点评:We did a Hawk Walk through Ireland’s School of Falconry at Ashford Castle in August of 2025. We are a family of 5 from the U.S. with 3 adult children. What an awesome experience! We planned a few months in advance and got the time slot we wanted and communicated via email. On the day of the excursion, on the way, we got into an accident and totaled the rental car. I called Yvonne after sorting transportation to cancel our experience. This woman is a gem! She worked with our vacation calendar and rebooked us for a new tour a few days later when we had a flexible afternoon. She was so pleased to help us! No cancellation fee or admin issues, just was only concerned with our safety. Our tour ended up being private!
Tommy was our guide. We met 2 birds, the beautiful Samhradh and Lima. Do this if you can. Tommy is amazing! The birds are amazing! He’s a biologist with tons of experience and the amount of information we received was thorough and thoughtful. The importance and great care for the birds was obvious. Tommy was animated and fun, and we all learned how to cast and land the birds. It was so fun!
The cherry on top was meeting the 6 resident ferrets! They are not the stars of the show but it was very cool to see them too. We have a pet ferret named Hot Potato so we were very excited once we found out there was a business of European ferrets living at the school! Tommy and Yvonne and the other staff kept us entertained and laughing even after our visit concluded.
Highly recommend this tour! It is great value for the money (and Ashford Castle is a beautiful side quest)!
翻译:2025年8月,我们一家五口来自美国,带着三个成年子女,在爱尔兰阿什福德城堡的猎鹰学校进行了一次鹰步之旅。这真是一次很棒的经历!我们提前几个月计划好了,选好了时间,并通过电子邮件沟通。但在旅行当天的途中,我们遭遇了一场事故,租车报废了。安排好交通后,我打电话给Yvonne取消了这次体验。这位女士真是个好人!她根据我们的假期安排,帮我们重新预订了几天后下午有时间灵活安排的行程。她非常乐意帮助我们!没有取消费,也没有行政手续费,只是关心我们的安全。最终,我们的行程是私人定制的!
Tommy是我们的导游。我们见到了两只鸟,美丽的Samhradh和Lima。如果可以的话,一定要去看看。Tommy太棒了!这些鸟儿太棒了!他是一位经验丰富的生物学家,给我们的信息非常详尽周到。鸟类的珍贵和精心照料显而易见。Tommy 活泼有趣,我们都学会了如何抛竿和降落。真是太有趣了!
最棒的是见到了六只常驻的雪貂!它们虽然不是主角,但看到它们也很酷。我们养了一只名叫“热土豆”的宠物雪貂,所以当我们得知学校里有一家饲养欧洲雪貂的机构时,非常兴奋!即使在参观结束后,Tommy、Yvonne 和其他工作人员也一直逗我们开心,笑个不停。
强烈推荐这次旅行!物超所值(阿什福德城堡是一个美丽的支线任务)!