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Adventure Activities There are many adventure activities apart from walking and cycling along the Connemara Loop,
some requiring more energy than others, these include Abseiling, Adventure Activities, Archery, Angling, Beaches galore! Boat
Cruises, Body Boarding, Clay Pigeon Shooting, Dance Movement, Deep Sea Fishing, Hill Walking, Horse Riding, Island Hopping,
Kayaking, Mountain Climbing, Museums, Park, Reiki, Sailing, Scuba Diving, Sight-seeing, Swimming, Windsurfing, Zip Wire and
much more.
Some of the many pleasures of Connemara are best sampled by walking and as you walk the road and some of the forestry
trails, you will see the golden gorse, red and purple fuchsia, the scarlet of the Rowan, the pink of the Rhododendron and
the white of the Hawthorn. You will be able to pick out the lazy beds, as they were called, where tenant farmers mainly grew
potato crops, and they are the only sign that is left, maybe, from pre-famine times (1845-1849), of the days when the population
so far exceeded that of the present. Two of the Maamturk mountain range walks are the Western Way and the Máméan Walk to St Patrick’s Bed, which on your
return walk has panoramic views right across to ErrisbegMountain by Roundstone. Over many of the bogs, which are still used by locals for fuel in open fires
and ranges alike, there are tracks which can be walked with due care.
Cycling
the Connemara Loop As an
example you could commence your trip at Maam Cross and cycle along the Loop towards Maam (8km) then onto the village of Leenane (14km). Here take the left-hand road
towards Letterfrack and you will come across the main section of the Killary Fjord (5km). From there continue straight on
to the village of Letterfrack (14km) and take a right towards Tully Cross (6km). From Tully Cross continue to Renvyle (4km)
continue past the gate of the Renvyle House and follow the road to the end of the peninsula (4km). Just before RenvyleCastle, take a left and cycle
up hill to the next left continue straight on. This will take you around the base of Tully Mountain and down to Derryinver
(4km)keeping to the left passing Ocean’s Alive until you reach a T-junction , take a right back to Letterfrack (4km). At
the crossroads at Letterfrack take a left towards the magnificent Kylemore Abbey (4km) and after the Kylemore Pass Inn take
a right turn (signed to Recess) and you enter the Inagh Valley and onto Recess (21km). From Recess you can return to Maam
Cross (13km). (92km in total)
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