Why is our tour different?
What we can offer you
Comfort
Travel in style by Mercedes Mini-Bus, in a small group limited to 15 passengers ensuring a comfortable, personalised experience.
Culture
Local guides provide a quality tour using wide local knowledge and personal stories of the area.
Value
Entrance to the Ashford Castle grounds and Gardens, tickets for the Lough Corrib cruise with Corrib Cruises and with the services of a local tour guide at each location are included in the overall Tour price.
Something Different
High King Tours allows visitors to Galway the time to explore the surrounding areas such as Ashford Castle and Cong village.
Quality Time
More time off the bus throughout the tour to listen to the local stories, eat, drink, take photos or explore the beauty of Cong village.
Let us introduce ourselves
A few words about us
- High King Tours is a family run tour company that was set up in the summer of 2017 to provide a fully guided tour to the village of Cong, Co. Mayo and the surrounding area.
- High King Tour’s owner and fulltime guide is Doron McHugh who grew up in the middle of Cong village and only 5 minutes away from the Ashford Castle estate. Doron’s passion for his homeplace came from seeing the passion and dedication his parents, Ray and Marian, show for Cong, its community and the surrounding area on a daily basis.
- Doron’s passion for Ashford Castle began when he was only 12 years old and had a summer job in the Castle, working as a gatekeeper, unknowingly following in the footsteps of his Great Great Grandparents. He fell in love with the incredible history and charm of Ashford Castle.
How it all came to be…
High King Tours
- Doron is joined by his younger siblings Killian and Megan in running High King Tours. Killian and Megan share the same passion as their brother for Cong Village and Ashford Castle. Killian has worked extensively in Ashford Castle since 2012 where he worked as a waiter in the George V restaurant. Throughout his time working in Ashford Castle, Killian has always maintained a keen interest in the history and story of Ashford Castle and its impressive grounds and gardens.
- This fascination has fuelled Doron to set up High King Tours so to allow him to share his passion of the village and its magnificent castle with people from all over the world.
- It is hoped the tour will provide customers with an opportunity to visit the beautiful and historic Ashford Castle grounds and gardens, enjoy a lake cruise on Lough Corrib with Corrib Cruises, stroll through the ancient ruins of the Royal Abbey of Cong and visit the picturesque village of Cong.
