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THE WALKS - DAY LONG WALKS
Here is a sample of our day
long walks. Click here to read about our half day
walks, and shorter walks are also available on request - walks typically range from an
hour to a day in length. Day Long Walks... For day long walks please bring your own packed lunch. We suggest you wear appropriate walking boots and rain clothing. The Into The Wilderness
Walk Grade: Strenuous Our excursion starts on one of the ancient highways of the region - a “green road“. The road initially bisects a shrub of hazel. When the hazel thins, we are treated to a breathtaking Burren panorama of limestone pavements, hills, inland cliffs and ravines. There is a stone fort and fulachta fia (prehistoric cooking sites) at either side of our path. We leave the green road and pick a trail along the shores of a lake to explore a habitat rich in wild Burren flowers. Then we finally begin our ascent of one of the great limestone hills of the Burren in the heart of the National Park. At the summit of 630 feet we take a break for lunch just a few feet from the hilltop burial cairn. The limestone lowlands seem to stretch to infinity beneath us in the distance, whilst in the foreground there is the poignant sight of a famine relief road. After lunch we descend gently before climbing again to the summit of another of the Burren’s magnificent hills (620 feet). Here we are often lucky enough to witness one of the most enthralling sights of the region - the march of the wild mountain goats.
Photo: Reverse transhumance is the practise whereby cattle are brought up to the hills in winter to graze. This practise is known in the Burren as 'winterage'. This is the only region in Europe where reverse transhumance occurs. Heart of Burren Walks
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