Beara reveals its wonderful charms

GLENINCHAQUIN WALK, BEARA PENINSULA, CO KERRY

Parking at the second car park, we walk back to a green gate on our right and take the rough track climbing gently beyond. When the stream on our left is in spate, it rivals the waterfalls at the valley end, and is immediately beside us.

After the second gate, the path curves around and comes to a rustic bench. Behind us, we have the sound of falling water and ahead a panoramic vista of the Gleninchaquin lakes stretching down the valley with the distant peaks of Macgillicuddy Reeks on the Iveragh Peninsula beyond. Kenmare bay, in between, is hidden by the contours of the land.