A short coastal footpath leads to Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge. On the way, there are wonderful vantage points to stop and take in the natural beauty. The geology, flora and fauna have won Carrick-a-Rede recognition as an area of special scientific interest. Fulmars, kittywakes, guillemots and razorbills breed on the islands close to the rope bridge.

Of course, Carrick-a-Rede also boasts an exhilarating rope bridge experience. Traditionally fishermen erected the bridge to Carrick-a-Rede island over a 23m-deep and 20m-wide chasm to check their salmon nets. Today visitors are drawn here simply to take the rope bridge challenge!

Once you reach Carrick Island, the reward is seeing the diverse birdlife and an uninterrupted view across to Rathlin Island and Scotland. There is only one way off the island - back across the swinging bridge! Don't look down!

Bushmills was the last stop for carriages from Belfast before the final push to the Causeway. Passengers got out to revive themselves here at the world’s oldest legal whiskey distillery, in business since 1608. Tours and tastings, café, shops.

The name means the rock in the road (or casting). For centuries salmon fishermen threw a rope bridge across
the scary gap each spring to give access to their fishery on the island. Now they do it with helicopters. There’s always a steady stream of visitors keen to cross over the bridge. The trick is: don’t look down......