Seekajaktour: Umrundung Irlands im Seekajak 2015

West
Malin Beg and Slieve Leage
If you focus on the top spots of these must-sees in Irelands two to three days will be
enough to get an idea of the area.
Highlights
Malin Beg – do not miss the marvelous beach with the almost Caribbean feeling.
The area round the lighthouse is also nice to explore.
Slieve League – just stunning high cliffs with arches and tiny waterfalls close to
Malin Beg. There are almost no landing spots. So you need perfectly calm
weather. Take care and enjoy.
Inishmurray – stay, enjoy and chill
Just go there, have enough water and food for some days and enjoy the panoramic view
of Donegal Bay.
North Mayo Coast from Erris Head to Inish Murray
A two-week-trip with the best-of´s of North Mayo. Belmullet could be a starting point.
Move south through Blacksod Bay then take the outer way round Mullet Peninsula to
Erris Head. Cross over to Kid Island and camp at Portacloy. If the weather permits, you
even could go to the Stags of Broadhaven. Do not miss the caves at Downpatrick Head
on your way east. Kilcummin could be the turning point of your trip (or cross Killala Bay
and paddle via Easky to Inish Murray). Then enter the cliff and beach areas you might
have skipped before. Being back to Kid Island just enter Broad Haven. Perhaps you
might go even as far as Ross Port on your way back to Belmullet.
Achill and Inishbofin – The wild Wild West of Ireland
If you really want to experience entering the Atlantic start from Achill. Than go
southward. Follow the chain of islands from Clare Island ot Inish Turk and Inish Bofin.
Inish Shark and High Island could be an option as well. Then follow the coastline and
enjoy the hundreds of Islands in Clew Bay while returning to Achill after about two weeks
of glorious paddling – always calculate some two days for being weather bound in this
area.
Highlights
Achill Sound and it´s lighthouse mark the entrance to another world the Atlantic.
Clare Island – either a stopover to Inish Turk or an Island to be rounded and
explored for at least one day.
Inish Turk – famous to be one of the most remote Islands of the west, and this is
true.
Inish Bofin – a good base camp to explore the area till High Island and a safe
spot to get back. There is a daily ferry to Cleggan.
Cleggan to Roonagh Quay (never been there) – the Coastline looks promising
and more sheltered. From Roonagh Quay you could either explore Clew Bay or
return to Achill via Clare Island.
© Christian Dingenotto 2015
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