Me and my fiance are going to Ireland for our honeymoon. We are from South Africa and would like to get some advice regarding our itinerary. We are going to be there 6 days and do a self drive. We will be arriving in Dublin 07:00 on the 14th of March 2017.
14th March 2017: Arrive in Dublin, pick up car at airport, spend the whole day in Dublin (Heritage Pass) by doing the Hop on/Hop off bus which will include: Dublin Zoo, Guinness Warehouse, Trinity College, St Patrick's/Christ Church Cathedral. After the whole day, we will book in at our cottage and maybe go to a local pub the evening for a bite and some nice music.
15th March 2017: Eat breakfast at cottage and go south to Powerscourt Gardens and Glendalough through the Wicklow mountains and check in early at our hotel in Kilkenny. From there we will go to Waterford crystal factory and spend some time there and go back to Kilkenny where we will spend our evening.
16th March 2017: Eat breakfast and visit the Kilkenny castle for a quick tour and from there we will go to Rock of Cashel. After Rock of Cashel, we will be heading south to Cork and Cobh where we will spend the afternoon and from there we will go to our hotel in Clonakilty. Spend the evening in a nice local pub for supper and traditional music.
17th March 2017: (St Patrick's Day) Eat breakfast at our hotel and then head west to Kenmare where we will start our tour through the Ring of Kerry (Clockwise). We will also do the Skillig Ring (No buses luckily) and go over the bridge at Portmagee (Maybe go to Puffin Island if there is time). After this we will be heading to our hotel in Killarney where we will spend the evening in local pub and celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the locals.
18th March 2017: Eat breakfast and go to Killarney National Park, after that we will be heading northwest to Dingle where we will visit the Aquarium and do the Slea head drive. After that, we will head east through Tralee to Limerick and go to our hotel in Bunratty. We will spend the evening in Bunratty or Limerick watching the rugby game Ireland vs England in a local sports pub.
19th March 2017: Eat breakfast at hotel, visit the Bunratty castle, go to Cliffs of Moher, visit the Aillwee Caves and from there drive to Galway where we will spend the afternoon and get lunch. After we walked around, we will be heading east to Dublin where we will spend our last night. Go out the evening to relax.
20th March 2017: Get up, have breakfast and catch a plane back to South Africa.
Feel free to suggest any extra activities that we could do or skip. Will really appreciate any tips as well...