- One of nature's true wonders.
- Very accessible in a variety of ways.
- Can be combined with Bushmills or the Causeway Coast for a longer stay.
- Remote location.
- World Heritage Site with strangely regular basalt rock formations.
- Formed around 55,000,000 years ago, reputed by the Celts to have been built by Finn MacCool.
- Nearby Bushmills and "Causeway Coast" provide further attractions.
- Visitors might want to attempt to warm up with a tour of the Old Bushmills Distillery nearby.
Wherever you come from, you are in for a long journey - the Giant's Causeway is literally at the end of the world in Northeast Ireland, next stop Scotland (where a similar but smaller attraction exists). Day trips from Belfast and Derry, with determination also from Dublin, are possible. But it is better to visit this grouping of Basalt columns on a tour. Or stay a few nights in the area.
Whatever you choose, bring some change for the car park (quite expensive, but access to the Causeway itself is free) and good walking shoes. Your visit will start at the visitor center complex, from where you have a choice: Either walk down the paved road to the left, leading you straight to the Causeway, or alternatively head for the cliff path on the right. This will take you to the top of the cliffs from where you can enjoy a superb panorama of the Giant's Causeway. You might walk for miles up here or take the steep stairs down to the water to enjoy the Causeway close up. And rejoin the paved road for an easier walk back to the Visitor Center.
If you are mobility impaired you need not avoid the Causeway - minibuses run from the Visitor Centre right to the Causeway and back on a regular basis, these can also accept wheelchairs.
When you are at the Giant's Causeway proper there is not much more to do than explore the natural rock formations and simply enjoy the usually clear air (and the not always clear view).
