Activities in County Fermanagh
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Castle Archdale Country Park
This park has pleasant woodland and lakeshore walks and cycle tracks in the former estate of 18th-century Archdale Manor. The island-filled bay was used in WWII as a base for Catalina flying boats, a history explained in the visitor centre. You can hire bikes for £4/8/12 per hour/ half-day/full-day, or swap two wheels for four legs – the park offers pony trekking (£15 per hour), as well as short rides (£5 per 15 minutes) for beginners. There are also boats for hire (£55/80 per half-day/full-day), and you can also rent fishing rods (£5 per day including bait). The park is 16km northwest of Enniskillen on the B82, near Lisnarick.
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Kingfisher Trail
The Kingfisher Trail is a waymarked, long-distance cycling trail that starts in Enniskillen and wends its way through the back roads of Counties Fermanagh, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan. The full route is around 370km long, but a shorter loop, starting and finishing in Enniskillen, and travelling via Kesh, Belleek, Garrison, Belcoo and the village of Florencecourt, is only 115km – easily done in two days with an overnight stay at Belleek. You can get a trail map from the Enniskillen Tourist Information Centre. There's no bicycle hire available in Enniskillen, though; the nearest is in Castle Archdale Country Park.
You can buy fishing permits and licences from the tourist i…
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Erne Tours
Operates 1¾-hour cruises on Lower Lough Erne aboard the 56-seat waterbus MV Kestrel, calling at Devenish Island along the way. It departs from the Round 'O' Quay, just west of the town centre on the A46 to Belleek. There are also Saturday evening cruises that include a three-course dinner at the Killyhevlin Hotel, departing from the hotel jetty.
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Knockninny Marina
Day boats can be hired for fishing or exploring from Knockninny Marina on the west shore of the lough; rates are €50/70 per half-/full-day for a six-seater motor boat with cabin. The marina also rents bikes for €7/12 a half-/full day. It's signposted from the main road just north of Derrylin.
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Blue Badge Tours
Offers guided tours of Enniskillen and the Lough Erne area with local historian Breege McCusker, a registered tourist guide. Special interest tours include prehistoric sites, monastic sites, carved stones and Plantation castles.
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Ultimate Watersports
Working out of Castle Archdale marina and Lusty Beg island, offers equipment hire and instruction in water-skiing, wakeboarding, jet-skiing, canoeing, dinghy sailing and power-boating.
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fishing
You can buy fishing permits and licences from the tourist information office, or Home, Field and Stream.
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Share Holiday Village
Guests and day visitors at the Share Holiday Village near Lisnaskea can take part in canoeing, windsurfing, dinghy sailing, archery, orienteering and other activities for €16/13 per adult/child per 2½-hour session.
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Inishcruiser
The Inishcruiser offers 1½- to two-hour cruises on the lough leaving from the Share Holiday Village, 5km southwest of Lisnaskea.
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