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      Our expert travel designers have hand-crafted each Private Departure using exhaustive research, guide input, our own experiences, feedback from you and pure passion for Ireland’s wild places.

      • Choose your perfect Ireland adventure from our collection of tried-and-tested itineraries
      • Travel at your own pace
      • Depart on the dates of your choice
      • Benefit from the privacy of your own group and private guide

      Any of our scheduled Small Group Trips are available to book as a Private Group tour. Below, browse some of our favourite itineraries to find the right adventure for you and your friends and family.


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      “Absolutely amazing – we loved the experience of feeling cared for. All we had to do was show up and lean in. This will be a memory our family will not forget.”

      | Sarah Hogan – Private Departure 4th June 2022

      Our Private Groups Trips

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              Private Departure – Northern Ireland Coasts & Glens

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              • Spend two days exploring the fascinating and dramatic Mourne Mountains
              • Walk along the Giant's Causeway and beautiful sections of the Causeway Coast Way
              • Discover the mythical Glens of Antrim
              Region:
              Northern Ireland – Giants Causeway & Belfast
              Duration:
              6 Days / 5 Nights
              Grading:
              Your Own Pace ? What does this mean?
              Click here to learn more about our trip difficulty grading system.
              Carbon Footprint:
              134kg ? What does this mean?
              Click here to find out about our carbon labelling project and what we're doing to be more sustainable.
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              Private Departure – Biking & Yoga Escape

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              • Experience a stress-free biking escape with daily yoga classes tailor-made for cyclists
              • Bike beautiful valleys and majestic coastlines romanticised by Irish poet WB Yeats
              • Far from the tourist track, discover a more relaxed pace of life in the northwest of Ireland
              Region:
              North West – Donegal & Sligo
              Duration:
              7 Days / 6 Nights
              Grading:
              Your Own Pace ? What does this mean?
              Click here to learn more about our trip difficulty grading system.
              Carbon Footprint:
              144kg ? What does this mean?
              Click here to find out about our carbon labelling project and what we're doing to be more sustainable.
              Download Itinerary View Trip Details

              Private Departure – An Irish Autumn Foodie Adventure

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              • Assist a chef to hot smoke Irish seafood
              • Visit a shellfish farm to taste the rare Atlantic oysters in season
              • Join a seashore foraging expert to learn how to use natural ingredients in your cooking - or try your hand at mushroom foraging
              • Marvel at the beauty of Ireland in autumn
              • Indulge yourself on farm fresh Irish goat's cheese
              Region:
              Multi-Location
              Duration:
              7 Days / 6 Nights
              Grading:
              Your Own Pace ? What does this mean?
              Click here to learn more about our trip difficulty grading system.
              Carbon Footprint:
              144kg ? What does this mean?
              Click here to find out about our carbon labelling project and what we're doing to be more sustainable.
              Download Itinerary View Trip Details

              Private Departure – Exploring Ireland’s Wildflowers

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              • Visit some of Ireland's most diverse wildflower landscapes in the lunar-like landscape of the Burren National Park
              • Meet an outdoors expert to try your hand at foraging
              • Walk along the Cliffs of Moher in the quiet off season
              • Island hopping to the ancient sites of the Aran Islands
              Region:
              West – Connemara, Burren & Aran Islands
              Duration:
              7 Days / 6 Nights
              Grading:
              Your Own Pace ? What does this mean?
              Click here to learn more about our trip difficulty grading system.
              Carbon Footprint:
              144kg ? What does this mean?
              Click here to find out about our carbon labelling project and what we're doing to be more sustainable.
              Download Itinerary View Trip Details

              Private Departure – The Origins of Halloween

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              • Visit some of Dublin's lesser-known (and spookier!) monuments
              • Join us on a seaweed foraging expedition on the west coast of Ireland
              • Depending on timing, take part in seasonal autumn festivities
              Region:
              Multi-Location
              Duration:
              6 Days / 5 Nights
              Grading:
              Your Own Pace ? What does this mean?
              Click here to learn more about our trip difficulty grading system.
              Carbon Footprint:
              144kg ? What does this mean?
              Click here to find out about our carbon labelling project and what we're doing to be more sustainable.
              Download Itinerary View Trip Details

              Private Departure – Ancient Ireland

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              • Visit some of Ireland's most ancient sites with renowned archeologists & historians
              • Walk along the Cliffs of Moher in the quiet off season
              • Discover the lunar-like landscape of the Burren National Park
              • Discover Neolithic & medieval Ireland
              Region:
              Multi-Location
              Duration:
              7 Days / 6 Nights
              Grading:
              Your Own Pace ? What does this mean?
              Click here to learn more about our trip difficulty grading system.
              Carbon Footprint:
              144kg ? What does this mean?
              Click here to find out about our carbon labelling project and what we're doing to be more sustainable.
              Download Itinerary View Trip Details

              Book Your Private Departure

              Sometimes it's nice to get family and friends together and travel privately for some quality time. This means you benefit from all the features of the group departure, including hand-picked accommodation and expert local guides and we'll take care of it all. Then you can make your choice of departures dates and we'll get back to you to finalise the details.

              We work together with our team of guides to decide which departures they lead each year. As part of that, guides provide available dates that they are free to be booked. This means that any of the dates you see in the first field

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