Aran Islands Cliffs of Moher tours put a ferry to Inis Oírr and a stop at the cliffs into the same day, running ten hours or more out of Galway. The island is the point of them, and the trade worth understanding is that two hours ashore usually costs you an hour on the cliff top.
Ferry to Inis Oírr for two hours, then an hour on the cliff top with both the crossing and the admission in the fare. Ten and a half hours.
From $94 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The island, a cruise along the base of the cliffs and an hour on top, all in one fare out of Merchants Road at nine. The cruise sails only when the sea allows it, which is written into the fare rather than left to the morning.
From $99 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
An hour-long cruise below the wall as well as an hour on top, with Atlantic Edge entry in the fare. Ten hours out of Kinlay House.
From $97 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Express ferry to Inis Oírr, a guided cruise under 214 metres of rock and cliff-top admission, all on one fare out of Merchants Road at nine sharp. The one open question is how long you get on the cliff top, which this fare does not state.
From $92 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Two and a half hours on Inis Oírr and the cliffs from the water. This day does not stop on the cliff top at all.
From $153 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Five hours on and around Inis Oírr by ferry and bike, with tea and scones included. The cliffs are a distant view from the crossing.
From $144 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Two and a half hours on Inis Oírr, the ferry in the fare, and the wall from the water on the way back.
Compare every Cliffs of Moher tourA coach south to Doolin, a ferry across to Inis Oírr, two to two and a half hours ashore, and then the cliffs — from the water, from the top, or both. Ten hours or more, and the longest days in the catalogue.
Every island day here goes to Inis Oírr, the smallest of the Aran Islands, fifteen to thirty minutes out of Doolin. None goes to Inis Mór, which is the big one and is reached from a different port entirely.
A grid of dry-stone walls on bare limestone is not a smaller version of a cliff. It is a different place with a different feel.
Most of these days sail under the wall on the return crossing or on a dedicated cruise.
Both ways, on every island day here, rather than bought separately at the pier.
The sunken church, the Plassey wreck and O'Brien's Castle are all walkable, and bikes and pony traps are for hire at the pier.
The trade is time, not money, and it is worth making deliberately.
| An Aran Islands day | A cliff-top day | |
|---|---|---|
| Day length | 5h to 10h 30m | 7h to 13h |
| On Inis Oírr | 2 to 2½ hours | None |
| On the cliff top | 1 hour, or none | 1½ to 2 hours |
| Ferry included | Yes, both ways | No ferry involved |
| What can cancel it | A gale stops the crossing outright | Nothing — the road days run in rain |
| Cheapest fare | $92 | $64 |
If you have one day on this coast, spend it on the cliffs. If you have two, the island day is the better second one — it is a different landscape rather than more of the same.
Fares start at From $92. These are the longest days here, running to ten and a half hours, so read the return time as carefully as the departure. Two to two and a half hours on Inis Oírr is enough to walk to the wreck and the sunken church, or to cycle most of the island — not to do both slowly.
May to August is when the crossings are most reliable. Bring a windproof layer for the deck, and note that the island is limestone and the paths are uneven.
If the cliffs are why you came, an hour on top is short — a Cliffs of Moher tour from Galway gives ninety minutes or two without a boat. If you are unsure at sea, the road days cannot be cancelled by a swell. And if you are already staying in Doolin, the ferry leaves from the pier there and the coach leg is something you do not need.
Two hours on Inis Oírr, an hour on the cliff top with the entry paid, and free cancellation up to twenty-four hours ahead.
Check availabilityNext: every fare on Cliffs of Moher Tours, the ticket and access detail on visiting the cliffs, and the month you are coming on the weather page.