Blasket Island Eco Marine Tours

Welcome on board!

Welcome to Blasket Islands Eco Marine Tours, your Irish wildlife tour specialist for whale watching and dolphin and bird watching trips on the Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry, Ireland.

Here, in the spectacularly beautiful Atlantic waters of Dingle Bay, we regularly encounter at least five species of cetaceans (whales and dolphins), with porpoises, common dolphins, bottlenose and risso’s dolphins and minke whales the most frequently observed species. Orcas (killer whales) can occasionally be observed in passage, and humpback and fin whales show up in these waters in the late summer and autumn months.

Our eco tour will take you below the breathtaking cliffs below the Slea Head Drive and the towering Cathedral Rocks of Inis na Bro, where we regularly come up close to the world’s second largest fish, the giant basking shark. We visit the remote islands of Inis na Bro, Inisvickalaun and Tearaght where tens of thousands of migrating seabirds nest during the summer months, amongst them puffins, Manx shearwaters and storm petrels. Diving gannets, coming from their 25000 pair strong colony on the Skellig Islands, lead us to the fish-rich feeding grounds where they share their prey with foraging whales and dolphins.

The Great Blasket Island and its smaller neighbour Beginish are home to a colony of about 700 grey seals. Their inquisitiveness and curiosity brings them close to our boat when we approach them on our trip around the islands. A large herd of native Irish red deer is thriving on Inisvickalaun, and we regularly spot the stags' antlers protruding from behing the island's rocks The Eco Marine Tour will be leaving from the harbour pier in Ventry village (Ceann Tra), situated at the head of a magnificent 2-mile-long sandy beach. Village facilities include a shop, post office, café/potterry, restaurant and pub.

Mick Sheeran

Mick Sheeran is the skipper of the MV Blasket Princess. A native of West Kerry he is a highly experienced skipper who knows the waters like the back of his hand.

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Our Location - V92 XK65

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Ventry / Ceann Trá
Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry

This project partly funded by the Brexit Blue Economy Enterprise Development Scheme

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