Active & Outdoors
Being outdoors, breathing great lungfuls of salt wind, is what it’s all about on Loop Head. There is a vast range of activities to choose from, from the placid to the adventurous, on land and on water. Most of the activities shown here involve making use of local knowledge and guidance – perhaps the best way to experience and learn as much as you can while you’re here…
Active & outdoors
Camping
As dedicated camping enthusiasts know, camping is an activity in itself. At Loop Head, you can either pitch your tent in the wild (with permission), camp on an established site, or avail of state-of-the-art eco-camping facilities. Details: Purecamping (Querrin) Phone: +353 (0)65 905 79 53 / Trea: +353 (0)86 381 92… ..Read more >
Dolphin Watching
Dolphin Watching & Wildlife Eco-Adventure Ireland’s greatest river opens out to the Atlantic Ocean at Carrigaholt – home to Europe’s largest group of bottlenose dolphins. With approximately 200 individuals here at the Mouth of the Shannon, the dolphin encounter rate with Dolphinwatch is one of the best in the world.… ..Read more >
Coasteering
Coasteering is a fairly new adventure sport that has been spreading fast throughout Europe and the UK in recent years and is now becoming increasingly popular in Ireland too. Coasteering involves climbing, jumping, scrambling and swimming around the rock pools, cliffs and caves of the intertidal zone. The Loop Head… ..Read more >
Horse Riding
There is perhaps no better way to enjoy the unique peace and laid-back pace of the Loop Head peninsula than on horseback. If you feel like saddling up, Carmen’s Riding School can offer short or long treks on quiet country roads with beautiful views over the Shannon Estuary, Poulnasherry Bay… ..Read more >
Cycling
Cyclists keen to experience Loop Head on two wheels will be relieved to learn that the peninsula has a very gently undulating topography, with almost no daunting hills. The Loop Head Cycleway is a 65km circuit along the coast roads starting and ending in Kilkee, hugging the shores of the… ..Read more >
Guided Scenic Tours
If you want to see Loop Head the easy way, you can always let someone else do the driving… Around The Loop, a local, family-run tour and transport business, provides scenic and historical tours of the peninsula for small groups. The operation is run by sisters Martina and Carmel Haugh… ..Read more >
Kayaking
When tidal and weather conditions permit, Loop Head is an ideal spot for kayakers. The coastline is honeycombed with caves, large and small – many of them home to grey seals – and there is some arresting cliff and shoreline scenery to marvel at from the many isolated coves and… ..Read more >
Walking
A ramble around Loop Head takes in wildlife, history, geology, heritage, scenery and of course the obligatory stops to chat with the locals and enjoy a meal or a coffee. You can please yourself: either wander wherever the road and the mood take you, or try a guided walk led… ..Read more >
Sailing
Loop Head has it all for sailors: you can go on an unforgettable sailing trip from almost anywhere around the peninsula. Try a trip from Kilrush to Scattery Island and on to Carrigaholt, or from Carrigaholt to the tip of the peninsula, viewing beautiful rock formations, seals, seabirds and dolphins… ..Read more >
Scuba Diving
Jacques Cousteau once described Loop Head as the best diving spot in Europe, and the vast array of marine life here attracts divers from all around the globe. Divers can go to depths from 10 metres to 45 metres, and enter another world. You can swim through a ‘kelp forest’… ..Read more >
