Final itinerary, pricing and booking
Len’s “a Derry Girl” at the mural in Derry.
This is exciting, and we’re proud to provide you with the details of our Northern Ireland experience in May 2027.
We have listed what is included in the final cost to you. Additional items may be added if time or interests permits closer to travel.
This page will be dedicated to provide all tour information, documents needed and traveler information once bookings have been made. It will accessible only to those who are booked.
For more information, email seeingsouthern@gmail.com. To learn more about our guide, visit Giant Tours Ireland.
May 8 (Saturday) | Travel day. You will be responsible for booking your flights to Dublin Airport for arrival by 11 a.m. on Sunday morning. Pick up at the airport is 12 p.m.
May 9 (Sunday) | Meet Flip at noon (location TBD).
Heading toward Belfast, we stop at Newgrange (included) for tour.
Arrival at The Titanic Hotel; check in. Group dinner (included) at Wolffe Grill (hotel).
May 10 (Monday ) | Breakfast the hotel. Tour the Titanic Museum (on your own and included). Opens at 9 a.m. Check out of the hotel by 11 a.m. If you check out before touring the museum, have hotel hold luggage.
Meet Flip at 11:30 a.m. for the Belfast Troubles-Peace Driving Tour (included)
Head toward Ballycastle. Stop for a pint and bites at Mary McBride’s Bar.
Check into Marine Hotel Ballycastle. Group dinner (included) at Marine Hotel, Marconi’s Bar & Bistro.
May 11 (Tuesday) | May 12 (Wednesday) – Breakfast at hotel each morning.
Begin the day around 10 a.m. This list will be the highlights of our two days near Ballycastle. The itinerary will not be in any particular order but Flip will decide which logistically makes the day less hurried and more restful.
Glenariff Forest Waterfalls
Cushendun Caves and The Glens
Murlough Bay aka Slavers Bay
Ursa Bakehouse lunch and visit/pop down into the ‘engine room’
Carrick a Rede Bridge (included)
Ballycastle Music Trial
Ballintoy Harbor
Whitepark Bay and Dunseverick Castle
Giant's Causeway (on your own tour with Flip included; if you choose the visitor center guide, cost = 16€)
Lunch in the Causeway Hotel (adjacent to Giant’s Causeway Visitor Center)
Old Bushmills Distillery (included, tasting in the bar and shop visit)
Dunluce Castle (included)
Dark Hedges and Bramble Green (included) for tea and shopping
May 13 (Thursday) | Breakfast at hotel. Check out of Marine Hotel by10 a.m.
Broagh’s Bakehouse for a cooking class followed by lunch (included)
Glenshane Country Farm to visit with the shepherd and sheepdogs (included)
Drive to Derry and check in at Bishop’s Gate Hotel.
May 14 (Friday)
Breakfast at hotel. The Tower Museum and Derry Girls
Tour Derry with Gleann Doherty (included)
May 15 (Saturday) | Breakfast at the hotel. Check out of Bishop's Gate Hotel and head back towards Dublin.
Tour Trim Castle (included). Tour and drop travelers off at Carlton Hotel, Dublin Airport to check in.
Group dinner at Brazen Head in Dublin, Ireland’s oldest pub. Uber to and from.
May 16 (Sunday) | Travel Day. The Carlton Hotel offers complimentary airport shuttles. Arrange for pick up time with the front desk on Saturday night.
🚗 Passports are required, must be valid 6 months prior to and post trip date. Northern Ireland currency, pounds. Dublin currency, euros.
🚗 Real ID.
🚗 Carry-on size varies with airlines; carry-on must fit in overhead bin. 22 x 14 x 9 (including wheels and handles); gates close earlier than ever, so be at the airport (for international flight) at least three hours prior.
🚗 Itinerary and order of occurrence subject to change.
🚗 Pricing based on double occupancy: If you are interested in single occupancy or upgraded accommodations (when available), please inquire for pricing.
Included (included)
📍Accommodations, double occupancy
📍6 breakfasts + 2 meals
📍Guide + transportation
Not Included
📍Flights
📍Entry tickets (unless stated by ‘included”)
📍Food and alcohol (unless stated by “included”)
📍Visas or travel insurance
📍Tips and gratuities
Total Price
📍Arriving via email post Zoom call on July 25. Sign up for our newsletter to receive the pricing information before it opens up to everyone. Booking with non-refundable retainer begins September 1. All six slots must be filled for the trip to move forward.
