DAY 1

The Giant's Causeway

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Designated as a UNESCO site, the Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast have inspired visitors for centuries.

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Distance: 3 miles/5km, approx 2hrs.

Meals Included: Lunch, Dinner

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From vibrant Belfast to the Giant’s Causeway, explore Lonely Planet’s top 2018 region. Legend has it that a Scottish giant hurled abuses across at the Irish giant, Finn MacCool. To have a proper fight, Finn built a causeway over to Scotland – what we call the Giant’s Causeway. Learn the entire story during today's walk.

Follow the fiercely panoramic clifftop Causeway Coastal Route as it becomes wilder and more alien as we approach this fascinating geological phenomena.

DAY 2

Sailing to Rathlin Island

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The quiet shores of Rathlin Island are clouded in myth and mystery. Your guide will share one of the island’s most fascinating tales. It's about a famed Scottish king Robert the Bruce, who was exiled to the island where he watched a spider persevering again and again to build its web.

Distance: 9km/ 5.5 miles | approx. 4-5 hours*

​Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

We’ll sail to the island to explore a bird sanctuary that is home to puffins part of the year and we'll visit a stunning clifftop lighthouse to spot other seabirds who live on the island.

Our hike finishes across from a tiny but picturesque village better known as the set for Game of Thrones’ Iron Islands. Later today visit the famous Bushmill's Distillery to sample the local whiskey. 

DAY 3

Fjords of the Inishowen Peninsula

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The ancient territory of the O'Doherty clan of Co. Donegal is the most northerly part of Ireland. Jutting dramatically into the Atlantic Ocean, the Inishowen Peninsula is bordered by the impressive Swilly Fjord and Lough Foyle. This is the undiscovered Ireland, a world apart, a timeless place.

Distance: 8km/ 5 miles | approx. 3-4 hours

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Ireland is perfect for outdoor lovers and shutterbugs. After a ferry across the lough to the Inishowen Peninsula, explore a World War II era lookout tower. Our hike includes a climb up the gradual shoulder of little-visited Crocknasmug Hill for magical coastal views. In the evening, kick back with a local pint and an open fire! 

DAY 4

Star Wars on Malin Head

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At the tip of the vast and wild Inishowen Peninsula is Malin Head. Jutting into the restless Atlantic Ocean, it is so other-worldly that scenes from the 2017 Star Wars Episode VIII were filmed here! Malin Head is a wild, windswept landscape peppered with ancient archaeological sites.

Distance: 7km/4 miles, approx. 3hrs*​

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Our hike climbs over rocky hills, rugged headlands and along dramatic coastal cliffs. We’ll cross Lough Swilly on a local ferry for great views of one of Ireland’s three glacial fjords and make our way to an adorable Donegal coastal village. 

DAY 5

Glenveagh National Park and Mount Errigal

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Here we get the opportunity to explore the gardens before continuing our walk beyond the castle walls, passing abandoned settlements on a winding path through the Derryveagh Mountains. Learn the history of what daily life was like in this desolate wilderness. 

Distance: 8km/5 miles, approx. 4hrs

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Glenveagh National Park is a hauntingly beautiful wilderness of rugged mountains, pristine lakes, tumbling waterfalls and enchanted native oak woodland. Overlooked by Mount Errigal, whose glittering quartzite peak dominates the northwest corner of Ireland, our hike follows a path along the lake to the mystical Glenveagh Castle. 

DAY 6

Slieve League Cliffs

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Our final hike along the Slieve League Cliffs is possibly the most impressive.

After saying goodbye to the windy Slieve League cliffs, enjoy a celebratory farewell dinner. 

Distance: 6km/4 miles, approx. 4hrs*

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The cliffs at Slieve League are some of the highest in Europe - three times the height of the Cliffs of Moher in the south. Hike in the footsteps of pilgrims of a time gone by, and follow the ancient Pilgrim’s Path. Impressive from a historic perspective, you’ll also drink in terrific views of the Atlantic Ocean, the mountains of Sligo and the shimmering Donegal Bay. Meet locals such as tweed-makers still practicing their craft on a traditional handloom.

DAY 7

Depart for Home ​

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Points Beyond 

Meals Included: Breakfast

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This morning, we shall say goodbye to the Wild Atlantic Way coast in Donegal and transfer to County Sligo. Nicknamed “Yeats Country” it was named for WB Yeats, Ireland’s national poet who was greatly inspired by Sligo’s landscapes and natural beauty. Along the way, we will stop at Yeats’ grave, tucked under the shadow of Ben Bulben Mountain, Sligo’s iconic table mountain, before making our way to Sligo town in time to catch regular train connections to Dublin.