Realizing time is limited and the importance of arriving back to Belfast port on time for departure.
Our tours depart earlier and travel straight to the Giants Causeway avoiding the crowds and the queues. This allows time to see Belfast City along with Giants Causeway and makes for a more relaxed tour.
Our local tour guide’s commentary provides insider insight into life along the Antrim Coast.
Posted By : DarrenDaugherty
Great price and worry-free tour. As excursions sponsored by our cruise were very expensive, we researched independent options. Odyssey was a good choice. As promised, finding the bus was very easy after exiting the ship, and we were returned to the ship with plenty of time before it left the port.
We had a quick photo stop at the ruins of the medieval Dunluce Castle. Then we visited Giants Causeway, where about 40,000 octagonal/hexagonal, interlocking basalt columns cover the area. From where the bus dropped us off, it was a nice walk to the Causeway. We then stopped at Portaveeny to see the cliffs and Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge, and next was lunch in Ballycastle. Our bus followed the coastal road, which included a lot of beautiful countryside as well, and we stopped to explore the harbor village of Carnlough. The final port of our trip include circling through Belfast, viewing the Peace Walls, night gates, and a number of other landmarks.
On our journey, I appreciated hearing about the perspectives of locals regarding past conflicts, peace, one Ireland, two Irelands, etc. I highly recommend Odyssey
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Posted On : 2024-06-29 15:51:39 
Posted By : 307middleton70
23/6/24 Fantastic price, booking progress brilliant, picked up on time from our cruise ship, very & informative guide, safe driver, great photo stops, dropped and met very close to the Giants Causeway Entrance, plenty of time there.
Not keen on the stop over in Bushmills Village but price, time, pick up/ drop off excellent, highly recommend
P Roberts
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 15:47:42
Posted By : Gotta100
A great trip with a careful driver who made the trip interesting and fun with his friendly and informative commentary. Highly recommend this trip.
It all went as smoothly as clockwork and the coach was waiting for us as we left the port.
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Posted On : 2024-06-25 03:36:09
Posted By : Normajohnson7
An excellent excursion that took us from the cruise port to the Giants Causeway and beyond. Our guide Martin was very knowledgeable and shared interesting stories and facts. However, as a teacher myself, I had difficulty with his attitude toward a few participants mainly a young mother. She asked a question and he repeated it to her emphasizing the correct grammatical use of the word she used. I watched her put her head down in embarrassment. Martin, if you are reading this, you should never publicly humiliate anyone or belittle a question that is asked. I lost respect for you the instant you did this. I heard you tell us a number of times that you are a professional historian and have a wealth of knowledge. It’s wonderful you are willing to share that, but never treat people like they are a lesser person. To me, no one deserves that. Shame on you.
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Posted On : 2024-06-24 17:12:59 
Posted By : Darcy_S
Due to the bad weather on our sea day, our ship arrived 2 hours late in Belfast. Luckily, our tour still proceeded, we honestly were not sure when we walked off the ship. Once we left, we did a drive-by of a castle that is falling into the sea then made our way to the Giant’s Causeway. It was pretty scenery, but not sure it was worth the long drive to and from. It requires a lot of walking or time wasted waiting for a single bus riding back and forth.
We were already late when an inconsiderate couple delayed us even further by not returning to the bus in time. On the way back to the ship, Jim, our guide drove us past the peace walls and murals that separates Belfast. The unrest was in full force the last time I was in Ireland. I was told not to go to Northern Ireland all those years ago, so it was interesting and a somber view of lives. With only a few moments to spare, we were back on the ship.
It was sort of a doomed tour from the start with all the delays, but overall it was a nice day.
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Posted On : 2024-06-20 07:43:11
Posted By : Christina_M
If you want more than an hour at the Giant Causeway you might consider another tour. We would have enjoyed one more hour at the Causeway..the stops after seemed not as important and a lot of focus was spending an hour in random town for lunch . Wished we had another hour at the Causeway which was our main focus for this tour. Guide gave a lot of history. This your was not that kid friendly but ok for teens.
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Posted On : 2024-06-18 04:05:25
Posted By : David_J
The driver was really good driver Paddy.
Martin was so knowledgeable and great speaker. We really enjoyed the tour saw a lot.
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Posted On : 2024-06-17 15:45:22
Posted By : Deborah_H
Operator was not on pier as promised and was a no show. Refused to give refund even though they did not show up. Crazy that Viator lets them get away with this
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Posted On : 2024-06-16 02:33:52
Posted By : David_V
Disappointing. This is supposed to be designed for cruise passengers. Poor communication resulted in us missing our tour. Viator doesn’t stand behind customers. I’d think twice before spending any money on this platform.
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Posted On : 2024-06-15 16:47:03
Posted By : Kyle_T
Beautiful area. The tour does try to do too much so if you want more leisure time at certain locations I would suggest individual tours. Did have some free time at the causeway and free time for lunch but we could have used more. It is such a beautiful area that it’s impossible to see everything in a day.
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Posted On : 2024-06-15 05:21:35
