This small group shore excursion follows exactly the same route as our popular
group coach shore excursion from Belfast.
Operated by our 5 star sister company Elegant Irish Tours, the small group vans seat no more than 25 passengers and allow for a particularly intimate day on shore.
Our tour begins at the Belfast Cruise Terminal. We drive to the north coast and visit the Giant's Causeway, a World Heritage site. The area consists of approximately 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns, some believe to be formed by volcanic activity 60 million years ago. However, many of us Irish people believe that it was built by our Celtic warrior giant Finn MacCool as a walkway to Scotland.
NB: Your (small group) ticket includes the £8 Giants Causeway Visitor Centre entrance fee (lunch may be had at the Visitor Centre or in a number of different towns depending on our departure time from the boat).
Afterwards we will return to Belfast City, where we will enjoy a panoramic tour of this fine city, seeing highlights such as the City Hall, Queens College, Titanic Quarter, and Belfast Cathedral. If time allows there will be time for shopping and sightseeing in the City Centre. We will adjust all the timings on the tour to suit your ships departure time, and will have you back in ample time for the ship's departure.
The list of all ships and dates will be published here once finalised by the Belfast Port Authority.
In the meantime, if your dates have been confirmed by your cruise operator you can go ahead and book at 2025 rates on the booking calendar on this page - all dates for the new season have been made live for your convenience.
Rates will be increased for 2026 shortly. Book now for any date at the current rate and cancel free of charge up to 24 hours prior to departure.
Arrivals confirmed by cruise lines and / or Port Authorities in Belfast so far:
4th September 2025 - Norwegian Dawn
7th September 2025 - Mein Schiff 3
9th September 2025 - Crystal Serenity
9th September 2025 - Norwegian Jewel
11th September 2025 - Regal Princess
13th September 2025 - Emerald Princess
15th September 2025 - Ambition
15th September 2025 - Ambience
17th September 2025 - Norwegian Prima
19th September 2025 - Msc Preziosa
20th September 2025 - Regal Princess
23rd September 2025 - Bolette
27th September 2025 - Ambition
1st October 2025 - Regal Princess
13th October 2025 - Artania
15th October 2025 - Ambition
22nd October 2025 - Norwegian Prima
6th November 2025 - Ambition
3rd September 2025 - Norwegian Dawn
6th September 2025 - Crystal Serenity
10th September 2025 - Norwegian Jewel
12th September 2025 - Regal Princess
19th September 2025 - Regal Princess
26th September 2025 - AIDAsol
30th September 2025 - Regal Princess
3 Apr 2026 – Viking Vela
7 Apr 2026 – Viking Neptune
15 Apr 2026 – Viking Neptune
20 Apr 2026 – Majestic Princess
24 Apr 2026 – Ambition
10 May 2026 – Viking Sky
11 May 2026 – Nieuw Statendam
12 May 2026 – Celebrity Eclipse
13 May 2026 – MSC Preziosa
14 May 2026 – Majestic Princess
20 May 2026 – AIDAsol
23 May 2026 – Norwegian Sky
25 May 2026 – Majestic Princess
28 May 2026 – Viking Sky
4 Jun 2026 – Norwegian Sky
4 Jun 2026 – Viking Vela
5 Jun 2026 – Carnival Legend
7 Jun 2026 – Majestic Princess
7 Jun 2026 – Viking Sky
8 Jun 2026 – Oceania Marina
9 Jun 2026 – Norwegian Sky
9 Jun 2026 – Viking Saturn
12 Jun 2026 – Viking Vela
16 Jun 2026 – Oceania Vista
17 Jun 2026 – Viking Saturn
21 Jun 2026 – Viking Mira
25 Jun 2026 – Norwegian Sky
30 Jun 2026 – Norwegian Sky
7 Jul 2026 – Celebrity Eclipse
10 Jul 2026 – AIDAbella
11 Jul 2026 – Viking Jupiter
13 Jul 2026 – Majestic Princess
16 Jul 2026 – Viking Saturn
18 Jul 2026 – Viking Vela
22 Jul 2026 – Viking Mira
25 Jul 2026 – Viking Saturn
2 Aug 2026 – Viking Sky
3 Aug 2026 – Carnival Legend
5 Aug 2026 – Celebrity Eclipse
6 Aug 2026 – Norwegian Sky
10 Aug 2026 – Majestic Princess
11 Aug 2026 – Oceania Vista
15 Aug 2026 – Norwegian Sky
18 Aug 2026 – Majestic Princess
22 Aug 2026 – Viking Sky
24 Aug 2026 – Carnival Legend
28 Aug 2026 – Viking Saturn
29 Aug 2026 – Majestic Princess
30 Aug 2026 – Viking Sky
31 Aug 2026 – Oceania Marina
31 Aug 2026 – Oceania Vista
1 Sep 2026 – Nieuw Statendam
2 Sep 2026 – AIDAsol
4 Sep 2026 – Viking Jupiter
5 Sep 2026 – Viking Saturn
6 Sep 2026 – MSC Preziosa
10 Sep 2026 – Viking Vela
13 Sep 2026 – Viking Jupiter
16 Sep 2026 – Oceania Marina
18 Sep 2026 – Viking Vela
22 Sep 2026 – Viking Mira
25 Sep 2026 – Viking Saturn
15 Oct 2026 – Norwegian Sun
If you do not see a tour scheduled for the ship and date you are traveling upon - please contact us - and we may decide to schedule a tour if there is likely to be enough demand.