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Liberty Irish Tours are winners of the ITA Best Irish Tour Company award for both 2024 and 2025. This private Mercedes tour to the Cliffs of Moher runs for 1 to 6 passengers, and the length can be as short as around 7 hours for a direct visit to the cliffs, or stretch to 10+ hours if you want to cover more of what’s along the way.
The difference with Liberty comes down to the guides. They’re local, they know real Irish stories and legends, and they make the tour genuinely enjoyable rather than just a transfer to a famous landmark. The itinerary is yours to build from a long list of options including Galway city, the Burren’s limestone landscape, the Wild Atlantic Way, dolphin and puffin spotting, castles, ancient monastic ruins, Michelin-rated food, and traditional Irish pubs.
Kinvara village (optional) - A pretty fishing village set against Galway Bay. Once a busy port, it now has the relaxed pace of rural Ireland. You can see Ireland’s largest thatched roof at the Merriman Hotel here. (30 min)
Dunguaire Castle (optional, seasonal) - A 16th-century tower house just north of Kinvara. It was bought and restored in the early 20th century by Oliver St John Gogarty - surgeon, writer, and friend to many of the Irish literary revival, including W.B. Yeats. The restored castle tells the story of its residents from the 16th century to the present. Entry fee required. (pass by)
Hazel Mountain Chocolaterie Farmhouse (optional) - The award-winning Hazel Mountain Chocolaterie. (20 min)
The Burren - The Burren’s limestone landscape was formed during the Carboniferous period, between 359 and 299 million years ago, when this area sat near the equator as part of a tropical sea. The lighter limestones to the north and east are the characteristic bare Burren landscape; the darker siltstones and sandstones to the south-west make up the Cliffs of Moher themselves. Liberty make good use of the photo stops along the Wild Atlantic Way through the Burren Geopark. (60 min)
Caherconnell Stone Fort and Sheepdog Demonstrations (optional, seasonal) - A 1,000-year-old ringfort with daily working sheepdog demonstrations. The border collies here are all born and trained on site by John Davoren. Walking trails around the fort and farm open up classic Burren landscape. (60 min)
Cliffs of Moher - The centrepiece of the tour. The cliffs run along the rugged west Clare coast and have inspired artists, musicians, and poets for generations. They’re also a Special Protection Area for Birds, hosting major colonies of nesting seabirds including puffins. Walk the safe, paved clifftop paths and look out over the Atlantic and the Aran Islands. (90 min)
Bunratty Castle - Photo stop at this well-known medieval castle. (20 min)
This is a private tour conducted in English. Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller, and specialised infant seats are available. Service animals are welcome. The tour is suitable for all fitness levels. Public transport options are available nearby.
Add Kinvara to the itinerary if you’re doing the longer day. Kinvara is a small fishing village on the south shore of Galway Bay where Dunguaire Castle rises from a stone promontory into the water - built around 1520, the red stone catches the late-afternoon light in a way that justifies the detour. The pier walk takes under an hour and Winkle’s pub is the local session venue if you’re looking for trad music in the evening.
Bunratty at the end of the day is better timed than you’d think. The photo stop at Bunratty Castle comes as the coaches are clearing out - the Folk Park runs thirty acres of reconstructed Clare cottages and a working forge, and if you have thirty minutes and a Folk Park ticket, it earns it. Durty Nelly’s pub, which claims 1620 at the foot of the castle walls, is a much better pub at five in the afternoon than at eight in the evening when the medieval banquet crowds descend.
The Burren at its best is off the main road. Your guide from Liberty will know where the photo stops are along the Wild Atlantic Way - Corkscrew Hill viewpoint, the Poulnabrone Dolmen area, and the limestone pavements where the wildflowers grow. Ballyvaughan sits at the foot of Corkscrew Hill, where that famine-era hairpin road was built in the 1840s - Monk’s Pub at the pier is the right stop for seafood chowder if your day runs that way. The more flexible your itinerary, the more of this you’ll see.
Puffins are seasonal. The cliffs are a Special Protection Area for Birds, and puffins nest here from around April through late July. If spotting them is a priority, mention it when booking so your guide can factor timing into the day.
Doolin and Liscannor are both within reach of the cliffs. Doolin is a short drive north of the visitor centre - three hamlets, four pubs, and a ferry pier for the Aran Islands. If your guide suggests a lunch stop here, Gus O’Connor’s chowder on Fisher Street is the right call. Liscannor to the south is where the Hag’s Head cliff walk starts - a quieter approach to the same cliff edge, and Vaughan’s Anchor Inn is the third-generation seafood pub on its main street.
Lisdoonvarna is ten minutes from Doolin if your group wants the spa town. Lisdoonvarna has four mineral springs and the Roadside Tavern - the best known of the session pubs here. The September matchmaking festival fills the town, but any other time it’s a quiet Burren market village with warm water still coming out of the ground.