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Top Experiences & Package Tours on West Cork’s Sheep’s Head

Immerse yourself in fantastic experiences on West Cork’s stunning Sheep’s Head Way

Our bespoke experiences and West Cork package tours offer you the best ways to experience the Sheep’s Head Way – an unspoilt and intriguing stretch of Ireland’s southwest coastline.

Escape to West Cork

Just an hour from Cork Airport (with direct flights to America, the UK and European airports) and close to the heritage town of Bantry, you’ll find yourself on West Cork’s amazing coastline. The unspoilt Sheep’s Head peninsula reaches out into the Atlantic Ocean flanked by Bantry Bay and Dunmanus Bay, They bays, studded by West Cork’s islands, are teeming with marine life.

It’s a wonderful place to immerse yourself in Irish life and culture – the perfect place to start exploring Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way coastal touring route.

The Sheep’s Head peninsula

The Sheep’s Head peninsula – home to some of Ireland’s finest craft and food producers – is a European Destination of Excellence for Responsible Tourism: a kind of EDEN. It won Silver in the Best Destination category of the Irish Responsible Tourism Awards in 2015 and 2016!

We’ll Help Plan Your Irish Vacation

We’ll work with you to arrange every aspect of your trip from start to finish. Make the most of our local expertise and connections and you’ll get privileged access to some of the most extraordinary experiences and people you could meet during your Irish vaction.

Our aim is to make sure every aspect of your West Cork tour lives up to your dreams and expectations. Whether you’re sailing on Dunmanus bay, meeting our farmers and food producers, or walking the world-renowned Sheep’s Head Way,

We work with individuals, ad hoc groups, and tour companies to design
and deliver outstanding West Cork experiences from short tours and day trips to multi-day excursions

Contact us on [email protected] to find out more, or call

Siobhán on 086 303 0991

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    Wild Atlantic Way Cruise Experience: Day & Half-Day Sailing Trips
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    Rural Experience Tour: Hills, Islands and Peninsulas
  • Walk and Whiskey Island Tour
    Whiddy Island Treasure Hunt
Wild Atlantic Way

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Visit Historic Places

Bantry House B&B

The Sheep’s Head is a peninsula rich in history and you’ll find traces of its past all along the Sheep’s Head Way walking route.

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Featured Activity

Stone-Cutting Courses

Stone-Carving Courses

Learn traditional stonework skills in stone carving courses under the tuition of an experienced stonecarver on West Cork’s Sheep’s Head peninsula. Victor Daly leads regular letter-cutting and stone carving courses at his workshop just outside the village of Ahakista on the Sheep’s Head peninsula in West Cork. His 2-day stone-carving workshops are held throughout the […]

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Seamount Farmhouse

Seamount Farm B&B

Seamount Farm B&B is located in a 7th-generation family farmhouse on the Sheep’s Head peninsula, and offer magnificent views over Bantry Bay Situated just 12km west of Bantry, this friendly farmhouse B&B is an ideal base for a holiday spent walking the Sheep’s Head Way, touring the Beara peninsula, or visiting Mizen Head. You’ll be […]

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This project has been supported by Cork County Council & the LEADER programme under the Rural Development Programmes 2007-13 and 2017-2021.
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