North Wales is fast becoming the adrenaline and adventure capital of Britain. We have more activities that you can do per square kilometre, than anywhere else that I have visited with the most breath taking backdrops. From water sports on the pristine beaches of Anglesey and the Llyn, to climbing, hiking and cycling in mountains of Snowdonia. We have it all. Below I’ve listed some of the favourite adrenalin adventures you can do in the area, which are very popular with visitors. Enjoy!
- Zip world velocity Zip line
www.zipworld.co.uk/adventure/velocity
Location: Zip World Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda LL57 4YG, United Kingdom.
Phone: +44 1248 601444
Prices: From £60
This is the world’s fastest Zip Line, at Zip World Penrhyn Quarry, the facilities available include free car parking, restaurant, bar, viewing platform, viewing area and packages for video and photography.
2. Zip world Titan Zip line
http://www.zipworld.co.uk/adventure/titan
Location: Llechwedd Slate Caverns, Blaenau Ffestiniog LL41 3NB, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 1248 601444
Price: £ 50.00
Zip World Titan has three zip lines – Alfa, Bravo and Charlie with total zip line length of 800m and for those who are on Adventure north Wales trip can have a adrenalin filled summer experience here. Visitors can enjoy “zipping” from a comfortably seated position and can enjoy the awe-inspiring views of Blaenau Ffestiniog and also the valley.
- Adventure Park Snowdonia
www.adventureparcsnowdonia.com/
Location:Conway Rd, Dolgarrog, Conwy LL32 8QE, UK
Phone: +44 1492 353123
Price: Waves £35 / Adrenalin indoors £various
The Adventure Park Snowdonia is the first inland surfing lake in UK but also the world’s first commercial surfing lake. They have just recently opened an entire new Adrenaline indoors complex, with climbing , zip wires and various play centres for the family, quite a significant upgrade by any means. Go check them out.
- Beacon climbing centre-Indoor climbing
Location: Cibyn Industrial Estate, Caernarfon LL55 2BD, UK
Phone: +44 1286 677322
Price: £10 adults – £7.50 children
The Indoor climbing at the Beacon centre is one of the best in Wales. it has been running for well over 20 years and has some of the best climbers in the UK working and setting routes for it’s climbing walls. For the kids who are on holiday or break along with their parents, the Crazy Climb is an exciting fun new experience.
- Indie Climbing Centre – Indoor climbing
Location:Indefatigable, Plas Llanfair
Llanfairpwyllgwyngyll – LL61 6NT
Phone : 01248 716058
Prices: £7 adults – £5 children
A great community climbing centre where there is an incredible nice feel and vibe. It is probanble the best bouldering wall in north Wales and the routes are set by real world class pros. That said you don’t have to be a pro to climb and there are always amazing people there to offer help and a guide while you climb. The owner John is a climbing enthusiast and he runs the place with a lot of passion.
- RibRide – Speed boat rides on the Menai Strait
Location: Porth Daniel, Water St, Menai Bridge LL59 5DE, UK
Phone: 0333 12344 303
Price: £35 for velocity rib ride and £25 for swellies and bridges ride.
The defacto choice for rib rides on the Menai Strait. The RibRide company has grown from strength to strength. They offer some of the most exhilarating rides along one of the most pristine stretches of water in the UK. They have just last season brough online the worlds fastest commercial rib “Velocity” and are now running adrenalin filled trips on that daily. They begin their trips from St.George’s Pier, Menai Bridge.
- Plasmenai – Windsurfing courses (National watersports centre)
Location: Caernarfon LL55 1UE, UK
Phone: +44 300 300 3112
Price: various prices dependant on courses
The national water sports centre for Wales. Plas Menai is a one stop shop for all your watersports courses and coaching. They are highly regarded in the industry. They offer various watersports courses coaching, go check them out.
- Plas y brenin – Climbing courses (National Outdoor sports center)
Location: Plas y Brenin Capel Curig, Betws-y-Coed LL24 0ET, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 1690 720214
Price: various prices dependant on courses
Plas y Brenin is one of the best places in the land when it comes to climbing, mountaineering and adventure courses in Wales. based in Capel Curig Snowodonia they are the equivalent to the Michelin star restaurant when it comes to the outdoor world. they run fantastic climbing courses all over north Wales, with some world class instructors.
