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Blasket Island tour

On the Rick Steves tour 7/5 - 7/18, but we have an entire day 'free' on the Dingle. I'm thinking about booking a separate tour -

90euro for the below tour - anyone take? I'll only need to choose between the 9AM and 11AM timeslots.

The Great Blasket Island Experience – a speedy sea safari paired with a Great Blasket Island landing departing Dingle Marina daily.
Touring the dramatic coastline all the way to the Great Blasket Island. An abundance of history, heritage and nature paired with breathtaking views, staggering cliffs, geology and wildlife.

Landing on the Great Blasket Island for approx 3.5 - 4 hours visitors can delve into Irish history and experience the lives of 'Islanders' and how they lived 100 years ago. Free guided history tours of the old Island village provided by OPW guides.

On the return boat journey, we tour further to the surrounding Blasket Islands and explore the 'Wild Bank' - a shallow feeding ground and hotspot for any marine activit, i.e whales, dolphins, basking sharks and birdlife.

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We had originally been booked for your tour, but ended up needing to switch to one in June. :) I'll be curious about the responses because I am trying to decide on this, too.

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That tour sounds fantastic. We went to Great Blasket Island on our own by ferry and it took most of a day. Your tour would be more interesting than just going on your own as we did. We had the option of canceling if the weather was bad but luckily for us the weather was gorgeous. I would say that the trip out there is well worth it in good weather if you can manage it.

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What tour company are you planning on using? We will be on this trip in June. Can you book this the week of to decide based on the weather?

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I found this one in Trip Advisor, but when I search again, the price has already gone up. Must've been a 'tease'. I'll keep checking.