If fingerholds, overhangs, routes and faces are your thing, then Northern Ireland is the right place to go coasteering and bouldering. This is the place to learn what it all means and why coasteering and bouldering are such an adrenalin rush.
All around our intricate, wave-wracked coastline you’ll discover coasteering and bouldering experiences that challenge on every level, from beginners to old hands. Even inland, there are memorable, exciting bouldering experiences. What’s more, you’ll find a plethora of like-minded experts and instructors only too willing to literally show you the ropes if you’re starting out, or point out the best routes if you’re a seasoned practitioner.
Get a grip on the Causeway Coastal Route
The dramatic Causeway Coastal Route offers almost limitless coasteering opportunities with plenty of tall and small cliffs, sheer plunges into clear blue water, and breath-taking views once you’ve got your breath back from your latest rocky triumph.
The enthusiastic team at Causeway Coasteering in Portrush are only too ready to supply everything you need for a few hours or more on the rocks: wetsuits, gloves, boots and helmets. They’ll also guide you to and through the best marks for beginners and more experienced coasteers. The team cater for all groups and still have plenty of fun when the water’s a little choppy or the wind’s a bit blowy.
Jump into the action in Ballintoy
The coastline here is filled with opportunities for adventure, offering unique perspective on some of the landmarks featured in countless scenes from Game of Thrones®. With Coasteering NI in Ballintoy you will enjoy rock climbing, learn scrambling and jumping techniques, and safely dive into the sea from great heights.
Make tracks to the Mournes
There’s just as much adventure to be had on the other side of Northern Ireland where the Irish Sea has been chewing away at the feet of the Mourne mountains for millennia.
This is where you’ll find Life Adventure Centre in Castlewellan, a team of ready-for-anything outdoor adventure experts, who will guide you to the best wet bouldering and coasteering locations in the area. With them you’ll discover awesome sea caves, towering sea stacks, plunge pools and cliff dives that really set the pulse racing. If it’s dry bouldering you’re after, they know all the secret and not-so-secret spots dotted across the Mourne’s peaks and valleys. As for equipment, they can supply absolutely everything you need for a thrill-filled trip.
At Geology Rocks Adventure Tourism you can go native with bushcraft experiences, head upwards with rock-climbing, leap from boulder to boulder, and hug the shore on a coasteering adventure along the edges of County Down. The team here even offer summer adventuring camps for kids that could see your tweens and teens go properly wild for a whole week.
Coasteering in Newcastle
In the seaside resort town of Newcastle, at the very foot of the Mourne mountains, is Tollymore National Outdoor Centre.
The centre has been developed to cater for a wide range of adventure sports, from climbing to kayaking and all points in between. You’ll always find a bouldering expert on hand to offer full instruction and guide you to the best sites for an exhilarating experience. Bloody Bridge, one of Northern Ireland’s most famous bouldering sites is nearby, a place where a steep mountain river plunges right into the sea.
This is just a rapid run and jump from place to place around Northern Ireland’s most incredible and rewarding coasteering and bouldering experiences. Take the plunge and get stuck into one or more of these inspiring adventures.
