WILD ATLANTIC WAY - The Best Road Trip in Europe! | VanLife Ireland
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- This is VanLife in Ireland. Travelling the Wild Atlantic Way by Campervan, we wild camped and road-tripped the west coast of Ireland for six weeks. Is this one of the best road-trips in Europe? We reckon you'd be hard pushed to find a more hassle-free, wild, beautiful route along the coast.
The sheer scale and variety of landscapes Ireland has to offer is immense. And the Wild Atlantic Way is a road trip of a lifetime. Spread out over 1,600 miles, the long coastal road winds its way from the bottom of Ireland, all the way to its top (or vice versa!).
Travelling around Ireland, and along the famous Wild Atlantic Way route, is an eye-achingly beautiful drive, from towering mountain peaks, rugged coast line, empty roads, secluded corners, remote islands, diverse wildlife, incredible hikes and more.
We took on the Wild Atlantic Way in the summer of 2022, driving south to north in our campervan. We had a blast, and, as we do with some of our most memorable trips, we've decided to share some top tips and favourite things to do and see.
Contents:
00:00 Intro
01:15 Cork
05:35 Kerry
09:02 Dingle (Kerry)
14:36 Galway (and Sligo & Mayo)
18:00 Donegal
Hey everyone - thanks SO much for watching and commenting, this has turned out to be one of our most watched videos. It's really appreciated (although I now wish I hadn't recorded the voice over with a sore throat!) If you want to catch-up with more of our adventures on the road, you can do so via our main UA-cam page here. This includes road-trips to Portugal, Spain and Scotland including the Outer Hebrides, Shetland & Orkney! (and with slightly better recorded voice over - we're still learning!)
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Thanks!
This is a great video! We’re planning our Wild Atlantic Way road trip for Spring 2024 with our two dogs and looking for inspiration. Thanks for sharing ❤
Thanks for watching and the kind comment! ☺️ Hope you enjoy the road-trip as much as we did, it was incredible! (Top tip for hiking with dogs in Ireland - do a little Google beforehand to see if they're dog friendly, some places, due to livestock in the fields, didn't allow them, even on leads!)
You must visit the Sheep's Head next time, the peninsular between Mizen and Beara. There are some epic, unspoilt views, especially at the end of the peninsular!
Ive done this trip several times in my camper...and doing it again in 2024, amazing experience
A fantastic road-trip, one of our favourites we've ever been on!
Awesome video, stunning scenery! Looking forward to 2023 videos of your next adventures!
Thank you! Putting this video together has got us SO excited for 2023. We cannot wait!
In West Cork you must have passed through my ancestral home, Ballydehob. It is lovely country with lovely people.
Thank you so much for your peaceful and well made videos.
Have just binge watched this playlist lovely videos ❤ thanks for helping me plan my WAW trip 😊
Ah thanks Erica, glad this was useful! There's still sooo much more to do along the way, but this is what we loved the most! Enjoy the trip, we fell in love with Ireland!
Great video guys. Loved it. Reliving old memories. Irelands coastline is so life affirming. Spent many long summer holidays drinking all this in. Thank you. ❤
Thanks for the comment :)! We still dream about Ireland's coast-line, it was STUNNING! We look forward to going back again in the future!
Thank you for a great tour. Spectacular views and an artistic representation of your trip. This region in on our bucket list. Curious, what month were you there? August?
Hi. Some stunning locations and park ups beautifully presented. Thanks x
Thank you! 🤙
Wonderful video, Kerry is my second home, nice to see you visit some very familiar spots in the Kingdom. Happy travelling 🇮🇪 💚
A brilliant little video, plus very well presented, good one guys
Thanks for watching and the kind words 👌!
Uniquely fantastic Vlog showcasing Ireland.. Very well done.. 🚐🤗👏👏☘
Thank you! Big up Ireland - beautiful place!
Brilliant vlog! cheers folks this trips on my "to go" hit list! Have a new subscriber 😉👍🏼
Thanks! It's such a good road-trip. There's so much more to do in each county, too, that I think we'll have to go back!
Thanks!
