Private Cliffs of Moher tours put a car and a driver-guide at your disposal for the day, collecting you where you are staying and running a route the coaches cannot. Every one is priced per group rather than per person — and the group a fare covers is smaller than the vehicle on most of them, which is the figure to check first.
One fare covering a party of up to seven, with two hours at the cliffs, Poulnabrone Dolmen, a sheepdog demonstration at Caherconnell and ninety minutes at Fanore. Collection from your Galway address; the cliff-top admission is not in the fare.
From $678 per group, up to 7
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Five to six hours for a party of up to four, with ninety minutes at the cliffs. The listing does not mention admission either way.
From $725 per group, up to 4
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A private car from your Dublin hotel or Airbnb, running eight to twelve hours depending on what you want from it, with ninety minutes at the cliffs and stops at Caherconnell and the Burren. One fare covers two travellers rather than the car.
From $1,532 per group, up to 2
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The only tour here that states its vehicle is wheelchair accessible, and the only one offering a Spanish-speaking guide. Collection anywhere in Dublin you ask, ninety minutes at the cliffs, and Visitor Centre entry explicitly excluded. One fare covers two travellers.
From $1,591 per group, up to 2
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Once there are four or more of you the arithmetic changes. Check how many travellers each fare actually covers before you compare it with a coach seat.
Compare every Cliffs of Moher tourA car or minibus and a driver-guide for the day, collecting you where you are staying and going where you ask. Five to twelve hours depending on the product. Ninety minutes to two hours at the cliffs, and the rest of the route is yours to shape.
Some leave from Galway and some from Dublin. The Dublin ones spend three hours of the day driving in each direction. It is the same road a coach takes, and a great deal more comfortable.
Which on a west-facing cliff is worth more than anything else — a private day is the only way to be there for the evening light.
These are priced per group rather than per person, so the arithmetic changes completely once there are four or more of you.
From your accommodation in Galway, or anywhere in Dublin you ask.
The Flaggy Shore, the Burren Perfumery, Caherconnell, Hazel Mountain — these days stop at places no fifty-three-seat coach can reach.
The comparison only works once you know what unit each fare buys, which is the single most misread thing on this coast.
| A private day | A coach seat | |
|---|---|---|
| Priced | Per group | Per person |
| Travellers per fare | 2 to 7, depending on the product | One |
| Vehicle capacity | Up to 15 | 50 to 63 |
| Collection | Your door | A fixed city-centre kerb |
| Gate ticket | Usually not in the fare | Usually in the fare |
| Schedule | Yours | The operator's |
The group a fare covers is not the number of seats. Most of these vehicles hold up to fifteen and price a unit of two, four or seven, so a party of six may be buying two fares. Do the division before you compare anything.
Fares start at From $678 for the group. Confirm two things when you book: how many travellers your fare covers, and whether the cliff-top admission is in it. Neither is reliably obvious from a listing page.
One of these, a chauffeur day from Dublin, is the only product in the whole catalogue that states its vehicle is wheelchair accessible. It is also the only one offering a Spanish-speaking guide. If either matters, it is the booking. The visitor information page covers what the site itself provides.
If you are one or two travellers, a coach seat reaches the same headland for a small fraction of the price. The Galway departures start well under a hundred dollars with the ticket in the fare. If you want longer on the cliff top than a private day gives, the guided walks give four hours. And if the water is what you are after, the boat tours do something no private car can.
Collection from your door, a route the coaches cannot run, 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.