Skellig Michael tours | Boat trips to Skellig Michael
Skellig Michael tours season is quick approaching, many of your out there are booking your holidays or already have them booked to Ireland. Many of you have decided to take a Skellig Michael tour, as it has been on your Bucket list for a while now. There is no denying a boat trip to Skellig Michael is an unforgettable experience.
Skellig Michael
Skellig Michael is the site of a Monastic Settlement dating back to the 6th century, while one can find legendary accounts of Skellig Michael which date to pagan times, back in 1400 BC.
Of course Skellig Michael is a World Heritage Site on of three in Ireland. Here is a UNSECO quote from 1996 on why it deemed Skellig Michael worthy of such an accolade. “The Committee decided to inscribe the nominated property on the basis of cultural criteria (iii) and (iv) considering that the site is of outstanding universal value being an exceptional, and in many respects unique example of an early religious settlement deliberately sited on a pyramidal rock in the ocean, preserved because of a remarkable environment. It illustrates, as no other site can, the extremes of a Christian monasticism characterizing much of North Africa, the Near East and Europe.”
Our boat tours to Skellig Michael
We here at Skellig Michael Cruises offer you trip of a life time to go around both Skellig Michael and the small Skellig. We run three times daily from the beautiful fishing village of Portmagee, just off the famous Ring of Kerry and is now a part of the world’s longest touring route the Wild Atlantic Way. We are delighted to announce here at Skellig Michael Cruises, that after a fantastic year last year. Such was the demand for our unique trip to Skellig Michael we have extended our fleet, with the purchase of another boat which has meant we have doubled our capacity. We now cater for 24 people on each of our trips to Skellig Michael.
A unique Boat trip to Skellig Michael
Our tour to Skellig Michael is to allow anyone who is unable to climb the rock.There are many people who come to Portmagee unable to climb Skellig Michael for a variety of reasons; young families, age, disability or time constraints etc. This is where we come in, we offer you choice as we depart the pier from Portmagee at 10.30, 1.30 pm and 4.30 pm on a daily basis weather permitting. The boat trip takes around 2.5 hours in total and allows you to get up close and personal with the Skellig Islands.
Dingle Day and weekend tours
Here at Skellig Michael Cruises we also offer you the opportunity to visit the beautiful fishing village of Dingle in west Kerry. We offer a day tour on Friday Saturday and Sunday, with a weekend trip departing Portmagee on the Saturday and returning from Dingle on the Sunday to Portmagee.
Book your tour today
Now that you have your Holidays booked you can book your Skellig Michael tours with us today, or your Dingle Trip.
