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Bookings are now available for kayaking trips on the lakes of Killarney over the winter months of 2011-2012.
Kayaking on Lough Lein can be done all throughout the winter, the locale providing some great sheltered bays to paddle.
Irish Adventures runs kayaking trips on Lough Lein with a minimum of 2 people (€50 per person).
The route runs from Ross Castle with landings on Inisfallen Island and Ross Island to see the Bronze Age copper mines. There may even be a chance to get a glimpse of the white tailed eagle introduced to Killarney National Park.
All equipment (wetsuits, booties, waterproof jacket and hats) will be supplied.
To book call Irish Adventures at 087 419 0318 (morings 9.30am-12.30pm; afternoons 2pm-5pm) or e-mail [email protected].

Bookings are now available for kayaking trips on the lakes of Killarney over the winter months of 2011-2012.

Kayaking on Lough Lein can be done all throughout the winter, the locale providing some great sheltered bays to paddle. 

Irish Adventures runs kayaking trips on Lough Lein with a minimum of 2 people (€50 per person). 

The route runs from Ross Castle with landings on Inisfallen Island and Ross Island to see the Bronze Age copper mines. There may even be a chance to get a glimpse of the white tailed eagle introduced to Killarney National Park.

All equipment (wetsuits, booties, waterproof jacket and hats) will be supplied. 

To book call Irish Adventures at 087 419 0318 (morings 9.30am-12.30pm; afternoons 2pm-5pm) or e-mail [email protected].

Published in Kayaking

William M Nixon has been writing about sailing in Ireland and internationally for many years, with his work appearing in leading sailing publications on both sides of the Atlantic. He has been a regular sailing columnist for four decades with national newspapers in Dublin, and has had several sailing books published in Ireland, the UK, and the US. An active sailor, he has owned a number of boats ranging from a Mirror dinghy to a Contessa 35 cruiser-racer, and has been directly involved in building and campaigning two offshore racers. His cruising experience ranges from Iceland to Spain as well as the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, and he has raced three times in both the Fastnet and Round Ireland Races, in addition to sailing on two round Ireland records. A member for ten years of the Council of the Irish Yachting Association (now the Irish Sailing Association), he has been writing for, and at times editing, Ireland's national sailing magazine since its earliest version more than forty years ago