Hello! I'll be traveling solo to Ireland and plan to not drive on my own. I'll be flying into Dublin and the end of my trip will involve goofing around Dublin and the area with local friends, but for the 5 days before that, they'll be working so I want to run off to the west coast and see what I can. I found backpacker tours that are 5 days that do Aran Islands, Dingle, Cliffs of Moher, and Galway, but the timing sadly doesn't allow for my other plans with the friends with limited time.
The other backpacker tours are 3 or 4 days and seem to give up either Aran Islands or Dingle... so I'd have to choose. But these tours are all out of Dublin, so I'm wondering if there are any backpacker tours I could take if I take the train as soon as I land to Galway, then take a small group tour from there? I'd assume that not having to drive cross country, it would be much easier to cover Aran Islands and Dingle in a 3 day tour (though perhaps a bit rushed). After some googling, I haven't yet found a Dingle tour from Galway, but maybe I'm not looking in the right place. Does anyone know of such a tour?