Join John at historical Derrynane Harbour for a leisurely stroll along the diverse shoreline. Enjoy some seaweed nibbles including the flavoursome Duilleasc, which sustained the monks on the Skellig Island which sits 12km away on the horizon and their only international visitors in 600 years - the Norse Vikings!

 We will graze on fresh seaweeds as we stroll along the Wild Atlantic Way - including Nori, the famous Sushi roll wrapping. Discover how to sustainably harvest these sea plants and learn how they earned their name as a super-food. We learn about the rich history of seaweed use from gunpowder to medicine, from firefighting to brewing. Guests will also get to find and sample some seashore vegetables like Sea Radish & Rock Samphire!  Next we visit an ancient ‘Shell Midden’ - A recorded archaeological site that may date back as early as 8,000 BC, which is evidence of Ireland’s earliest settlers who thrived on seaweeds, fish & shellfish

Guests learn how these seaplants photosynthesise and give us over half our Oxygen! Discover how the give us over half the worlds Oxygen and learn about seaweed farming.

Visitors are given 2 Seaweed postcards and they can email us for a synopsis of the tour which includes a Seaweed Nutritional Chart & a Seaweed Identification Chart.    .

  Duration 1.5 hours,

For info on monthly public tours please sign up to our newsletter below

Contact John  to check availability etc  for private tours

email ; [email protected]

whatsapp/Call    00353861062110