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Casey Skellig Michael Tours

Skellig Landing Tours & Skellig Michael Boat Tours

Welcome to Skellig Michael Tours

On the Skellig Michael Landing Tour you get off the boat and step on to the islandWith the Skellig Michael Boat Tour you stay on the boat as it goes around both the Skellig Islands getting right up close to see the historic sites and wildlife on Skellig Michael and the gannet colony on Little Skelligs.

The Skellig Landing Tour season begins mid May and finishes on Sept 30th. The Skellig Boat Tour season runs from April to end September.

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Our Skellig Michael Tours

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Skellig Michael Eco Tour
April - Sep
The Skellig Michael Eco Boat Tours depart regularly throughout the day. On this tour the boat circles around Skellig Michael and Little Skelligs. This allows you to get up close to both Skellig Islands. From here you can see both the wildlife and the historical sites.
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Skellig Michael Landing Tour
May - Sep
The Skellig Michael Landing Tour departs Portmagee marina only once per day. The departure time changes frequently depending on the sea conditions as well as the available Skellig Michael Landing time slots. The boat arrives back from the Skellig Islands in the afternoon.

What Our Customers Say

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Truly a one of a kind experience. My wife booked the trip about 6 months in advance. Throughout the reservation process they are very direct that the weather can cause the trip to be cancelled at anytime and we were fortunate to have beautiful weather the day of our trip. Capt Casey provided us with a warm welcome, smooth passage, and informative details along the way.
James Blue
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I loved this trip - 10/10 experience! My highlights included: - Amazing views on the island and as we travelled around the island in the boat. - Informative tour guides on the island to tell us the history. - Very helpful and engaging guide on the boat during our trip. Ken looked after us so well, and even gave me his jacket as I had forgotten mine. (Although in the end I didn’t need it as we had a beautiful day and no rain) I would highly recommend this amazing trip!
Peter Duffy
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Fantastic trip today, we loved every single minute of it! The weather was perfect as was the skipper and he managed to take us into several nocks and crannies of the Skelligs. I would not hesitate to recommend, booking was easy and the craic was great....thank you...
Melissa Harris
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The most amazing tour in all of Ireland. No doubt about it. Booking early is highly recommended, or else you will not get on—a beautiful island with a great history of 1500 years. Imagine 1500 years ago, and people started building a monastery on this rock off the coast of Ireland. On top of the history, you get Puffins in abundance— one of the most photogenic birds. Highly, highly recommended.
Ilja-Otis Godau
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Boat trip, not land - I loved this experience so much, my partner too. We joined the boat with an American tourists. We didn't have a sunny day for it but we made it anyway. It was interesting to see the power of the Atlantic Ocean with waves. On the way there we saw a lot of kinds of birds...
Petra Cervenkova

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Skellig Michael
(Great Skellig Rock)

The Skellig Islands are 12 km (8 miles) off the coast. However, they can be accessed by boat from Portmagee in South West Kerry. Skellig Michael rises from the sea, reaching a height of 218 metres above sea level. On the summit of Skellig Michael there is a well-preserved 6th century monastic settlement. Skellig Michael gets its name from Saint Michael the Archangel.

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St Fionan of Skellig Michael

On our Skellig Michael Tours you will see the 6th century monastic settlement on the north peak of the island. Great Skellig was home to the monks of St Fionan. These monks led very simple lives out in the wild Atlantic, living in stone beehive shaped huts. The huts are round-shaped on the outside. In contrast, they are rectangular on the inside. In fact, they were carefully built to prevent a single drop of rain from coming in.

The monks spent their days praying in the church, while dedicating some of their time for studying and tending to their gardens. In general, it is thought that the rock was the permanent home to about 12 monks. In the 13th century the climate started to change and life became very harsh out in the Atlantic. For this reason, the monks left the Skelligs and moved to the mainland in Ballinskelligs. Subsequently, the Great Skellig became a place of pilgrimage.

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