Tailor-Made Walking Tours, Ireland - Irish Hiking and Walking Holidays

The Western Mayo Walk

Level of Difficulty:

Western Mayo - please note this walk is not one of Ireland's Waymarked Ways but is a route easily followed with our track notes and maps. It is a wonderful, wild, part of Ireland, unexplored, and off most of the conventional tourist routes. Dramatic cliffs, islands, light and the beauty of the Atlantic. It is waiting for you.

The route follows old bog roads, mountain trails and country roads. From Achill to Ballycroy on Day 6 is mostly minor roads with some dune and beach walking. Your accommodations are all in small traditional villages, or towns.

Itinerary:

Day 1	Arrival in Knock or Shannon. Bus transfer to Newport, Co. Mayo (not included). Overnight in this pretty village near the Mayo coast.
Day 2	Newport to Mallranny - Walk on the foothills of the western Nephin Beg range, overlooking the beautiful Clew Bay and its unique series of drumlin islands. Mallranny village overlooks beaches and a fishing pier.	15km
Day 3	Mallranny to Achill Sound - Transfer onto Achill Island to Bellacragher Bay; walk through forest and bog land dotted with paternoster lakes. Walk into Achill Sound.	14km
Day 4	Dooega to Menawn Cliffs to Achill Sound - A fabulous day of cliff tops and wild Atlantic seas! Walk to 403m for views over Achill, Clew Bay and north to Belmullet peninsula. Overnight Achill Sound.	16km
Day 5	Via Doogort and Slievemore desrted famine village to Dooagh, at the western end of Achill Island. Overnight Achill Sound.	17km
Day 6	Castlehill to Ballycroy - Transfer to Castlehill for a low-level shoreline walk looking out to Annagh Island, Inishbiggle and Blacksod Bay. Overnight Ballycroy.	17km
Day 7	Ballycroy to Bangor - Back to the hills - follow the Bangor Trail through the Nephin Mountains to Bangor.	14km
Day 8	Departure Bangor by bus transfer (not included).

Included in your tour:
7 nights Bed & Breakfast guesthouse accommodation; luggage transfers each day; detailed route descriptions and 1:50000 maps

Excluded:
Other meals; transfers to Newport and from Bangor; entries or excursions.

2006 Price:
€ 459 per person sharing
€ 96 single supplement

Suggested Extra Option:

Combine this tour with the Western Way to make a two week trip through the west.

Airport for transfers:
Shannon, or western regional airport at Knock

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