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Day 8 of 10 · Kenmare · The Balanced Atlantic Explorer

Day 8 — Torc

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An active day out from your base in Kenmare, with a short drive (1 h 10).

Torc
Hanging lake of Lough Erhogh in Mangerton Mountain, Killarney National Park, Ireland © photographed on 28 July 2014 by Britishfinance — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 6 · Killarney · Ireland

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day 8 0 nights 35 min on the road35 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 20 · culture 30. Based on: waterfall; summit reached from the stage (Torc Mountain); castle reached from the stage (Ross Castle).

programme
6 h 30
road
1 h 10
  • Torc Mountain Easy HikeInterest nature 20Place Torc Mountain, 1.2 km away · exact place name★★☆☆☆ · known in 8 languages — article “Torc Mountain”“Torc Mountain, at 535 metres (1,755 ft), is the 329th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list. It is a popular mountain for hill walkers as it has a stone or boarded path (using railway sleepers) from its base at Torc Waterfall to its summit, which has views of the Lakes of Killarney.” — after Wikipedia

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    4 h 30
  • Lakes of Killarney Boat TourInterest nature 20

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    2 h

To add if time allows: Cycling to Ross Castle (3 h) · Killarney House Gardens (3 h)

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Killarney House Gardens

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