Ireland’s ultimate trek takes you to the top of the country’s three highest peaks – Carrauntoohil, Beenkeragh and Caher – in a single day and features challenging hiking alongside scrambling across a selection of knife-edge rocky ridges.

Unlike many other routes to the summit of Carrauntoohil, this starts at the Hydro Car Park from where hikers trek into the Coomloughra valley and past loughs Eighter, Coomloughra and Eagher (that supply much of the region with fresh water) before starting the ascent.

You’ll need your best scrambling skills to reach the summit of Beenkeragh, and to have a head for heights before taking on the narrow ridge that then leads onto Carrauntoohil. Don’t be fooled by Caher being just the third highest mountain; it offers quite the challenge before you head back down into the valley.