Just seen the super thanks! Thanks so much Erica ❤️! Hope you have an incredible trip!
Such a nice video am so glad i live in Ireland i see them views everyday
You're very lucky to have such a beautiful country!
An absolut fantastic Movie ❤ and great Storytelling!
Cheers
Thank you for the kind words guys! Hope your adventures are treating you kindly! Jo said you were in Scotland now?
@@TheseWildJourneys Yes, we are on Lewis & Harris at the moment 🤩🤩🤩
Oof we're jealous - say hi to Cliff Beach and Luskentyre for us! Hope it's not too windy, I think I saw a storm was brewing the other day!
@@TheseWildJourneys we have so far perfect weather this week. Its amazing - sunshine, beaches and rough wild landscapes 🥳
Hey everyone - thanks for watching! You can check out our blog on Ireland here for tips about campervan and motorhome travel along the Wild Atlantic Way: thesewildjourneys.com/2022/12/05/the-wild-atlantic-way-by-campervan/
I love the content but I cannot believe you skipped Co.Ckare coast and WWW, some of the most beautiful and unique landscape in Ireland if not Europe in the Burren, not forgetting the beaches, cliffs, food and traditional music. You got to come back. I love the content though.
I know! It's a great shame we didn't. There's just so much to do along the whole route, cutting out Clare was a tough decision! We'll definitely have to come back and give it attention next time! (As well as the countless other places we no doubt missed!)
The Celts found all the most scenic places and gave the two fingers tothe Romans
100%!
FYI, in Ireland a “strand” is a beach , one of those funny Irish ways of speaking English
It all makes sense now! 😅 So if I've said Fermoyle Strand Beach, I've essentially said Fermoyle beach beach 😂!
lovve it~ top content~ These. ;))
A great vid well done, nicely edited and great commentary. Only criticism is you missed out Co. Clare one of the most unique places in Ireland. With the Burren, a landscape unmatched in the world with unique flora found nowhere else. Also the Cliffs of Moher and Doolin etc. Another thing I noticed is that when touring just so much is missed in inland counties which have incredible treasures to discover and amazing scenery also. If you decide to come back again you gotta do Clare, and go Inland! Enjoy your future travels and thanks for the vid.
So much more to see and do! We were perhaps naive to think we could do it all in one trip, so had to cut some parts out of our journey. We drove through the Burren and it looked really cool - but you're right, would have been great to go to do more in Clare, visit the cliffs of Moher! And do more inland! (as well as to the east coast too!)
We're just going to have to go back! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video. You both did our country proud , it was fantastic and so glad you enjoyed yourselves. I guess you will both be applying for your passports, and we will be happy to have you 😂😂. Stay safe 🤝🇮🇪
Thanks for watching and commenting Sean! You sure do have a beautiful country! Can you vouch for us for our passports? Cheers! 🤙👌
I'm thinking if Frank had a vote he'd be voting for the beaches and the ball 😂
😂 it's all he wants in life to be fair!
Beautiful
Thank you!
I can’t believe you by passed the cliffs of Moher 😮😮😮😮
We know, we know! We're gonna have to go back and see them. We drove past the car park (on a really sunny day) and it was packed! So, we just carried on driving..! 🙈
Adore this just perfect. Do you have a list of the places you visited!? S I cN attempt to plot on a map
Thanks! We should really get round to doing a list/map! Maybe we will..!
(so no, don't have one... Yet!)
How did you find it with the dog in tow? We are arriving in Cork to start the route for 3 months in 3 days time. Been doing a bit of preplanning but have come across a lot of bad feeling towards dogs and lots of trails have banned them completely even on leads. Lots of beaches banned too. Did it affect you at all?
Good question! It required quite a bit of planning - more than we expected. Not so much with beaches, as most of the bigger ones had a seperate area for dogs, but with trails and walks etc we planned ahead by looking on All Trails.
From memory the National Parks like Killarney are fine, but it's when some hikes go through "permissive" farmland that they're banned 👎.
For pubs etc we phoned ahead to check, some loved em, some didn't let them inside 🤷♂️!
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