Northern Ireland's most famous natural wonder, Giant's Causeway |
Causeway Hotel |
Model of the Giant's Causeway scenic area at the Visitor's Centre |
The Giant's Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site |
Bay of the Cows, the first cove on the path from the Visitor's Centre |
The Giant's Causeway |
The second cove, Port Ganny, Giant's Causeway |
Tourists atop the basalt pillars of Giant's Causeway |
The Giant's Causeway consists of around 40,000 basalt columns from an ancient volcanic eruption |
The Giant's Causeway |
The 3rd cove, Port Noffer, Giant's Causeway |
The tallest columns are up to 12m high |
Legend states the Giant's Causeway was built by Finn MacCool from the Fenian Cycle of Gaelic mythology |
Each of the interlocking basalt columns creates step-like formations |
Basalt steps, Giant's Causeway |
Basalt steps, Giant's Causeway |
The Giant's Causeway |
Aird Snout rising above the Giant's Causeway |
Most of the basalt columns are hexagonal, Giant's Causeway |
The tip of the Giant's Causeway |
Port Ganny, Giant's Causeway |
...not the nicest of days, unfortunately... |
The Giant's Causeway |
Port Noffer, Giant's Causeway |
Tourists climbing on the Giant's Causeway |
Across the sea on the Scottish island of Staffa, there are similar basalt columns aiding the myth of the Giant's Causeway |
Tourists climbing on the Giant's Causeway |
Giant's Causeway and Aird Snout |
Basalt columns formed from the contraction of cooling lava |
Port Noffer, the Giant's Castle |
Map of the Giant's Castle scenic area |
Hiking to the east of the main feature of Giant's Causeway |
Giant's Organ |
Looking across Port Noffer to the Giant's Causeway and Aird Snout |
Hiking path from Giant's Causeway to the Amphitheatre |
The Amphitheater, Giant's Causeway |
Climbing above the Amphitheatre |
End of the trail at Port na Spaniagh |
La Girona, a survivor of the 1588 Spanish Armada, shipwrecked on Spanish Rocks with only 9 survivors |
Basalt cliffs above the Amphitheater, Giant's Causeway |
Giant's Organ |
Thistle, Giant's Causeway |
Climbing the Shepherd's Steps to the top of the cliff |
Giant's Causeway from the Shepherd's Steps |
Path up to the clifftop, Giant's Causeway |
Giant's Causeway from the top of the cliff |
Giant's Causeway from atop Aird Snout |
Giant's Causeway from atop Aird Snout |
Tiny tourists scrambling on the Giant's Causeway |
Port Noffer from atop Aird Snout |
Looking east along the Causeway Coast from Aird Snout |
The Giant's Causeway |
Sheep grazing in the fields just beyond the fence, Giant's Causeway |
Old farmhouses and green fields adjacent to Giant's Causeway |
Giant's Causeway |
Hiking back to the Visitor's Centre along the clifftop path |
Weir's Snout |
Bay of the Cows |
Weir's Snout |