Walking Holidays in Snowdonia and North Wales

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If you'd just like to get away from it all and unwind in the outdoors but you'd rather be active, these walking holidays are exactly what you need. Fresh air, tranquillity, scenery and exercise combined. Perfect.

On these walking holidays you'll see the very best that North Wales has to offer and enjoy walking through beautiful places with a guide who knows the area like the back of their hand. What's more, our guides know much more than how to get you from A to B. They are committed to the outdoors and the environment and they know all about it, so along the way you'll also enjoy soaking up their passion for and knowledge of the environment, wildlife and geology, turning every walk into a voyage of discovery.

You'll also revel in the unique atmosphere of the National Mountain Centre where morning is the start of an new adventure for it's visitors and staff alike and the bar every evening buzzes with a mixture of achievement and contentment as our adventurers exchange tales of epic voyages, conquest and close escapes.

Classic Weekend Walks

Cost and Duration: £210 (2 Days)

Walking alongside our experienced and knowledgeable instructors, you will enjoy two days of beautiful mountain scenery. Taking a comfortable pace through remote rugged countryside you will also have ...........

Experience Required: none required

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Snowdonia's Classic Walks

Cost and Duration: £430 (5 Days)

Why not explore the picturesque hills of Snowdonia with our experienced instructors? On each of the five days you'll walk at your own, comfortable pace through remote, beautiful countryside taking in ...........

Experience Required: none required.

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Fourteen Peaks Challenge

Cost and Duration: £530 (5 Days)

Join us on this five-day guided traverse attempting to take in all 14 of Snowdonia's highest peaks. Admire the view from the top of some of the National Park's finest mountains on this exciting week-l...........

Experience Required: summer hillwalking.

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Birdwalking Weekend

Cost and Duration: £140 (2 Days)

If you like hillwalking but you have little or no understanding of the birdlife around you, why not join our guides as they take you to a variety of great birding locations, helping you spot and ident...........

Experience Required: no birdwatching knowledge required but you should be fit enough to walk in the mountains at a gentle pace for 4-5 hours.

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The Coastal Nature Trail

Cost and Duration: £140 (2 Days)

Join our guides for two days walking on the beautiful coastline of North Wales learning about the wildlife that is abundant in this natural wilderness. Flowers and plants, birds and sea life, insects ...........

Experience Required: an interest in coastal wildlife

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'Snowdonia Uncorked' Reserve

Cost and Duration: £180 (2 Days)

The big brother to our Snowdonia Uncorked 'Classic', this weekend combines the same wine tasting experience with more ?full bodied? hillwalking. It is designed for those with some hillwalking experien...........

Experience Required: none required.

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Walking With Nature

Cost and Duration: £520 (5 Days)

Have you ever stood on a hill top or coastal cliff and wondered about the landscape around you? Have you been inspired to find out more about the incredible diversity of plants, birds, animals and tre...........

Experience Required:  an interest in the mountains.

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The Nature Trail

Cost and Duration: £190 (2 Days)

Have you ever wondered about the plants around your feet? Or, why the mountains are here at all? Have you given a thought to those who came before you to work in the mountains? Or thought about how ou...........

Experience Required: an interest in the mountains

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Snowdonia 'Uncorked' Classic

Cost and Duration: £180 (2 Days)

'Snowdonia Uncorked' is a two-day mini-break for those who'd like a taste of the Welsh mountains combined with a low key introduction to wine tasting. Designed for those with little hillwalking experi...........

Experience Required: none required.

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Can't find what you want?

You can hire one of our coaches instructors or guides for only £250 per day. They'll tailor the day to suit your aims and aspirations perfectly.
You can enjoy one to one coaching for that cost or if you get together as a group, depending on the activity, you can split that cost between up to 6 of you. If you are a group we can run one of the courses listed above on a date that suits you and your friends or you could just write your own agenda for a week or weekend and we'll price it up for you - with or without accommodation. What's more, just like out normal course fees, our private instructor hire charge covers all your equipment too.
Click on the link below to fill in a request form and one of our coaches will call you back (or e-mail if you'd prefer) to discuss things in detail with you.

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