Specialist Tours

Excursions Ireland can arrange and deliver a wide variety of specialist tours. Specialist tours typically arranged include golf tours, garden tours, fishing tours, castle tours and walking tours.

The following paragraphs give you a brief overview of our specialist tours and we welcome enquiries from operators who wish to discuss their requirements with us.

Golf and Ireland

Ireland – a golfing treasure chest containing some of the finest golf course gems in the world. The list is almost endless: from classics like Ballybunion, Portmarnock, Royal County Down, Waterville & Royal Portrush to new courses, such as Mount Juliet, The K Club, and The Old Head of Kinsale. Ireland has established itself internationally as a major golf destination, particularly in recent years with the hosting of major competitions such as the American Express World Championships in 2002 and the Ryder Cup in 2006.

Garden Tours

Filtered sunshine, mists of fine rain and the warmth of the Gulf Stream make Ireland a wonderful environment in which to create a garden. Discover Irelands best gardens at Powerscourt, Mount Usher, The National Botanic Gardens, Buttersream, The Japanese Gardens, Mount Stewart and Florence Court.

Walking / Hill Walking

There are enormous possibilities for walking in Ireland. The mountains are small by world standards, but many rise directly from sea level. The Irish coast is indented with bays and narrow inlets, offering the walker that wonderful combination of hills and the sea.

There are great ridge walks in Ireland that take up to two days to complete, and there are circuits available for full or half days. There are easier walks that take you up smaller hills, often with better views than their bigger neighbours.

For the rambler there are exciting coastal walks, river and canal towpaths, quiet country roads, and the network of long distance Waymarked Ways. All these paths have one thing in common - they are unfrequented.

Fishing and Ireland

Ireland is recognised as being the outstanding angling destination in Europe. The vast variety and quality of fishing in Ireland has given the country a reputation of which we are justly proud. The Irish climate is well suited to sport angling. It is temperate and kind to the angler with moderate summers, mild winters and adequate rainfall throughout the year. The warm waters of the North Atlantic Drift lap the south and west coasts, giving us a milder climate than our geographical location would indicate. The result is a fabulous mixture of cold and warm water fish species, capable of exciting the specialist or casual angler on the annual family holiday.

Castle Tours

Take a tour into the magical and historical world of Ireland's Castles and Great Houses, from Medieval towers, to Norman Keeps and romantic Renaissance fairytale Castles.

By day tour the castles and learn of their history and how life was lived in them, upstairs and down. Combine this itinerary with accommodation chosen from our Irish Castles category and you too can become a castle resident by night.

Discover the castles of Malahide, Bunratty, Trim, Blarney, Slane, Dublin and Hillsborough.

Stately Homes

Discover some of the most amazing stately homes in Ireland. With their mixture of classical and gothic architecture only matched by their beautiful gardens and country walks. Stately Homes such as Ardress, Castle Ward, Argory, Castle Coole and Lissadell House are amoung the finest examples in Ireland.

Gourmet

Experience some of the finest gourmet food Ireland has to offer. With fantastic locations you can enjoy a beautful country view whilst you dine. Ballymaloe, Dunbrody, Belle Isle and Berry Lodge are some of the best restuarants to experience fine Irish Gourmet food.

Stud Farms

Ireland is currently the location of choice for some of the leading breeders in the world. Successful breeders like H H The Aga Khan Studs, Gainsborough Stud Management Co Ltd, Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd, Airlie Stud, Orpendale, Ballymacoll Stud Farm Inc, Lodge Park Stud and Barronstown Stud among others all have bases in Ireland. Tours can be arranged to some of these leading stud farms including the National Stud, Coolmore and the Aga Khan.

Hill Walking

Ireland has some of the most amzing landscapes for hill walking. Locations such as Wicklow, Cork, The Burren, Donegal and Antrim are some of the greatest natural experiences. With their amazing views, deep valleys, raging rivers and remote mounatain streams, make these walks some of the best Ireland has to offer.

Cycling

Ireland has a maze of blissfully quiet country lanes, each of which has a story to tell. There are tiny fishing villages, early Christian ruins and islands along the wild Atlantic coastline. Discover the hidden countryside of Kerry, West Cork, Galway and Clare.

Celtic Ireland Tours

Thousands of years of Celtic history lie hidden amoung the Irish country side waiting to be discovered. Newgrange, Tara, Monasterboice, Glendalough, Clonmacnoise. Skelligs and Dingle offer a great detailed look at the history Ireland has to offer.


To make further enquiries about any other specialist tours you may require, please contact us today and we will provide you with our full range of specialist tour options.