I did the 10 Day Ulitimate Ireland tour with my sister May 2025. Accomodations were very nice. Our tour guide, Cathal was very friendly and kept our group on time to see everything on the agenda. If you like to be on the move and see everything you can in 10 days this is the way to go. Ireland is absolutely beautiful rain or shine. I was able to coordinate 6 other family and frieds to join us in the same van for the first 5 days of this tour. Worked out very well for those who could not do 10 days. Don't do a big bus tour, you won't be able to experience the smaller attractions and countryside like you can in a small group tour vehicle.
The trip was fantastic. It covered many areas we would not have done on our own. It was nice to do things off the beaten track. Time allowed for some of the excisions was not adequate (like stair way to heaven - would have like to have finished the hike but the time allowed did not permit it). Is there a way to include the ebike cost right away, don't always have cash on hand to pay the upgrade for the bike. Everyone used the ebike so maybe just make it part of the tour.
This was my first tour group trip. I really liked the small group and will do small groups in the future. Thanks for making my first trip "alone" so nice.
The tour guide was great. He was flexible and offered great suggestions at every town. It was great having his input. I would definitely take another tour with him.
While I know it is how a tour group works (moving around everyday), it would have been nice to have more nights together. It also would be nice to have some more free time earlier in trip for shopping (which would require to get to a town earlier). By the end of the trip thinking of shopping isn't what I want to do.
We had a great trip and saw many sights in Ireland. The accommodations were comfortable. We enjoyed the guided tours and food tours. We always ran out of days before we ran out of things we want to see. Thanks to Ciaran our guide who was funny, super knowledgeable and constantly keeping us on the right track. He definitely made this an enjoyable trip. Only one fault we found. We were advised to get the WhatsApp which we did. Unfortunately, we don't have an international calling plan so during the day messages were being sent that we wouldn't get until we got to the motel or a store/cafe with WIFI. We felt out of the loop.
If you want an experience of a lifetime, this is the way to see Ireland for the first time or second! I looked at many tour companies before choosing the 7-Day Great Atlantic Small Group. I chose this tour due to the itinerary, it hit every point we wanted to see and do, and then some. There was always a plan “B” and other options available like hiking or shopping instead of kayaking for example. The tour was very well organized thanks to our OUTSTANDING! tour guide Seamus! We couldn’t have asked for a better guide. He was very knowledgeable, accommodating, friendly and genuine and got us where we needed to be safely and in a timely manner. Our next trip to Ireland will definitely be with Overland Tours and hopefully with Seamus!
Fabulous guide Mark was the most amazing tour guide and I would say friend as well.
His enthusiasm for his beautiful country “Ireland” could not have been more infectious.
Amazing group of 7 strangers who gelled from day one and enjoyed all that Ireland had to offer.
Would recommend Overland Ireland in a heartbeat!💗