Ireland - Youth & Adventure Buyers Guide 2018/2019

ADVENTURE SAMPLE ITINERARY TO HELP YOU PROGRAMME AN ADVENTURE TOUR IN IRELAND, HERE IS A SUGGESTED PROGRAMME FOR YOU TO CONSIDER: DAY 1 DUBLIN Start your tour in Dublin with a Kayaking trip. Kayaking.ie offers a wide variety of kayaking classes and tours in the Dublin area, all of which are sure to satisfy your client’s appetite for adventure. Or for adrenaline junkies, those who aren’t afraid of the cold and people who want to show off their good balance, there’s no better way to spend a day than at Dublin’s Wake Dock . Wakedock is Ireland’s first cable wakeboard park, with speed and obstacles adjustable to suit all abilities and none. Take time out with lunch in one of the many cafés in Dublin City Centre. Continue your tour by experiencing a forest adventure on a zipwire. Zipit offers the raw thrill of the great outdoors with a harness or safety net to catch you should you fall. Recreate your own action hero stunt moments as you hurtle down a zipwire or BMX over a treetop bridge. Alternatively finish off your day and play some ‘hurling’ or football like a native! Experience Gaelic Games offers the fast paced thrill of hurling and the sheer skill of football to groups as small as five people. Don’t try and understand the rules just yet, it’s all about teamwork and learning the basics as you wield your hurley and hand-pass the sliotar to the next person. Dinner and overnight in Dublin city centre DAY 2 IRELAND’S ANCIENT EAST Depart Dublin early morning for Ireland’s Ancient East. Travel to Glendalough and explore the 6th century monastic ruins in Glendalough before taking a self-guided walk. There are nine way-marked walking trails in the valley of Glendalough. The walks vary from a short half-hour stroll to a long four hour hill walk. Large maps of the walks are displayed at the visitor centre beside the monastic city and on the notice board at the Upper Lake car park. All the walks start at the National Park Information Office near the Upper Lake. Each trail is signposted with colour-coded arrows. The staff at the Information Office can help you choose a suitable route. Alternatively why not hire your very own walking guide with Hilltop TreksWalking Guides who will take you around this magnificent area. Spend the afternoon discovering the beautiful Blessington Lakes in a different way with a visit to Avon Ri to sample the lake and shore activites at the Adventure resort there. Or choose your very own personal transport with a segway tour along the lake front, visiting local historical attractions along the lake trails and the Blessington Greenway. Travel onwards to Kilkenny , dinner and overnight in the city 94 Kayaking Glendalough Hilltop Treks, Dublin Mountains & CoWicklow Wake Dock