Across the water, with the same guide

How the 2027 extensions work

You begin in Scotland. When the time comes, your driver-guide takes you and your vehicle on the ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast, a crossing of about two and a quarter hours, and your journey continues in Northern Ireland and, if you wish, the Republic of Ireland.

There is no change of guide, no second company and no luggage handover. Most guests then fly home from Dublin, which has a wide choice of flights to North America.

Standalone Ireland from 2028

From 2028 we will offer Ireland-only journeys led by an Irish guide, planned with the same care. If you're interested, build your trip with the places you'd like to see and mention it in your notes; we'll be in touch as dates open.

Places in Ireland we can include

• Belfast: Titanic Belfast and a city with a remarkable story
• Giant's Causeway and the Causeway Coast: Basalt columns, clifftop castles and coastal roads
• The Dark Hedges: The famous avenue of beech trees
• Ulster American Folk Park: The story of emigration from Ulster to America
• Derry~Londonderry: A complete walled city and its history
• Donegal and Glenveagh: A castle in a national park on the wild Atlantic coast
• Galway and Connemara: A lively city, Kylemore Abbey and Connemara
• Cliffs of Moher and the Burren: Atlantic cliffs and a limestone landscape
• Killarney and the Ring of Kerry: Lakes, mountains and one of the great coastal drives
• Dingle Peninsula: Slea Head and Irish-speaking villages
• Cork and Kinsale: Harbour towns and some of Ireland’s best food
• Rock of Cashel: Medieval cathedral ruins on a hilltop
• Kilkenny: A medieval city and its castle
• Dublin: Trinity College, Georgian squares and literary history
• Newgrange and the Boyne Valley: A passage tomb older than the pyramids
• Wicklow Mountains and Glendalough: A monastic valley in the mountains south of Dublin
• The Bushmills Inn: An old coaching inn near the distillery and the Causeway
• The Brazen Head, Dublin: Often called Ireland’s oldest pub, with traditional music
• Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin: Ireland’s national cemetery, with a genealogy service
• Kyteler's Inn, Kilkenny: A medieval inn with a famous witch-trial story