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Booking a private tour with Boyne Valley Tours means you have your very own guide for the day – a friendly, professional expert who will ensure you have an amazing experience plus their undivided attention.
All of our private day tours to the historic Boyne Valley and stunning County Wicklow can be fully customized, enabling our guests to have exactly the kind of experience they wish with specific destinations and requests included in the day’s itinerary.
We provide collection from a guest’s hotel or cruise ship by Sedan or Mercedes MPV in the Dublin, Meath and Louth areas. Airport transfers can also be incorporated as part of a private day tour.
With all of our private day tours, we are happy to recommend lunch and coffee stops on the day (please note meals are not included in tour prices).
After a wonderful time, having been looked after by your personal guide, Boyne Valley Tours will drive you back to your accommodation in a private vehicle.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Newgrange & Boyne Valley
8hrs | €590
Book Now!Boyne Valley Castles & Abbeys
8hrs | €590
Book Now!Meath Megalithic Sites
8hrs | €590
Book Now!Glendalough & Scenic Wicklow
8hrs | €590
Book Now!Wicklow Gardens & Scenery
8hrs | €590
Book Now!Cruise Excursions
8hrs | €590
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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.
Meet our tour guides
When you book with Boyne Valley Tours you will experience over 5,000 years of Irish Culture and History. Choose from our tours across the Boyne Valley as well as popular Wicklow Tours and Highlights.
Michael Fox
Derek Smith
Richard Ball
Owen Mullan
The adventure begins when a sleek, dark car appears outside of the Inn where we are staying. Behind the wheel is Fox. Michael Fox. He holds the passenger door open and we slip inside. We glide past charming country cottages on winding, hedge lined roads. Fox briefs us on the local customs and intel. We pass a grand manor with a stone walled pasture where horses are grazing in the shade of massive trees. Suddenly Fox pulls over. Across the road is a thick, impassable hedge beside a small, uniquely shaped iron gate. It has slightly angled vertical posts. Behind the gate, hidden up a path, is the first site. My brother leaps over the gate and disappears. But I do not ever leap over gates. Fox reaches around, unlatches a bolt, and sets the heavy gate on the ground. I step over it and start up the path. Shaded by tall Hawthorne shrubs, the path borders a farmers field. The path widens towards a large mound covered in grasses. Fox tells us that hidden beneath the mound is a Stone Age passage tomb. He leads us to the tomb entrance. We crouch down and enter the dark passage, leaving the wind, the sky, and the modern world behind us.
Later, past other iron gates, we explore the stone ruins of medieval churches, and attempt to decipher scripts on lichen covered headstones in the ancient cemeteries. Fox points out a hidden stairway in the recess of a stone wall, and my brother disappears again. But I do not ever climb hidden stone stairways in the ruins of monasteries. Fox waits with me until my brother re-emerges, higher up on the stone wall, and stands framed against the sky by a pointed arch.
At the last site, we stand on top of the Boyne Valley, close to the clouds, on an ancient mound. God light breaks through the clouds illuminating sections of the lush, green valley below. This view of Ireland is so glorious, and so special, that we do not want this moment to end. Fortunately we are with Michael Fox and there's no rush.
If treasure is what you are looking for, ask to see the art of Bernadette Fox. These works are scenes of the sea and land, skillfully painted not with paint and a brush, but mostly colourful, dyed wool and other textiles.
Overall, this tour is an unforgettable experience, and a highlight of our trip.
He picked me up from my Dublin hotel in a clean and very comfortable sedan and we headed off to Boyne Valley. We went to Newgrange; Dowth, the ruins of Slane Abbey, Mellifont, Monasterboice, and Hill of Tara. The drive was extremely scenic and we talked most of the time that we were in the car as he explained the history of what we were seeing. It was a very full day--a true highlight of my 11-day trip to Ireland.
Michael is extremely personable and knowledgeable about the entire region. Prior to booking I told him of a few sites that I wanted to see and we hit all of them--plus several that I was unaware of previously. We also stopped at a lovely restaurant to get a quick lunch. I strongly recommend him as a tour guide.
Sheela-na-gig. He picked us up and dropped us off at our hotel. And arranged for the tickets ahead. Michael is a professional guide with incredible knowledge of the Boyne Valley. This is truly the only way to see this historic area. Highly recommended.