along the beach from Ventry

Trekking, picking our way through the rocks in the high country

Stone bridge over the creek

The water looks so cool and refreshing, but you just have to remember that there are thousands of sheep uphill and up-stream!

Stone walls, stone fences and stone faced. Today was no hike in the park! As one of our hosts said: “if you wanted a hike in the park you should have stayed in the park.“

The Blasket islands in the distance off the tip of the Kerry peninsula. I can’t image anyone living so remotely but they did!

There was no place to stay in Dunquin for tonight. While planning this trip I read that many of the villages and towns are very small and accommodations are limited so we ended up taking a bus to Ballyferriter for the only place I could find.

As it turned out Ballyferriter was a quiant little village with about 7 houses, 2 churches and 3 pubs!