Carlingford Adventure Centre is a long-time favourite for schools seeking a fun, educational, and action-packed outdoor experience. Whether you’re planning a day trip or a 5-day adventure, we’ve got you covered.

To make planning easy, our operations specialists have grouped activities into bundles based on duration—some activities take up to 3 hours, while others are shorter. You can view these activity bundles, along with pricing and detailed information, on our Bundles Page.

We offer a wide range of exciting activities, all designed with different time requirements in mind. To help you get the most out of your trip, we tailor your itinerary by bundling suitable activities together.

Submit your enquiry today and one of our specialists will be in touch to discuss your options.

We offer a wide range of activities – see below for what’s available at Carlingford Adventure Centre and our sister company, Skypark:

Water Activities:

• Kayaking – Paddle on the scenic Carlingford Lough with expert instructors.
• Canoeing & Canoe Rafting – Team-based paddling fun that’s great for bonding.
• Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) – A relaxing yet engaging activity for all ages.
• Giant SUPs –Teams can paddle together on massive boards—fun and teamwork guaranteed.
• Water Trampoline & Pier Jumping – Bounce and splash around in a safe, supervised environment.
• Raft Building – Work together to build and test your own floating raft.

Land Activities:

• Rock Climbing – Suitable for beginners and kids with trained guides and safety gear.
• Laser Combat – An action-packed outdoor game that’s like paintball but without the bruises.
• Orienteering & Hillwalking – Explore the natural beauty of Carlingford together.
• Target Sports – Try your hand at archery, axe throwing, and spear throwing in a safe and fun setting.
• Survivor Challenge –teamwork is key in this wilderness-style adventure challenge.

High & Low Rope Challenges:

• High Ropes Course – Test your nerve and balance on suspended rope courses.
• Crystal Maze & Team Tasks – Fun, brain-teasing physical games perfect for group problem-solving.

SkyPark – Our Sister Company

Just across the road from the Adventure Centre is SkyPark, Ireland’s largest adventure park, and our exciting sister company. With over 20 adrenaline-pumping friendly activities, and it’s perfect for all ages and abilities.

Activities at SkyPark include:

• Aerial Course: Test yourself on 30 challenges including cargo nets, skateboards, giant log swings, monkey bars and of course ziplines! With courses ranging in height from 6ft to 40ft there is a course for everyone and plenty of zip wires. 
• Skypark Junior: Carlingford’s best attraction for under 10’s! Younger visitors can try out SKYPARK Junior, a brilliant safe low-level version of SKYPARK for 5+ yr olds only 1 meter above the ground. (Add on activity for €10pp). 
• Ireland’s Ancient East Maze: The new 776m2 wooden panel maze at SkyPark is designed to get you lost!! With towers, bridges and interchangeable gates, no visit to our maze at SkyPark will be the same. 
• Footgolf: players kick a ball from the ‘tee’ starting point to the flag and must kick it into an oversized flag hole. The person who takes the least kicks to do so wins! 
• Frisbee Golf: frisbee disc golf entails throwing your frisbee around a specially built grass course, which is like golf has ‘tees’ that you start from and holes or baskets that you throw to. 
• Crystal Maze: Group activity similar to the famous TV Crystal Maze only bigger, more fun and outdoors! 
• Skynet: Bounce, crawl, slide and climb your way through a massive aerial adventure made entirely of nets! Suspended high above the ground, this fully netted wonderland includes giant bouncing nets, tunnels, treehouses, and slides 
• Mini Golf: A classic for all ages! Navigate through quirky obstacles, gentle slopes, and winding curves on this fun and challenging mini golf course
• Aeroball: The ultimate trampoline sport! Two players bounce on separate trampolines inside a netted arena, trying to score points by shooting a ball into the opposing basket. 

Other Activities: Include Skypark express train, monster croquet, and mini diggers.

With all these activities along with the fantastic zip line experiences at our sistering company SKYPARK and with the old favourites like Laser Combat & Water Trampolines your students will be raving about Carlingford Adventure Centre.