Letterfrack Sea Safari Boat Tours | Boat Trips Connemara

Take a One Hour Boat Trip on Letterfrack Bay

Relax and enjoy the peace, tranquility and closeness to nature of Letterfack Bay in beautiful Connemara on our One Hour Scenic and Wildlife Nature Tours.

Purpose-built to the highest safety standards and certified by the Department of Transport to operate on one of Europe's most scenic and well protected harbours, you will be guaranteed a trip packed full of fun, enjoyment and information. Our boat has Under-Water Vewing Panels so you can discover a world beneath the surface that looks like a different planet with it's forests of sea weeds and kelp.

See and feel the excitement when children and the young at heart get to hold and touch a real starfish, shrimp or shore crab!

Get to see and handle real live shellfish and learn about the different species - where they live, what they eat and how long they live.

Find out what fish species live in Letterfrack Bay including Grey Mullet, Thorn Back Ray, Dog Fish and Large Bull Huss.

Terns

Learn about the sea birds that make Letterfrack Bay their home and nesting grounds. Like the Sandwich and Common Tern that fly 7,000 miles from South Africa every Spring/Summer to nest on Lamb's Island which is a nature reserve. The bay is also home to Grey Herons, Oyster Catchers, Guillemots, Cormorants, Curlews, Great Black Gulls, Great Northern Divers, Mallard Ducks and Black-headed Gulls.

Spot the shy otters' hide outs and if you're lucky you might even catch a glimpse of these playful marine mammals. Other sea mammals that are sometimes seen on the Ballinakill Harbour tour are dolphins and porpoises.

Learn about the famous Connemara mountains. Find out their names, heights and where Connemara marble has been quarried for years from these mountains.

Enquire about our Sunset Cruise which offers a chance to see the mountains in a different light. Watching the sunset on a fine summer's evening from Letterfrack Bay as it turns the sea crimson and violet behind Letter Hill is as beautiful a sight as you will find anywhere in the world!