Ireland's 'Wild' Southwest Dingle Peninsula &

Killarney National Park

November 24th - 29th 2019 +/- 3 days as flights do not operate to Kerry every day

Flights should become available in December 2017

Price: £1250

Group size: 3

Price includes: All transport within Ireland, accommodation and breakfast.

Price excludes: Flights, main meal, lunch, café stops and insurance.

Costings

Flights: Circa £130 with Ryanair. Price includes check-in bag of 20Kg and Priority Boarding which

ensures you are among the first to board thereby guaranteeing your camera bag goes on with you.

Ryanair’s policy (as with easyjet) is that if there is insufficient room in the overhead lockers your carry-

on bag will be put into the hold. When I traveled at this time of the year the plane was only half full but

better safe than sorry! You will be departing from London Stansted and arriv ing at Kerry. It is a

condition of booking that everyone boards the same flight.

Food and drink: I reland is not cheap but it’s not terribly expensive either. For example, a sandwich

from a supermarket costs around £3 and an evening meal £15-£25.

Each morning, regardless of the forecast, we will head out pre-dawn (circa. 6.30am) ) capturing sandy

bays, lakes and vistas as the sun rises. Since sunrise is at 8.15 we may not always have time to return

for breakfast (which is usually served from 7.30-9.30) and so I have arranged with the B&Bs that a

‘breakfast tray’ either be delivered to our rooms each evening or set up in the breakfast room enabling

us to have breakfast before we head out . This, I found, worked perfectly as there were many instances

when conditions got better and better and if I had to return just to get breakfast I would have missed

many of the images you see here. However, if the best of the weather looks long gone we shall

endeavour to return in time for breakfast since there is nothing quite like sitting down and having

something warm after a morning's photography!

Since most locations are within a 15-30 minute drive of our accommodation we will return to our

rooms at around 10am where we will have a 1 ½ -2 hour break and ready ourselves for the remainder

of the day where will be out until dusk. I find that this short break is worth doing since it’s just enough

time to refresh and ready yourself for the remainder of the day. Mornings can be quite frantic so you’ll

be glad of it . However, saying that, we are not running to a strict itinerary so, if we find it’s simply too

much to drag ourselves away from amazing conditions, we’ll stay out! With regards to lunch, the

previous evening (or that morning) we will pick up a sandwich, or similar, from a nearby supermarket

or petrol station which should keep you going until we return at, approximately, 5.30pm. I think, after

all this, you will be quite ready for a relaxing evening meal - perhaps washed down with a pint of the

black-stuff!

Killarney

Dingle

Itinerary

Below is a rough itinerary which is subject to change due to weather conditions.

Day 1. Transfer from Kerry airport to Killarney, a journey of just 20 minutes. Evening meal.

Day 2. Dawn to dusk Killarney National Park.

Day 3. Dawn to Dusk Killarney National Park.

Day 4. Dawn till mid-morning in Killarney National Park. Make our way to Dingle (journey of

approximately 1 1/4 hours). Check in to B&B. Evening photography along the Dingle Peninsula.

Day 5. Dawn to dusk Dingle Peninsula.

Day 6. Dawn shoot Dingle Peninsula. Depart for Kerry airport.

Price includes:

• Accommodation in en-suite B&B. Sole occupancy - no single supplement.

• Breakfast .

• Transportation within Ireland.

Price excludes:

• Flights.

• Insurance.

• Meals not mentioned. This includes lunch and evening meal.

• Occasional café stops.

Dingle Peninsula at dawn

Dingle’s stormy seas

Dingle

Accommodation

At both Dingle and Killarney we will be staying in comfortable bed and breakfast accommodation with

WiFi. At both locations we will be near to the town enabling just a short stroll for our evening meal.

There are a LOT of pubs in Ireland so there’ll be no problems finding somewhere to eat!

Equipment required

Below is a very "loose" list as to the kind of equipment needed. A full check-list will be given upon

booking.

• Back-up camera.

• 2 -3 lenses will be more than sufficient including a wide-angle and telephoto zoom.

• Polarising, ND and ND graduated filters.

• Tripod.

Fitness level

Moderate. Most of the walking will be on relatively flat ground, often photographing from quite near

the car. In Dingle there will be walks down slipways to access the beach and in Killarney rocky lakeside

shores but nothing too taxing. While in Dingle, a steep walk taking in the region of 30 minutes may be

necessary for a hill-top sunrise. You must be capable of walking in the region of 1 km (in one direction)

at a reasonable pace in order to access sunrise and sunset locat ions. This is not fair-weather

photography and there may be times when you will be standing around and shooting in the rain. But,

let me tell you, this is precisely the kind of conditions that lead to incredible images when, perhaps, the

sun appears for just a few moments and illuminates the landscape. You’ve gotta be in it to win it !

Climate

Both Dingle and Killarney have a mild and, at times, wet climate. I will keep you up to date as we near

the trip and, of course, there are plenty of websites for you to follow.

Killarney waterfall

Killarney

Eagle’s Nest Mountain, Killarney

Abandoned farm house in a remote valley, Killarney