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Walking

Easter Walking Festival

Saturday 3rd April to Tuesday 6th April 2010
Included
3 nights Bed & Breakfast at the Clew Bay Hotel
1 gourmet dinners in the Riverside Restaurant
2 days guided walks (2 grades of walks are available,
                   moderate/easy and hard/strenuous)
Packed lunches on walking days
Transport to and from walks
Professional guides

€260.00 per person sharing


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Itinerary
Saturday 3rd April
Check into the hotel and after dinner a briefing on the coming days activities will be held.

Sunday 4th April
Start time: 09.30am
Low level walk: Diamond hill, from the National Park in Letterfrack a well defined path takes us uphill to the summit.
Distance: 4 miles, Time: 3 Hours, Height gain: 440 metres.
A 1hr visit to Kylemore Abbey before or after the walk is also possible. (Please note that a 8 Euro charge applies to enter the house and gardens.)
High Level Walk: Northern Bens, A nice Horseshoe walk to start-The hike takes in Ben Bhreac and Binn Bhan and will take between 4-5hours to complete
Total height gain: 650 metres

Monday 5th April
Start time: 10.30am
Low Level Walk: Today’s walk takes us North to Shramore Lodge, where we begin our walk on the Bangor Trail; an old drovers track deep in the Nephin mountain range. Our route merges with the Western Way and takes us back to our starting point. Distance about 8 miles on forest tracks with some boggy wet sections on the Bangor trail.
Time: allow 3 - 4 hours
High Level: Croagh Patrick Mountain. We start at the village of Murrisk and ascend the pilgrim path to the summit. We descend to the first station at 550 metres and then turn southwards and pick up a section of the Western Way in Mayo, that winds itself back to the main road. Time 5 Hours - Height Gain 750 meters on loose screed, back road and old bog tracks.

€260 per person sharing

Single Supplement of €20.00 per night. (Limited number of Singles available)

  • Please note that for insurance purposes we cannot take anyone under the age of 16.
  • This Itinerary can be changed or altered at the guides discretion
  • All participants require the correct walking gear

For further information on walking in Wesport click here

Gerry Greensmyth,
Croagh Patrick Walking Tours,
Belclare, Westport, Co Mayo, Ireland.
Tel / Fax : +353 98 26090
Mobile: 087 2333 295
www.walkingguideireland.com
specialists in centre based walking holidays

The Westport area is a walkers paradise. We can recommend short walking tours around Westport Town or for the more energetic, we can recommend walks on rambling country lanes, breathtaking coastal paths , mountain treks and pilgrim routes. Contact hotel reception for further information.Walking grade: A choice of two walks

 

 

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