Forest bathing in County Fermanagh

County Fermanagh is water and woodland: Lough Erne's shores and islands carry some of the oldest oak in Ireland. Crom, the National Trust estate on Upper Lough Erne, has ancient oakwood, ruined castles and a pair of yews said to be among the oldest in Ireland. Castle Archdale Country Park at Lisnarick has mixed woodland running down to the lough shore, and Florence Court, another National Trust house, has a forest park beside it. In the hills to the south west, Marble Arch Caves and the Cladagh Glen hold ash woodland in a limestone gorge.

A session in these woods is slow, close and quiet: two or three hours in a small group, moving a few hundred metres, with a guide offering simple invitations and long pauses to sit by the water. Lough Erne's woods are sheltered and work well in autumn. Each guide's profile below lists their dates and prices.

Castle Archdale is the easy first wood, with a large car park, a countryside centre and level lakeshore paths. Crom has a National Trust car park, a visitor centre and tea room in season, and a mostly flat trail through the oaks to the old castle.