Discover Boyne Valley Tours

Specialists in Private Day Tours

Discover Boyne Valley Tours

Specialists in Private Day Tours

Choose your experience

When you book with Boyne Valley Tours, you will experience over 5,000 years of Irish heritage and culture plus breath-taking scenery. Choose from our selection of private tours across the ancient Boyne Valley and beautiful County Wicklow.

Boyne Valley Highlights

Boyne Valley Castles & Abbeys

Meath Megalithic Sites

Wicklow Highlights

Wicklow Gardens & Scenery

Cruise Excursions

Our Most Popular Tour

Boyne Valley Highlights

What you can expect...

Begin your tour at the fully interactive Brú na Bóinne Visitor Experience Centre. The onsite tour guides will bring you to the Megalithic passage tombs at Newgrange and Knowth; these are UNESCO World Heritage sites where you will join others on the official tours.
Ascend to the summit of the Hill of Slane, rising above the medieval village of Slane where St. Patrick lit the Paschal fire in 433 AD.
Climb the seat of the High Kings of Ireland at the Hill of Tara and look out over stunning scenery as far as the eye can see.

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Our Most Popular Tour

Boyne Valley Highlights

What you can expect...

Begin your tour at the fully interactive Brú na Bóinne Visitor Experience Centre. The onsite tour guides will bring you to the Megalithic passage tombs at Newgrange and Knowth; these are UNESCO World Heritage sites where you will join others on the official tours.
Ascend to the summit of the Hill of Slane, rising above the medieval village of Slane where St. Patrick lit the Paschal fire in 433 AD.
Climb the seat of the High Kings of Ireland at the Hill of Tara and look out over stunning scenery as far as the eye can see.

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Why choose
Boyne Valley Tours?

We specialize in Private Day Tours in Ireland’s Ancient East, to the historic Boyne Valley, north of Dublin and to scenic Wicklow just south of Dublin.

On a Boyne Valley Tour you will experience 5,000 years of Irish culture and history, from the ancient passage tombs at Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth and Fourknocks, the Hill of Tara where Celtic Kings were crowned, the Hill of Slane where Saint Patrick began his ministry, the 10th century Round Tower and High Crosses at Monasterboice, Medieval Abbeys at Mellifont and Bective and Trim Castle the largest Norman castle in Ireland.

In a Wicklow Tour you experience beautiful natural wilderness, landscaped gardens and monastic ruins. Wicklow is close to Dublin but has scenery to match the west coast of Ireland. The picturesque village of Avoca is home to the oldest hand weavers in Ireland and was the setting for the Ballykissangel TV series.

Our private day tours can be customized so that you can explore the destinations that appeal to you.

A personalized service with collection at Dublin Airport, your hotel or cruise ship in the Dublin / Meath / Louth area.

Meet our guides

Make Memories

Bring home a wealth of stories and precious memories to last a lifetime.

Amazing Experiences

Delve into rich history and stunning scenery whilst enjoying every single second.

Professional & Friendly

Your very own expert guide will ensure you have a fantastic day, your way.

Hamilton7653120/07/22
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“One of our best days in Ireland – Thanks Michael!” We really enjoyed the trip through the countryside on the way to Newgrange and Dowth – the UNICEF sight is spectacular. Other stops included Hill of Slane (and history related thereto), Slane Castle, Mainistir Bhuithe area (especially enjoyed the old stone Celtic crosses and the Monasterboice Round Tower), Mellifont Abbey ruins, and our visit to the Battle of Boyne visitor center and gardens. He even made a quick stop at St. Peters Church in Drogheda to see a very interesting relic of Saint Oliver Plunkett.

Michael Fox provided great historical insights everywhere we went – enjoyable, very knowledgeable, and full of personal experiences in area (he and family live there) – willing to answer all our questions and tailor the day to fit our interests (history, old churches and the Irish country side) – in all, one of our best days in Ireland.				
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I highly recommend Boyne Valley Tours as a wonderful way to see many historical sites of the Boyne Valley. Michael is a fabulous and extremely knowledgeable tour guide.

He picked us up and dropped us off at our hotel in Dublin.

We spent our morning at Newgrange and Knowth, followed by a lovely lunch. 

Knowth and Newgrange are Neolithic passage timbs and ancient monuments of the World Heritage Site of Brú na Bóinne located 8.4 km west of Drogheda in Ireland's valley of the River Boyne.

In the afternoon we saw the Hill of Slane, Slane Castle, Monasterboice Tower and High Crosses, Fourknocks, finishing with the magical site of the Hill of Tara.

It was a lovely and informative day that Michael created for us.				<img src="https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/29/49/a5/c4/full-day-irelands-ancient.jpg" class="wprev_media_img"  alt="media thumbnail 0"><img src="https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/29/49/a5/cb/full-day-irelands-ancient.jpg" class="wprev_media_img"  alt="media thumbnail 1"><img src="https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/29/49/a5/d3/full-day-irelands-ancient.jpg" class="wprev_media_img"  alt="media thumbnail 2"><img src="https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/29/49/a6/91/full-day-irelands-ancient.jpg" class="wprev_media_img"  alt="media thumbnail 3">
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Wonderfully rich tour with knowledgeable, warm and friendly professional. We spent a wonderful day with Michael touring the Boyne Valley. His passion for the area is obvious and we found it extremely informative and interesting. He is great at tailoring the tour to meet our needs, and went with the flow when we wanted to get some fish and chips for lunch . It was a very relaxing day as he thinks of everything and was always attuned to our needs for instance noticing when our coats and scarves were getting caught on brambles. 

The thing that stood out, other than his deep knowledge and reverence for the area’s sacred sites, was his kindness. We had unexpectedly not been able to hire a car due to a license issue and he immediately offered to drive us the next day to our next destination as he had a free day. He really went above and beyond, and treated us as new friends rather than a transaction. 

If you’re touring the Boyne Valley I would highly recommend Boyne Valley Tours you will be in excellent hands. Thank you again, Michael, for all the things, seen and unseen, you did to make this a day we will remember forever.				
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Professional, expert tour. Hi - We travelled To Dublin from the US and and on short notice Michael arranged a delightful custom tour to the Hill of Tara, Knowth, and Newgrange. He is a professional tour guide and delivers what should be expected and more. It was especially delightful that he resides in the Valley area we visited, and knows every hill and mound to be spoken of, as well as the history and customs of the area, and local personalities and friends. We were conveniently picked up and dropped off at our hotel in Dublin, and toured in a super clean luxury vehicle. Highly recommended!				
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Boyne Valley tours Fantastic private tour to the amazing Megalithic passage tomb at Newgrange, the superb Bru na Boinne visitor center, the Hills of Tara and Slane and other sites.  I was interested in seeing some of the garden sites and he added the gardens at Oldbridge house as well as another local garden.  Having grown up in this area of Ireland as well as being quite a gardener himself, Michael has extensive knowledge about all of these sites which I would not have known about simply by reading had I toured on my own.   He is a kind and friendly man who obviously enjoys helping people to learn a bit about Ireland.				
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