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Dublin To Galway Cliffs of Moher Killarney Dingle Blarney Castle Six Day Tour
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Six days is the sweet spot for seeing the best of Ireland’s west and south without feeling rushed. This private chauffeur tour gives you two nights in Galway and three in Kerry, with a Mercedes E or S Class and a knowledgeable driver at your disposal for eight hours each day - up to 300 km of driving included daily.
The extra day compared to a five-day itinerary makes a real difference. The Dingle Peninsula gets its own dedicated day - arguably the most beautiful stretch of coastline in the country - rather than being squeezed onto a longer drive. The Ring of Kerry also gets a full day to itself, which means you can actually stop at the viewpoints, take a detour, and breathe it in rather than rushing through. Galway, the Cliffs of Moher, Connemara, and Blarney Castle round out an itinerary that takes in every major landmark on the western seaboard.
The flexibility here is what sets it apart from a group tour. Your chauffeur knows the roads and the spots the tour buses drive straight past. If you want to linger in a craft shop in Dingle or take a back road to a medieval ruin, just say the word. Three nights in Killarney - or split between Killarney and the quieter town of Kenmare - gives you evenings to enjoy without packing up every morning.
Choosing between Killarney and Kenmare for your Kerry base: Killarney is larger, has more evening options, and you can walk directly into Killarney National Park from the town centre. Kenmare - forty minutes south over Moll’s Gap - is smaller and quieter, with a tighter cluster of genuinely excellent restaurants including Mulcahy’s on Henry Street and No. 35 on Main Street, which runs its own rare-breed Saddleback pig farm two kilometres up the road. If your group prefers a lively town with sessions, stay in Killarney. If you want dinner without the coach-tour crowd and a base for the Ring of Beara as well as the Ring of Kerry, Kenmare earns it.
Dingle Peninsula day: Dingle town is the only working fishing town on this itinerary, and Out of the Blue on the waterfront serves only what came off the boats that morning. If they’re closed, the boats didn’t go out - plan a backup. The Slea Head Drive runs 47 km anti-clockwise around the tip of the peninsula, passing ancient beehive huts and views of the Blasket Islands. Your chauffeur will know the road; resist the urge to rush it. Murphy’s ice cream on the main street makes sea-salt ice cream with Dingle Bay water - have one before you drive west.
Ring of Kerry timing: The standard coach tour runs the 179 km circuit clockwise. Your private car can go anti-clockwise, which puts you going against the bus traffic and opens up passing places and pull-ins that are otherwise blocked. Leave Killarney or Kenmare before nine to get ahead of the day-trip coaches. Ladies View and Moll’s Gap are particularly worth the stop on a clear morning.
Blarney on Day 6: The queue for the Blarney Stone can be two hours in high summer. An early start from Kerry and arriving at Blarney before ten gives you the castle before the coach groups fill the car park. The Rock Close - a Victorian rock garden behind the castle with the Wishing Steps and the Witch’s Kitchen - takes another 45 minutes and is quieter than the queue for the stone itself. The castle grounds include the Lake Walk, a 3 km path to Blarney Lake that most visitors miss entirely.