Kylemore Abbey private tours put your party alone in a car with a driver-guide, collected from where you are staying. You pay one price for the vehicle, and the abbey ticket is yours to buy at the gate.
Your own car and driver-guide from wherever you stay in Galway, for up to seven. Aughnanure Castle, an hour with the sheepdogs, lunch at Veldon's Seafarer, two hours at Kylemore and the Sky Road. Entry fees are yours.
From $673 per group, up to 7
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Four to five hours from your Galway hotel for up to seven: across Connemara, two hours at Kylemore, 20 minutes on the Sky Road and back. Infant seats are available, and the abbey ticket is extra.
From $643 per group, up to 7
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A guide collects up to three of you in Galway: two hours at Kylemore, an hour at Aughnanure Castle and two hours at Killary Sheep Farm. It is sold as wheelchair accessible, and both admissions are optional extras.
From $878 per group, up to 3
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Up to four of you in a private car from Galway: two hours at Kylemore, an hour at the Royal Abbey of Cong, and the drive past Connemara National Park. Lunch and admissions are extra.
From $878 per group, up to 4
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Neal Doherty collects up to five in Westport or Ballina and guides in English or French: Doolough, Killary, the Sky Road, an hour in Clifden and an hour in Cong. Kylemore is a photo stop outside.
From $930 per group, up to 5
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Two days in a private car from Dublin for up to three, with about five hours at Kylemore, two in Cong and two in Galway. Hotels and lunch are not included, so book your night separately.
From $3,043 per group, up to 3
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Connemara Chauffeurs collects you where you stay: Aughnanure Castle, the sheepdogs, lunch, two hours at Kylemore and the Sky Road.
Check availabilityIt is a car and a driver-guide for your party alone, collected where you are staying and brought back at the end of the day. You pay one price for the vehicle, up to a set number of people, so the fare is the same whether two of you travel or the car is full.
The private days from Galway run from a half day of four to five hours to a full day of eight. Each gives you about two hours at Kylemore and adds its own stops: Aughnanure Castle, a working sheepdog farm, the Sky Road or Cong. From Westport or Ballina there is a private day that sees the abbey from outside, and from Dublin a two-day car with about five hours at the estate.
One thing is the same on every private tour here: the estate ticket is not in the fare. You buy it at the visitor centre or online, and your driver waits while you visit.
No early walk to a kerb. The Galway cars collect you from your hotel, and the other days start in Westport, Ballina or Dublin.
On past private days, drivers have stopped at a playground for children, shaped the day around a vegetarian family, and pulled in wherever a couple asked. A coach cannot wait for one party.
Connemara Chauffeurs' day and half day, and the 2-day car from Dublin, list infant seats. Lally Tours' Leenane coach and Galway Tour Company's coach do not supply them.
Aughnanure Castle, an hour at Joyce Country Sheepdogs, lunch at Veldon's Seafarer, two hours at Killary Sheep Farm, or a full hour at the Royal Abbey of Cong, depending on the day you book.
The price gap closes as your party grows. This is what each of you pays for a day from Galway, before the abbey ticket where it is extra.
| Private day, Connemara Chauffeurs | Coach, Lally Tours' Leenane day | Coach, Galway Tour Company | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fare | $673 per group, up to 7 | $76 per person | $51 per person |
| Each, for 2 | $336 | $76 | $51 |
| Each, for 4 | $168 | $76 | $51 |
| Each, for 7 | $96 | $76 | $51 |
| Abbey ticket | Extra | In the fare | EUR 14 cash, extra |
| Pickup | Your hotel | The HYDE Hotel, or your hotel on request | The Kinlay Hostel |
| Pace | Yours | The coach's | The coach's |
For a couple, the coach costs a fraction of the car. For seven, the private day comes to about $96 each, still more than the Lally seat with its ticket, but for a car that is yours all day. If you are two or three and cost matters most, the bus tours from Galway to Kylemore Abbey are the better buy.
Connemara Chauffeurs' half day takes up to seven from your Galway hotel: two hours at Kylemore, the Sky Road, and infant seats on request.
Check availabilityCompare the private cars with the coach days and the Dublin tours on Kylemore Abbey Tours.