One of the risks you take when booking a small group tour for a second time is not having the adventure live up to your original experience and expectations. Our family had a tremendous time on our first trip with Vagabond a couple of years ago and Adan, our guide, was a huge part of that excellent experience. So I was concerned that this trip would simply not be able to live up to expectations.
Thankfully, we had a fantastic trip that was a different experience altogether but such a blast for the entire family. We were able to make adjustments to our schedule each day to best fit our small group and take advantage of the best things to do each step of the way. We biked, hiked, kayaked, ate and drank our way across the North of Ireland. Our guide Niall did a fantastic job and made virtually everything seem effortless. If any issue arose, like a hiking trail being temporarily closed, an adjustment was seamlessly made.
I personally cannot recommend Vagabond highly enough. The value for your money is unrivaled anywhere! I would love to go on adventures with them in other parts of the world, but most thankful they are in Ireland first. If you are considering a small group tour, Vagabond is by far your best option for the money!
I offer my personal thanks to their entire team. We managed to leave a set of hiking poles on the Land Rover the last day and Vagabond went out of their way to return them to us before our flight out of Dublin the next morning. Simply superb service.
Cheers!

I took my friend on the Vagabond 8 Day Wild Irish Rover for her 50th birthday. We opted for this particular tour because see it was an “adventure tour”. We did a fair amount of walks/hikes as well as sea kayaking (including entering sea caves and local celebrity, Fungie, sighting!), biking with a Naturalist, a horseback ride along the beach, visited and Tom part in a sheep farm (don’t knock it ‘til you’ve tried it!) and boat tour of the Skellig islands. We did this all while catching most of the “must-see sights” as well as seeing so many places in Rieland that No Tour would ever show you. Our rugged ride along the Beara Peninsula to the old mining town was the HIghlight! This was my sixth visit to Ireland and my second with Vagabond Tours (I last took a Driftwood tour with my mother-in-law) and our incredible guide, Jason, was still finding places and experiences that were new to me. We were lucky and had beautiful weather for all but one day, but that day gave us the true “Irish” experience. I’m not sure how Vagabond pulled off the feat, but I am now home with a tan from Ireland! Such a wonderful way to visit Ireland! We were able to squeeze in some “sneaky pints” in the afternoons since the driving was not done by us. I highly recommend the Vagabond Tour company for an easy pre-planned trip. I have not met anyone who works for the company who is not 100% genuine and delightful. Shout out to Jason and Kim from this trip and Henry and Larry from my last.

This was such a wonderful trip, I can't begin to say how much my husband and I loved it!! I have not stopped gushing about it. Every part of the trip was planned to perfection! Our tour gui9de Mark was incredible, the food was outstanding and the friends we made will be forever!! Thanks you Driftwood!!