bonjour. nous nous sommes rendus sur l'ile en aout. vous etes accueilli à la descente du bateau . Une personne vous donne les consignes de securite.puis vous montez librement. un guide vous attend aux huttes et explique ensuite l'histoire du site. compter 15 à 20 mn d'escalier pentu. Chacun va à son rythme et en considerant que vous resterez 2h sur site , vous aurez le temps.

Honestly it’s all Owned by one family so if you go to the dock, there is one company and you’ll be golden :)

Yes, they book crazy quick. I would recommend seeing about a hotel stay in Portmagee and if they have a captain that has access to landing at Skellig Michael. If they have no room available you can always show up at the port and get in line to see if there are any no shows. I wish you the best because it is a once in a lifetime locale to visit.

It’s not recommended for children Under 12, not sure if it’s compelyely off limits just mentions “not recommended” In fairness if you’re doing the landing tour, bringing kids should be a big no no, dangerous climb as is. The eco tour shouldn’t be an issue.

Our boat had outside seating only, back to back. No inside option and it was damp and windy and cool but beautiful.

I’m not sure who all does landing tours but with Casey’s, they open up the reservations about 3 months ahead of time. It’s all dependent upon how the winter was when they can start allowing people to go. They usually post on their website the day/time that reservations will open up and if you and some other people aren’t waiting at that exact moment to book, you probably won’t get a spot within the first 6 weeks. Our booking was for May 16th, about 10 days after the first possible booking but they ended up cancelling our reservation because when the time came, the island still wasn’t ready for people. I don’t think it was ready until end of May/beginning of April.

This is true, I suspect you will get through in April. They don't go on the Rock until Mid-May, the start going around the Rock in April. You can Google Kerry Councle. Sheila

Portmagee. It can be rough going out and be aware they can cancel night before if it is too rough. Towards Oct the seas are worse and think they end Oct anyway. I believe there is another area you can leave from but it might be in another county

You can see it from the main island, if the weather allows. I am afraid they do not do boat tours in February, though.