The county's Dingle Peninsula boasts some of Ireland's most beautiful scenery. A drive around the peninsula, which takes at least half a day, reveals enchanting antiquities ranging from Iron Age stone forts to inscribed stones, early Christian oratories and beehive huts.

The peninsula is named after the town of Dingle and is the location of numerous prehistoric and early medieval remains, for example the Gallarus Oratory in the very west of the peninsula near the village of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh in Ard na Caithne. The peninsula exists because of the band of granite rock that forms the Sliabh Mish mountain range. Ireland's highest mountain outside MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Mount Brandon at 952 m, forms part of a beautiful high ridge with stunning views over the peninsula and North Kerry.