Walking holidays on Achill Island
Our holiday cottage is well placed with access to all of Achill islands’ Walking and hiking routes.
Achill Island is well geared up for a great Walking adventure with well documented and highly maintained routes just for the walkin and hiking enthusiast.
Achill Island has numerous well documented and officially mapped walking routes for both the beginner and the advanced walking holiday.
You will notice that our holiday cottage is situated at the heart of many of these routes and allows easy access from the front door.
Wherever you go on Achill Island you will never be more than a few minutes from a guided walking route.
These guided walks will take you along the rugged coastline, the beautiful countryside or a flat bogland and allow you to get the most from the beautiful views that Achill has to offer.
Look at the routes below and if needed then feel free to download them and use as a handy guide whilst here.
Either as a group or alone you will find a route that suits your own capabilities.
From easy to hard you will find a route that suits your needs.
The main Walking routes on Achill are-.
Walk A – Keem Bay
Distance: 7km
Aggregate Height Gain: 374m
Estimated Time: 2hrs 20mins
Grade: Strenuous initially, Moderate overall.
Walk B – Dooagh
Distance: 12.5km
Aggregate Height Gain: 379m
Estimated Time: 3hrs 40mins
Grade: Moderate.
Walk C – Dooagh / Keel
Distance: 12.5km
Aggregate Height Gain: Insignificant
Estimated Time: 3hrs 5mins
Grade: Moderate.
Walk D – Keel-Trawmore
Distance: 8km
Aggregate Height Gain: Insignificant
Estimated Time: 1hr 50mins
Grade: Easy.
Walk E – Slievemore
Distance: 4.5km
Aggregate Height Gain: 60m
Estimated Time: 1hr 10mins
Grade: Moderate.
Walk F – Doogort Loop
Distance: 9km
Gain: Insignificant
Time: 2hrs 5mins
Grade: Easy.
Walk G – Valley-Dooniver
Distance: 12km
Aggregate Height Gain: Insignificant
Estimated Time: 2hrs 40mins
Grade: Easy.
Walk I – The Saula Loop
Distance: 10km
Aggregate Height Gain: 87m
Estimated Time: 2hrs 30mins
Grade: Easy.
Walk J – Achill-Knockmore
Distance: 14km
Aggregate Height Gain: 383m
Estimated Time: 4 hrs
Grade: Moderate.
Walk K – Dooega-Minaun Loop
Distance: 18.5km
Aggregate Height Gain: 569m
Estimated Time: 5 hrs 20 mins
Grade: Strenuous.
Walk L – The Atlantic Loop
Distance: 12.5km
Aggregate Height Gain: Insignificant
Estimated Time: 3 hrs
Grade: Easy.
Walk M – Corraun-Arp Loop
Distance: 10km
Aggregate Height Gain: 243m
Estimated Time: 2 hrs 50 mins
Grade: Easy.
Walk N – Corraun-Bolinglanna
Distance: 7km
Aggregate Height Gain: Insignificent
Estimated Time: 1 hrs 40 mins
Grade: Easy.