Special Events

We are specialists in providing tailor made events to suit all occasions birthdays, hens, stags, reunions etc). See a number of sample customised events below:

Sample 1

11am
Depart the hotel for the Killarney National Park and a gentle walk in the ancient oak woods of Tomies to the remote O’ Sullivan’s Cascade.

1pm
Spectacular Slow Food/Gourmet Lakeside Picnic Lunch... before meeting a private boat for a journey through the Lakes of Killarney to the headwaters of the Black Valley.

2pm
Bike ride from the Black Valley through the Gap of Dunloe to the Dunloe Golf Course.

This pleasant afternoon will be within everyone’s capability and in essence is a gentle journey through the most dramatic landscapes
in Ireland – with a pleasant degree of activity and fun!



Sample 2

Stage One: Hiking and Orienteering
Hiking along the Kerry Way south out of the Killarney Valley through the wilderness of the National Park. The stage will take in a series of navigation/orienteering markers - reflecting the company’s wider aims, local observations and designated team building challenges. (8 kms/200m ascent)

Gourmet Picnic

Stage Two: Canoeing
In Canadian-type open canoes, paddle through the Upper Lake of Killarney to the headwaters of the famed waterway at the mouth of the Black Valley. A race through placid open water and stunning surroundings. (3 kms)

Stage Three: Biking
Mountain bike ride out of the Black Valley under the McGillycuddy Reeks into the Gap of Dunloe. (10 kms/200m ascent)

Stage Four: Treasure Hunt and Climbing
A short Treasure Hunt with pointed clues and challenges through wooded hillside leading to the Dunloe Golf Course and the final stage. En route, a small crag provides the opportunity to rock climb and abseil.

Stage Five: Golf
Teams (or individuals) will be required to play the final hole to finish.

Transfer back to your accommodation.



Sample 3

Stage 1: Boat (with canoeing options, 2-3 hours)
Traditional boat over the deep waters of Killarney's Loch Léin - and 1500 years into history to the nearby island of Inisfallen; one of the great early-Christian ecclesiastical sites of Ireland and once education centre to Ireland’s gaelic nobility.

The mountain-shore of the valley is draped with the last vestiges of the ancient oak forests that once covered Ireland. Buried deep in these woods is the splendid and remote O’Sullivan’s Cascade – a place of magnificent natural history and shrouded in a phenomenal wealth of mythic lore.

Three lakes and a river form the basin of the Killarney Valley, a waterway and hinterland of outstanding ecological importance (UNESCO Bio-Sphere Reserve). Our journey out of the Lower Lake (Loch Léin) will take us into Muckross or the Middle Lake to call at the Great House of the valley, Muckross House and Gardens before taking the Long Range River to reach the Upper Lake and onwards into the great glen at the head of these waters; the Black Valley.

Active travel option - canoeing:
From here, active travellers have the option of canoeing or kayaking in the still dark waters along this ice-carved glen to the headwaters of the lake system at the mouth of the Black Valley.

Stage 2: Jaunting Car (1-2 hours, with hike or bike options)
Traditional horse and jaunting cars provide a classic experience and transport through the most dramatic mountain pass in Ireland; the Gap of Dunloe. This glaciated glen owes it’s spectacular beauty to the last ice age when a great tongue of glacier slipped through the hills here and dividing the mountains of Killarney and the mighty McGillycuddy Reeks.

Active travel option – hiking or biking:
For those wishing to walk or indeed, bike ride, the Gap of Dunloe
provides exhilarating exercise!



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