Muckross Creamery Farm Tours

From Cow to Cone Ice Cream Tour

This is a farm tour with a focus on artisan ice cream making. Meet the cows who produce the milk and cream to make the ice cream. John will tell you his story of how he diversified into producing ice cream in 2019. Listen to the story of how the idea for making ice cream evolved and the challenges and wins along the way. See behind the scenes of our ice cream production. Afterwards, enjoy a scoop of the award-winning ice cream in the old farm cottage.

• Minimum 2 people, Maximum 8
• Cost: €55 per person
• Time: 2 hours
• Tea/Coffee on arrival, Ice cream at the end of the tour
• Wellingtons and farm overalls are provided.

Milk the Cows with John at Dawn

For all members of the 5 am club! Are you an early bird? Would you like to be a dairy farmer for a morning? Get up and meet John on the farm at 6.30 am! Put on wellies and farm overalls. Walk out to the fields with John and bring the cows in and help with the milking. Move the cows to their new pasture. After all that work enjoy breakfast with John. We will provide wellies, farm overalls and ongoing directions and commentary throughout the experience. (Showers can also be provided if you smell after this deep immersion in farm life)

• Max 1-2 people
• Cost: €60 per person Time:
• Approx. 3 hours

Space for Nature Farm Tour

Do you wonder about the impact of cows on our climate? Let John take you on a tour of the farm where he will tell you of the different projects ongoing on the farm to improve biodiversity and minimise our impact on the climate. See the native woodlands that are a wildlife habitat and the bog field which has been retained as a carbon sink. Learn about soil and grass. Learn the value of hedgerows and field margins to local biodiversity. Listen to nature as you walk through the fields. We have a masters in sustainable agriculture and the focus of this tour is to talk about dairy farms and the environment. Including a robust question and answer session regarding animal husbandry, sustainability best practices, bio-diversity and what we are doing to reduce our GHG emissions.

• 2-8 people
• Cost: €60 per person
• Time: Approx. 1.5 – 2 hour
• Wellingtons and farm overalls are provided.