Tours and Tour Guides

Follow one of our tour itineraries or book a tour guide to make sure you experience everything Mid Ulster has to offer.

Discover our highlights and hidden gems

Tour around the meandering mountain roads of the Sperrins in your car, sail across Lough Neagh on a leisure cruise, or explore one of our spectacular country estates with an expert your guide - just a handful of the ways you can experience Mid Ulster. Whether you want to go out and discover it all for yourself or have a guided tour to help you unearth some hidden gems, there are lots of options for guided and self-guided tours to help you see as much as possible.

Go it alone on the open road, book onto a coach trip, hire a personal tour guide to show you the sights or join a group visit. There are almost limitless ways to tour around Mid Ulster and build an experience that’s perfect for you and your interests.

Book a tour guide in Mid Ulster

Take a guided tour of a part or aspect of Mid Ulster that’s of particular interest to you. Your trained tour guide will be able to share their local knowledge and put everything that you see into context for you. They’ll also be able to take you off the beaten path to find some little-known spots to enjoy.

If you're interested in genealogy, agriculture or the history of the Clogher Valley, Blue Badge Guide Majory Blackburn specialises in tours covering those areas. For an in-depth tour focusing on our local history and archaeology, you might want certified tour guide Sean Clarke with you on your journey. Tour guide and storyteller James Walshe, of Ireland Coach Tours, will drive you around Mid Ulster sharing local knowledge and craic as you go. If you are interested in local history and geneaology in the wider Magherafelt area, Seamus O'Brien is a local historian, author and tour guide who also takes tours of Seamus Heaney Country.

Perhaps you want to walk in the steps of Neothlithic people, Celts and other ancestors. A guided tour of our ancient and sacred sites with Soul Encounter Tours will help to bring the past to life. For a truly giant experience, join Embrace Tours for a tour of our history, myths and legends - you might even believe in giants by the end of the tour.

Tour our historic sites

The Hill of The O'Neill's interactive exhibition at Ranfurly House and fascinating history of the O’Neill dynasty, the Nine Years War and Plantation of Ulster. It’s even better with one of our expert tour guides to provide extra insight and answer your questions along the way.

Take a guided tour through more than 400 years of history at Lissan House, in Cookstown. Your guide will tell you how the property became the Staples family, and take you on an adventure through the ups and downs of the family's fortunes throughout the centuries.

Blessingbourne Estate, in Fivemiletown, offers guided tours of the Elizabethan manor and its 550-acre grounds for group visits. Soak up the history of this beautiful property and its gardens by allowing owners Nicholas and Colleen Lowry to give you a look behind the scenes of their home.

See more of Mid Ulster

If you’d like to see as much of Mid Ulster as possible during your visit, you might want to join a tour operator for one of their tour packages. InSite Tours Ireland offers guided tours of Mid Ulster's unique landscapes, history, heritage and literary culture. J&K Coaches offers a fleet of coaches and buses for tours around Mid Ulster and further afield. Plot your own coach tour with Coast and Country Tours, who can start your journey from any port of entry and show you the sights of Mid Ulster and beyond.

Discover the people living and working on or around the biggest lake in the UK and Ireland with Lough Neagh Tours. Learn more about the area’s fishermen and food producers, breweries and bushcraft, historic homes and much more.

Go it alone

If you prefer adventuring solo, there are lots of options for self-guided tours in Mid Ulster. Hit the open road on the Sperrins Scenic Driving Route, taking in the beautiful landscape of Ireland’s largest mountain range. Take a driving, cycling or walking tour along the Carleton Trail. Visit the childhood home of Victorian poet and novelist and many other Clogher Valley heritage sites along the way.

Explore the village of Moneymore on foot with 17 points of interest to discover as you make your way around this beautiful village, its important architecture and rich heritage. Venture along the Torrent Valley Heritage Trail through Castlecaulfield and Donaghmore. See the 10th century Donaghmore High Cross, learn the stories behind Castlecaulfield Castle and discover the history of brewing in the area.