Life on the water

Carrick-a-Rede Tour

Photos from our Carrick-a-Rede boat tour from Ballycastle: the rope bridge from below, Kinbane Castle, chalk cliffs, sea caves and waterfalls.

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A big thank you to James Allen (our crew member and guide during the 2026 season) for providing us with most of these beautiful moments and pictures. Please feel free to check him out on Instagram: @orange_in_the_blue

Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge over brilliant turquoise water.
Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge strung between cliffs above emerald water.
A white chalk prow rising sheer from the sea, a walker tiny at the top.
Kinbane Castle ruin on its chalk headland, seen from the water.
A white chalk prow rising sheer from calm water.
Sunlit chalk pinnacles and cave mouths below a green amphitheatre of cliffs.
The boat's wake trailing toward a distant cliffline and rock stack.
Approaching Kinbane, its headland and ruined castle from the water.
Walkers crossing the rope bridge, seen from the sea below.
A crew member and two guests sharing a thumbs-up on deck.
Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge seen from the sea between grey cliffs.
Guests at the bow rail looking out over a misty coastline.
Looking past the cabin to the cliffs and a big sky.
Two dolphins surfacing together, backs and fins breaking the water side by side.
A dolphin surfacing right at the boat, spray peeling off its back.
A dolphin bow-riding right beside the boat, close enough to see the spray.
A dolphin's fin arching through the spray.
A dolphin surfacing close alongside the boat in a burst of spray.
Dolphins surfacing side by side in a burst of spray.
A dolphin's snout breaking the surface through a burst of spray.
A dolphin's fin breaking the surface in a splash of spray.
A dolphin bow-riding alongside the boat.
Two dolphins' fins and backs breaking the surface side by side.
Two dolphin fins in open water, with the rocky coastline rising behind.
A dolphin's dorsal fin breaking the surface, trailing a line of spray.
A dolphin breaking the surface beak-first, a fan of spray over its back.
A dolphin's fin breaking the surface through heavy spray.
Our four-legged crew member keeping watch on deck.
A peregrine falcon perched on a lichen-covered rock above the woodland.
A shag perched on a rock, keeping watch over the water.
Chalk-white and basalt-black stacks rising from the sea, mainland hills beyond.
A rocky headland with a hazy coastline stretching into the distance.
A castle ruin on the headland, framed by dark basalt sea stacks.

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