Ireland Motorcycle Tour: Wild Atlantic Way

The Ireland motorcycle tour starts with the journey to Rotterdam and the overnight ferry to Hull in England. On board there is time to get to know the group before the actual motorcycle tour begins the following morning.

On this guided Ireland motorcycle tour you first get used to riding on the left in England, before the route leads through Snowdonia National Park into Wales. A stop at Caernarfon Castle, the World Heritage fortress of the Welsh princes.

Riding your own motorcycle, you cross the Anglesey peninsula to the ferry port of Holyhead and take the ferry to Ireland. Overnight stay in Dublin with a visit to the Guinness Storehouse and the lively Temple Bar district.

After exploring Dublin at your own pace, the route heads to the former monastic settlement of Glendalough before continuing to medieval Kilkenny for the night.

Via Mallow and Skibbereen you reach the barely developed Mizen Head Peninsula. The same wild Atlantic coast that accompanies the Dingle Peninsula and further stages leads to your overnight stop in Bantry.

The Beara Peninsula motorcycle tour passes Kenmare, the colourful village of Eyries and the cable car island of Dursey Island. The Healy Pass leads back to Kenmare and on to the lively town of Killarney.

The Ring of Kerry motorcycle tour circles the Iveragh Peninsula clockwise, passing Waterville, the Skellig Islands and Kerry Bog Village. Return via Killorglin for a second overnight stay in Killarney.

Over the Connor Pass you reach Dingle Town, before the Dingle Peninsula motorcycle tour continues to Slea Head – the westernmost point of Ireland – and back past Inch Beach to Killarney.

The Shannon ferry carries you to the cliff coast of Loop Head, then onward to the Cliffs of Moher, where the cliff faces drop up to 210 metres into the Atlantic. Overnight stay close to the cliffs.

The Burren Ireland motorcycle tour crosses the distinctive limestone plateau with its Arctic-alpine flora, before the remote Connemara region and its high bogs lead to an overnight stay in Westport.

The Achill Island motorcycle tour is devoted entirely to Ireland’s largest island, with Heinrich Böll’s cottage and narrow, winding roads along the cliff edge. A second night in Westport.

Past the table mountain Benbulben and through County Donegal, the Ireland coastal road motorcycle tour optionally passes through Glenveagh National Park before arriving in Letterkenny for the night.

Via Lough Foyle and past Mussenden Temple and Dunluce Castle, you reach the Giant’s Causeway motorcycle tour with its hexagonal basalt columns and the Bushmills Distillery on the north coast.

A short riding day brings you to Belfast on the Northern Ireland motorcycle tour, with ample time for individual sightseeing by hop-on hop-off bus and a shared overnight stay in the capital.

Late in the morning the ferry crosses from Belfast to Cairnryan in Scotland. In the afternoon the on-road Ireland motorcycle tour has a Scottish interlude, with an overnight stay in the Scottish countryside.

After a Scottish breakfast, the Ireland motorcycle tour passes Hadrian’s Wall, the northernmost border wall of the Roman Empire, before boarding the evening ferry from Newcastle to Ijmuiden.

In the morning, the guided Ireland motorcycle tour ends with arrival at Ijmuiden near Amsterdam, the starting point for the individual journey home after 17 eventful days on the Wild Atlantic Way.