- Go below – underground caving and activities
Location: Conwy Falls, Penmachno, Betws-y-Coed, LL24 0PN
Phone: 01690 710 108
Price: From £49 per person
Go below is a rather unique option in our selection. They offer underground adventures that weave their way through a labyrinth of old underground mining tunnels from Snowodonia’s distant mining past. There are various adventures on offer from Go Below Challenge to the Ultimate Extreme.
- Sea Kayaking with Nigel Dennis Kaykas
Location: Sea Kayaking UK, Canada Gardens
Morrison Crescent, HOLYHEAD
LL65 2SZ
Phone: +44 (0)1407 765550
Sea kayaking offers one of the most amazing ways to see our coast. We are quite blessed to have one of the worlds top adventure paddlers and sea kayakers based with his company here on Holy island. If you are kayakers visiting the island or north Wales as a whole, then this is man to see. Although they don’t offer courses, they do offer demo boats of their range to test out and often have group meetings where they go paddle various interesting areas of water around Anglesey and beyond. He now exports his famous kayaks to over 20 countries world wide and also runs courses to coach and educate newbie sea kayakers.
- Coasteering Anglesey – Anglesey Outdoors
https://www.angleseyoutdoors.com
Location: Porthdafarch Rd, Holyhead LL65 2LP, UK
Phone: +44 1407 769351
Price: £45 per person
Anglesey outdoors, also runs a company called Anglesey coasteering and are based in Porth daffarch, on Holy Island. It’s run by a set of friends of mine who have been going for twenty years as local sail makers at the mouse loft. They have now developed a wonderful wild camping, glamping and outdoor centre that they run year round. Super cool place. They run coasteering along the Anglesey coastline is an adrenaline packed adventure for the visitors. Anglesey Coasteering provide great sessions doing coasteering along the Holyhead coastline, drop them a line to find out more.
- SUP (Stand up paddle boarding ) – Psyched Paddle Boarding
Location:
Phone: 01248 440831
Price: £45pp
Psyched Paddle Boarding runs a variety of SUP lessons, coaching and experiences all year round in north Wales. The owner Sian, is a friend an adventurer and amazing campaigner for a plastic free Anglesey. Sian is no stranger to the water element and has partaken in some rather epic adventures on her paddle board around Wales and the UK. She runs her company from Llanberis and has a number of courses and experiences both in Snowdonia and off the coast on Anglesey. Drop her a line for more info.
- Surf lessons on Anglesey – Gecko Rhosneigr
Location: Gecko Surf, High St, Rhosneigr LL64 5UQ, UK
Phone: +44 1407 811247
Price: £35 for 2 hours.
Gecko Surf and Paddle board School. Surfing and paddle boarding lessons are conducted for different levels of expertise along the beautiful Rhosneiger coast, Glen and Nick the owner and instructor and are super good friends and lovely people, who run their business from Rhosneigr all year round. They offer rental and tuition and wetsuit hire, Drop them a line!
- Kite surfing lessons – Funsport Rhosneigr
Location:1 Beach Terrace, Rhosneigr LL64 5QB, UK
Phone: +44 1407 81089
Price: £250 for 5 hours tuition
Funsport, offer kitesurfing lessons from their beach at Rhosneigr. They have just had their 20th year running on Anglesey. Dave who runs the local business was a windsurfing pioneer in the area who then branched out into kitesurfing. They now run courses on windsurfing and kitesurfing from Rhosneigr.
- Mountain bike riding – Coed Y Brenin
https://www.beicsbrenin.co.uk/trails/
Location: Coed Y Brenin Visitor Centre Dolgefeiliau, Ganllwyd, Dolgellau LL40 2HZ, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 1341 440747
Price: £43 for full suspension bike hire
Coed Y Brenin, is an amazing mountain biking centre in the forests of north Wales near Dolgellau. They have a set of amazing trails for all abilities and hire bikes and equipment from the trail centre too.
Front cover image : By Dr David Birch.
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