Top 5 Day Trips to Northern Ireland For Families
Visit Northern Ireland, or as they would say ‘Norn Iron’! Forget about your typical day out at home, and explore somewhere new on one of our budget-friendly family day trips! Plus you’ll be travelling in style, it’s a really nice way to test drive the Stena Superfast if you’ve never been onboard before. Plus sometimes it’s just really nice to explore a different country, especially since the ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast only takes 2 hours and 15 minutes.
So go on…what can you do in a day?
1. We Are Vertigo
The kids are off school and it’s all happy days until you hear those dreaded words…”I’M BORED’!
Stena Line to the rescue, here to take the boredom-itis away with a fun day out to We Are Vertigo in Belfast including return Stena Superfast ferry travel, coach transfers and admission!
Visit the world’s largest inflata park for a bounce, slide and climb. This ‘fortress of fun’ has enough entertainment to keep them bouncing all day long, explore the mechanical sweeper, travelator, ninja area, high slides, wipe out assault course and there’s even an area for toddlers.
After a bounce, enjoy the adventure centre for a journey that includes a 30ft climbing wall, high & low ropes courses, 3 tier soft play village and electric quads for little racers.
Just a word of caution, this day trip is extremely fun for adults too! Get there from only £34 return per person! Click here to find out more.
2. Titanic Belfast®
You’ve seen the movie…got totes emotional, and we all agree Jack could have squeezed onto that door too!
Now it’s time to experience the truth, the hidden secrets and unseen pieces of the world’s most famous ship at Titanic Belfast®! This leading tourist attraction extends to over nine galleries, drawing together special effects, dark rides, full-scale reconstructions and innovative interactive features to explore the Titanic story in a way you’ve never seen before.
The journey even goes beyond the aftermath of the sinking, to the discovery of the wreck and continues into the present day with a live undersea exploration centre.
This is a fantastic day out for the whole family including return Stena Superfast ferry travel, coach transfers and admission.
Get there from only £29 per adult, £25 per child or £85 for a family ticket. Click here to find out more.
3. Belfast Zoo
Aww, the zoo…the definition of childhood! They’ll never forget the first time seeing a real-life gorilla and the look on their faces when they spot the lion, priceless!
Make memories with the family and take a day trip to Belfast Zoo including return Stena Superfast ferry travel, coach transfers and admission.
Your visit will take you through beautifully landscaped parkland with spectacular views over Belfast Lough. There’s a huge variety of animals on display many of which are rare or endangered including barbary lions, Malayan tapirs, and the Madagascan fossa. Try out the giraffe viewing platform and get up close during feeding time.
Get there from only £30 per adult and £26 per child. Click here to find out more.
4. Day Trip to Belfast
You won’t hear ‘I’M BORED’ here! Belfast is a city overflowing with things to do, from sightseeing tours and fabulous shopping, to W5 Science Centre, Crumlin Road Gaol and the fantastic Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. From only £10 per person you can enjoy a day trip to Belfast.
This day trip includes return Superfast ferry travel, Metro DayLink bus pass and you get a £5 off shopping voucher when you spend £25 or more in our onboard shop!
Grab a bargain from only £10 per person. Click here to find out more.
5. Giant’s Causeway & Carrick-a-Rede Ropebridge
Get your camera and selfie face ready for the fantastic views at the Giant’s Causeway! Visit the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge and cross the chasm if you dare! Then head on to the World Heritage site to marvel at the geometric columns and learn about the myths and legends of the area.
From only £30 per adult and £26 per child including, return Stena Superfast ferry travel and coach transfers. Click here to find out more.
Stena Line have a great range of day trips to Northern Ireland on our Cairnryan to Belfast route all year round. For more information just click here.
Love my trip with Stenaline it’s slick super sassy my son of five always said
Giants Causeway
Rose and Jack here we are going to be married 50 years in September and would love to see the Titanic exhibition about our namesake
Giants causeway
Giants causeway, great day trip.
Yous decide .. any one of them would do .. can’t beat going across the water
I would like to visit the zoo.
Titanic museum is fab Cromlyn road gaol is great visit Food excellent people fantastic. My fav city in whole world.
Belfast is a beautiful city, my home town, I would love to go back and see all my family and friends x
Titanic
Belfast is the mist welcoming city I have been to, the change is incredible and worth a trip to experience this gem.
Both the Giants Causeway and Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge are on my ‘bucket list’, so I would love the chance to experience both of them ????
My life dream to go to the emeral Islands all places are great value for money but my goal is giants causeway magical mystical place stunning
Amazing city. You will never be bored in Belfast! Titanic. Crumlin Rd gaol. Museum. Fab!
Number 4 the day trip to Belfast, me and my wee nephew would love to see all the architecture and the science museum. x
I’d love to take my grandchildren to titanic as they are obsessed with the movie
All the attractions are great but the biggest attraction that Belfast offers me is seeing my granddaughter poppy and my daughter and her other half Ed
We try to get over as often as possible
Stena is great fast and efficient
Thank you
Giants Causeway ????
Giants causeway and Carrick a rede
North coast is spectacular!
Belfast is a fab place to visit, lots to see and do, shopping, attractions, the people are friendly and helpful.