Blasket Islands (Inishvickillane & Inishmore)

Fenit Harbour & Tralee Bay

Kenmare Bay

Skellig Michael & Little Skellig

Smerwick Harbour (Dingle)

Valentia Island (Bray Head & Kanturk)

Kerry and Dingle celebrate the Atlantic with fresh seafood and West Kerry lamb. Try Dingle Bay prawns, Kenmare oysters, smoked fish, brown soda bread and seafood chowder. Dingle’s food scene is excellent, with chowder, fish and chips and traditional music in the pubs after a day on the water. Local ingredients and simple preparation let the pure Irish flavours shine through in every meal.

Dingle Skellig Hotel

The Lodge at Dingle

Heaton’s Guesthouse

The Lake Hotel

The Kerry and Dingle Peninsula is the jewel of southwest Ireland, where the Atlantic meets a coastline of rugged cliffs, sheltered harbours and a scattering of windswept islands. This region is legendary among Irish divers for the Skellig Islands, UNESCO-listed volcanic peaks whose underwater walls are draped in jewel anemones, gorgonians and colourful invertebrate life. The Blasket Islands offer gin-clear water, dramatic canyons and abundant seals, while Dingle Bay and Tralee Bay shelter historic wrecks such as the Sunbeam, Kanturk and Kowloon Bridge. Valentia and Kenmare provide gentler training sites and night dives among seahorses and nudibranchs. Weather-dependent and wild, the region rewards drysuit divers with some of the richest cold-water diving in Europe and a strong sense of place shaped by Irish language and tradition.

Kerry & Dingle Peninsula (South-West)