Wales borders England in the UK and has a vast selection of areas of natural beauty and within the adventure and holiday of a lifetime for anyone wishing to get closer to nature. As well as partake in some fantastic sports, activities and simply have a great Welsh Holiday.
With miles upon miles of rolling hills, mountains, lakes, rivers and roaming terrain. Wales is one of the best places in the UK to try your hand at anything and everything, from water sports to pony trekking.
Thanks to the geology and the topography it is easy to go to most regions of Wales and partake in extreme activities from jumping off cliffs to bobbing alone as a human white water raft. Let's look at the top ten activities you can enjoy in Wales.
Due to the rolling terrain and the beauty of the local country side, with views across valleys once reached the highest hill points. Mountain biking can be extremely good fun as both a sport to push yourself as well as to get around and enjoy the most of the Welsh scenery in the quickest time.
There are several fantastic locations, MinorTaur at Coed y Brenin, The Tramway in the behemoth which is the Brecon Beacons National Park, Green Trail at Coed Llandegla and who could forget Rookie Green Trail in Afan Forest.
Much like areas of Scotland, Wales too has its wild rivers and a wealth of accessible tutors and instructors to guide you through the coursing rivers which invite you try out their exhilarating sport.
Hay-on-Wye is a particularly fantastic turn in the River Wye to raft on, as is Treyweryn River in Snowdonia. The water is also freezing as it's fresh from the mountain heights and only adds to the feel of dangerous excitement.
In Caernarfon, Gwynedd, you can find the country's premier mountain discovery centre at the Tanrallt Mountain Centre which will take you to the heights and breadth of Mount Snowdon. Coasteering, canoeing, rock climbing and a gorge scramble are all offered.
What's so extreme about walking I hear you ask? you may well be enquiring as you haven't been to Y Mynyddoedd Duon or as the English would call them, the Black Mountains before. Hiking in this region is quite safe, if you know what you're doing.
Enjoy amazing views as you climb Rhos Dirion, Pen Cerrig-calch and Penybegwn. But take a map and know when to rest, you may well experience vertigo and the fog can get very thick up there with visibility down to one metre.