Six Days of Self-Guided Walking Along the Causeway Coast and on Rathlin Island
This walking tour is designed for those who want to take life easy, relax, and savour the beauty of Northern Ireland’s iconic Causeway Coast.
No walking tour of Northern Ireland would be complete without visiting Rathlin Island, where you will experience a world that moves at a different pace from the modern-day world. On this self-guided walking tour of Antrim, You can let your mind wander and discover a tranquillity and beauty that is unique to Rathlin Island.
Walking the Causeway Coast, you will encounter quiet country villages and towns. Dunluce Castle, the Giant’s Causeway, rocky shores, and golden sandy beaches are waiting to be discovered.
Prices / Dates
Price: £739 per person sharing
Single Supplement: +£360
Solo Traveller Supplement: +£60
Tour Dates: 1 April to 15 October
Tour Grade: Easy
Accommodation: Guesthouse or B&B
Included / Excluded
- 5 nights bed & breakfast
- All accommodation is pre-booked in approved and carefully selected family-run guesthouses with all rooms en-suite.
- Maps and all route notes
- GPX Track Files
- Details on restaurants and places of interest to visit along the way.
- Luggage transfers daily while you walk with a small day pack.
- All information on trains or buses needed to get to your first accommodation in Ballycastle and back at the end from Portstewart.
- 24-7 Emergency Telephone support
- Public transport to the beginning of the tour and back at the end
- Packed Lunches
- Evening Meals
- Drinks & Snacks
- Personal Equipment
This island is a rare place of wild and natural beauty, extraordinary environmental significance, and authentic local culture. You will take the morning ferry from Ballycastle to the island departing at 10 am. The crossing time is approximately 45 minutes.
Shaped like a boot, the island is 10 km/6 miles long and almost 1.6 km/1 miles wide. Three lighthouses stand as monuments to its wild coastline (over 40 recorded shipwrecks lie in the depths of its underwater cliffs). The island is covered with fascinating flora, which includes Puffins in the spring and summer. Guillemots and Kittiwakes nest in their thousands along its steep on-shore cliffs. The walk you decide to take while you are on the island will determine the distance and ascent, but their are routes for all fitness levels.
Pathways will be marked clearly in your tour pack so you can decide on the day the distance you would like to travel.
Distance: 11/14 km / 7/9 miles
Ascent Approximately: 200 m / 600 ft, Approximate walking time: 4-5 hours.
Afternoon ferry back to Ballycastle.
Overnight Ballycastle
Distance: 17.6 km / 11 miles, Ascent: 977 m / 2931 ft, Approximate walking time: 5-6 hours.
Overnight Giant’s Causeway
Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end, so after breakfast, you will commence your homeward journey.
We will supply you with all the travel details that you will require to get to your onward destination.
