Ireland/Northern Ireland
Giants Causeway, Coast and Glens
Host Guided Self-Navigating
Walking Tour
August 14-22, 2025
Includes
1st night, Malone Hotel, Belfast
2 nights, Adair Arms Hotel, Ballymena
3 nights, Marine hotel, Ballycastle
2 nights, Portrush Atlantic, Portrush
Rooms are all Bed and Breakfast
Tour attractions, rope bridge tickets, ferries etc.
Six hike days self guiding with support from your tour host and GPS:
Antrim Hills, Glenariff, Fairhead and Murlough Bay, Rathlin Island, Causeway Coast Way for 2 days.
All trail transfers when public transport is not available.
Accompanied by tour host throughout.
Meals:
- all breakfasts,
- 4 packed lunches,
- 4 dinners - 1st, 2nd, 4th and last night.
Excludes:
All meals except those mentioned in the itinerary
Public transport by local bus on two days
Tips, gratuities
Alcoholic drinks
Flights
Travel Insurance
Price:
$ 3749 pp (shared room) incl 1st night, Malone Hotel, Belfast
$ 5069 pp , (private room) incl 1st night, Malone Hotel, Belfast.
Deposit
30 percent due at time of booking
Final payment due at 60 days prior to departure
Cancellation
20 percent of trip price from time of booking until 60 days prior to departure
50 percent of trip price from 60 -30 days prior to departure
100 percent of trip price from 29 days prior to departure
Description:
The Causeway Coast in Ireland’s northeast (Northern Ireland) is spectacularly beautiful.
This walking holiday of this beautiful place is slow, authentic travel in a lesser known corner of Ireland.
Prefer not to walk one day?
No Problem…….arrangements can be made with public bus or taxi.
Tentative Itinerary
Beginning with a welcome night in the Queen’s Quarter of Belfast city and continuing the next day with a transfer to Ballymena near the Antrim Coast road after some time to enjoy Belfast.
Spend each day enjoying stunning hikes, in the landscapes from the Antrim Hills to the Causeway Coast way. Enjoy inland cliffs, coastal views, views to Scotland and its islands, visit Rathlin Island.
Walk in remote locations and even enjoy the popular Causeway site by seeing most of it far away from the crowds. Throw in beaches, castle ruins, waterfalls, rope bridges, the world’s oldest whiskey distillery, some Game of Thrones filming locations and great Irish pubs, friendly people and hospitality throughout.
Day One
August 14 - stay Malone Hotel
Arrive to Malone Hotel Belfast mid afternoon in the beautiful Queen’s Quarter in south Belfast. This is a red stone neighbourhood just around the corner from the stunning Queen’s University and Botanic Gardens.
Group dinner at Hotel Malone
Day Two
August 15 - stay Adair Arms
Morning to enjoy Belfast before a private group transfer to our next hotel in the afternoon.
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Day Three
August 16 - stay Adair Arms
Transfer with host to the trailhead above Ballygally for a stunning walk down into the village of Glenarm, a delightful old fishing village with a castle still in use.
Day Four
August 17 - stay Marine hotel
Walk in the breathtakingly beautiful Glenariff Forest Park for 8 miles..
Day Five
August 18 - stay Marine hotel
Private transfer from the Marine hotel to Fairhead and Murlough Bay.
Day Six
August 19 - stay Marine Hotel
A gentler and much shorter walking day (6 miles) – we will take the early morning ferry from Ballycastle to Rathlin Island.
Day Seven
August 20 - stay Portrush Atlantic hotel
Including walking to and crossing the Carrick A Rede rope bridge and then walking the coast to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Giant’s Causeway. .
Day Eight
August 21 - stay Portrush Atlantic hotel
Transfer out to Portstewart by public bus and begin the final hike.
Walk along the coast side of the golf course arriving at one of two beaches which wrap around the town of Portrush.
Day Nine
August 22
Private group transfer to Belfast.
End of tour
For further detailed information, see the link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V5p_Gw1aculc8zye8Tigd8cd9OrXjD-3UBu54jJl-Lg/edit
