We toured the Gap of Dunloe 20+ years ago and took this tour again in August 2024. It's one of the best things to do in Ireland. We recommended to our neighbors, and they did it as well while visiting Ireland (around the same time) & were so happy they did. The scenery is stunning. The jaunting cart was fabulous, and I would recommend you pay the extra to have a private ride (2 people).
The actual experience was good but found the booking process confusing. Thought I was booking a boat ride but discovered when I had paid that it involved an 11k walk
We did a bike and boat tour and it was fantastic! We used their recommendation for e-bike rental from Killarney-Rent-a-Bike and were very pleased. We picked the bikes up at 9 am and had time to your Ross Castle before the boat ride started at 11 am. The ride was in an open boat and luckily we were prepared with rain gear as we did have a downpour. I highly recommend!
It was a great walk to the top of the gap. Beautiful views and an awesome environment.
Low traffic. The tour in the boat was fantastic, a must. Even if it was raining, we could enjoy very much passing through the 3 lakes.
The scenery was the very best. We totally fell in love with the area.
My travel buddy and I approached the haunting carts with the rest of the group but we were ignored for 20 mins +. I asked about renting a cart and were told in a little bit. I told them that we had the boat to catch and the jaunting driver told me not to worry they won’t leave us.
Then a driver told us that we weee “big people” to be riding the carts and we could ride if we paid the price of 4 people instead of 2 people. Two driver got into a screaming match.
Finally the ride started with 4 people???
Near the end it began to rain(not unexpected)the driver pulled a tarp over our laps covered in horse manure. Guess what ended up on our clothing.
