Sligo, Ireland. December, 30th, 2022: Studies show that the best way to stick to New Year’s resolutions is to set goals and make plans that support them. Wilderness Ireland makes it easier than ever to achieve resolution success in 2022, by showcasing trips that support the most popular New Year’s resolutions.
Better fitness is often on the New Year’s resolution list, as is focusing on mental health, and shifting personal priorities. Wilderness Ireland has trips and itineraries to help travellers stick to their New Year’s resolutions, whether they want to get back on that fitness grind, spend more quality time with family, or be more adventurous.
Here are the top five Wilderness Ireland itineraries that will help support New Year’s resolutions in 2022:
Resolution: Spend More Time in Nature
This new for 2022 trip guarantees you’ll truly experience the great outdoors, vast spaces and clean air that you’re longing for. Get outside and explore a range of landscapes, from bogs to forests, lakes, the coast, and the mountains. Hike through three Irish national parks, Connemara, Killarney, and Wicklow. Hike the highest point in each region, including the highest mountain in Ireland on a trip that will help you keep both your nature and fitness goals in check.
Resolution: Prioritizing Healthy Living
Bike Donegal from Cliffs to Coast
This multi-day bike trip is the perfect way to prioritise your health in 2022. Spend the lead up getting fit preparing to bike between 20 and 30 miles a day past the rugged mountains, towering cliffs, swathes of white sand beaches and timeless fishing villages of Donegal. With some of the freshest air in all of Europe, cycling from the cliffs to the coast in one of Ireland’s most rugged locations, this trip will provide the perfect background to celebrate a successful year of healthy and happy living.
Resolution: Make Better Environmental Decisions
Each part of this bucketlist guided adventure prioritises beauty, exploration, and environmental impact. On this largely human-powered trip along Ireland’s premier long distance trail, travelers will get to know Wicklow very well. They’ll dig into Ireland’s up-and-coming culinary culture, and be healthier and more environmentally friendly with farm-to-fork cuisines and local dishes. The trip will also finish in a deluxe grade eco-lodge in the heart of Wicklow. Being in Wicklow, there is less travel from the airport and ferry terminal. All of these things combined means that this trip has a lower carbon footprint of just 144kg.
Resolution: Spend More Quality Time With Family
Family Adventure Paddling & Pirates
This multigenerational departure is the best way to get together and reconnect with family. The itinerary includes activities that are great for any age, and provides the ideal setting for every family member to have their dream adventure. From treasure hunts to exploring the myths and legends of the pirate queen Grace O’Malley, kayaking and stand up paddle-boarding on the Connemara shore, or biking the Great Western Greenways, the longest off-road care-free biking trail in Ireland, this trip truly has something for everyone and is the perfect way to achieve the 2022 goal of spending true quality time with family.
Resolution: Go On An Adventure
Hiking and Island Hopping Ireland’s West Coast
This popular departure takes guests on an exciting island hopping adventure in Connemara and Mayo, across Ireland’s rugged west coast. You’ll see the iconic scenes and landscapes that Ireland is most famous for, hopping from the famous Aran Islands and the Cliffs of Moher to some of the region’s hidden coastal and island gems. On this adventure you’ll travel through some of the west coast’s most beloved landscapes. Leave the crowds behind to explore the little-visited islands, hills and headlands of Ireland’s west coast – a true Ireland advanture.
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