When we got to Kenmare we had planned to tour the Ring of Kerry, sailing around the Skelligs and enjoying the scenic Irish towns along the way. Ken and Denise, our gracious hosts, recommended that we give the Beara Peninsula a whirl instead, as it’s every bit as scenic and quite devoid of tourists, and also littered with the most hilarious road signs.

So, in the rain, we pointed our Reunault Laguna down along the Beara Peninsula. I believe Jayson’s exact words were, “The Ring of Kerry can suck it.” Suffice it to say, Beara’s great; one of the many things we came across was a place to pull off and hike down to these sea caves, where the ocean comes through the holes in the rock at high tide and washes up kelp and jellyfish.

You also can hike up above the cliffs for a breathtaking view of the Atlantic Ocean: