Forest bathing in County Tyrone

County Tyrone's woods are spread across the Sperrins and the farmland south of them, nearly all in Forest Service hands. Gortin Glen Forest Park north of Omagh is the flagship, Sitka spruce and larch on the hills with a forest drive, and new trails, toilets and a cafe added in 2022. Drum Manor Forest Park west of Cookstown is smaller and softer, with an arboretum, ponds and a walled garden among mature broadleaf. Parkanaur near Dungannon has old oak and white fallow deer, and Davagh Forest in the Sperrins is a dark sky site.

A guided session in these forests is two or three hours in a small group, walking slowly along one trail and spending most of the time still, with the guide offering simple invitations and the group largely silent. Each guide's profile below has their dates and prices.

Gortin Glen is the easy start: a large car park, a cafe, toilets and five waymarked trails including level ones. Drum Manor is quieter and gentler, with a car park and short paths round the ponds and arboretum, and Davagh has the OM Dark Sky Park visitor centre and forest trails.