Clifden Eco Beach Camping and Caravanning Park

Away from your seascape pitch, you don’t have to travel far for more spectacular scenery: the village of Claddaghduff on the doorstep of the park is between the Atlantic and the Twelve Bens mountain range where rocks and the ocean meet. These famed peaks are often scaled by fell walkers who attempt to hike all twelve in one day; if you’re only up for trying one, be brave and make it Benbaun, the highest peak in the Bens and the highest in Co Galway at 729 metres (Benglenisky is the lowest Ben at 516 metres if all this is making you feel faint). Even closer to base are the sea fishing, scuba diving, boating, windsurfing and other watersports from Clifden Eco Beach Camping and Caravanning Park’s own private beach – or snorkel from the water here on a lazy drift dive along the estuary of Streamstown Bay. Feetwise, the tidal island of Omey is within walking distance of your pitch (if you’re there in late July keep an eye out for the famed Omey races on the beach), and there are several other coastal walks directly from the park and around the open landscape of Connemara: take the beach road from Clifden to the harbour and boat club, the Sky Road along Clifden Bay and Streamstown Bayor, or walk the Bog Road into sloping Roundstone and its conservation area. You’ll find several inland options too including Connemara National Park, beautiful Kylemore Abbey and its gardens; outdoor activities and bungee jumping at Killary Adventure Centre; lough and river fishing for trout and salmon; island hopping to the west coast islands like Clare, Achill and Inishbofin; and urban adventuring in Westport and Galway.