ACTIVITIES
Preseli Venture is a well-established adventure activity resale company based on the spectacular North Coast of Pembrokeshire, where they also provide sustainable accommodation at the Eco Barn and Courtyard Cottages.
Having set the high standard for sustainable adventure tourism in West Wales for nearly 40 years, Preseli Venture has hand-picked the very best local activity providers to be featured on their high-quality activity booking platform.
Travel agencies can book high-standard accommodation and a full itinerary of outdoor activities all in one place, including:
- Boat Trips
- Coasteering
- Surfing
- Sea Kayaking
- SUP Boarding
- Rock Climbing
- Canoeing
- Rockpool Safaris
- Coastal Explorer Days
- Coming soon: beach yoga, offshore island yoga day retreats, guided walking, wild swimming and more.
This is the only centralised activity booking platform for activities in Pembrokeshire run by a local company and it is thoughtfully designed to save travel agencies hours of research and comparison.
BESPOKE ACTIVITY HOLIDAYS
If your client can dream it, Preseli Venture will build it.
Preseli Venture has been putting activity holiday itineraries together for nearly 40 years in Pembrokeshire. Their team has an intimate knowledge of the local area, extensive experience judging the best tides and conditions for various activities and what time of year is best for seeing certain wildlife. They’re familiar with the schedules of each activity partner and nuances such as age restrictions, meeting places, timings, what to wear and what to bring. They know the best spots for eating out nearby, secret spots for picnics away from the crowds and cultural and historical places of interest. And most importantly, they know how to make a trip feel personal, special and memorable to each client.
All these elements can seem like an impossible jigsaw puzzle. But Preseli Venture is remarkably good at making days flow effortlessly. Let them do the thinking and carefully curate the perfect bespoke itinerary for your clients. You can download a detailed sample itinerary for both adults and families on their website.
CAR-FREE WALKING HOLIDAY
- 5 days of walking (can be shortened or extended)
- Detailed walking itinerary, maps, bus times and local tips
- Route: Pembrokeshire Coast Path, Newport to Solva
- Includes sight-seeing, history, culture & cuisine
- 2 levels of walking difficulty to choose from
- Uses 100% public transport
- Eco accommodation with 5-star reviews
- Stay at the same accommodation throughout (no luggage transfers)
- Price: Accommodation total + £30 guidebook
On this 5-day walking holiday, guests will cover some truly cinematic stretches of the North Pembrokeshire Coast Path between Newport and Solva, via the Pencaer and St David’s peninsulas, where the panoramic views are unsurpassable.
Preseli Venture’s walking guidebook tells you the mileage for each day, which buses to catch and when and where to eat en-route, whilst also enriching your experience with information on historical landmarks and wildlife to look for along the way. This is a dream-come-true for independent explorers who prefer to be without a guide, but want to benefit from the invaluable treasures of local knowledge.
There are two itinerary options of varying difficulty called the “Pilgrim’s Path” and the “Unwinding Way”, and participants can even decide to do a combination of the two.
This is a walking holiday with a difference: if lugging a full pack around every day and stopping off at a different hostel or B&B each night sounds like hard work (and organising it, even moreso), you’re in the right place. It’s a relief to know that you can book one accommodation rental for the duration of the trip, meaning guests can leave all their belongings securely in one place and simply carry a day-pack each day.
Price: Accommodation total + £30
CAR-FREE ACTIVITY HOLIDAY
- 7 days of adventure activities
- Boat trips to the offshore islands
- Walking on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path
- Sight-seeing, history, culture & cuisine
- Uses 100% public transport
- Eco accommodation with 5-star reviews
- Itinerary suitable for adults and families
- Price: Accommodation total + FREE guidebook
Doing an adventure holiday without a car in the most rural parts of Wales may seem like an impossible dream. But Preseli Venture has carefully curated every little detail to make a car-free activity holiday run smoothly, so your client can work through their bucket list with ease. This is the greenest way to explore Pembrokeshire, leaving no trace behind.
Expect 7 days of immersive, soul-soaring adventure experiences for families or adults, including coasteering, sea kayaking, hiking, surfing, climbing and SUP boarding. Woven into the itinerary are opportunities for sightseeing and exploring Pembrokeshire’s rich local history, culture and cuisine.
Download your 7-day sample itinerary and information pack completely free. This indispensable resource is bursting with local knowledge, including what to pack, bus times, how to order local produce and meals directly to your doorstep and lots more.
ACCOMMODATION
Preseli Venture’s climate-conscious self-catering accommodation is nestled on the gentle slopes of the Abermawr Valley with views stretching over the woodland, down to the coastline and the rocky outcrop of Garn Fawr. Just a short walk from the quiet sand-and-shingle beach of Abermawr and the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, Preseli Venture is an ideal rural spot for walkers and nature-lovers.
The Eco Barn is a characterful and spacious 4-bedroom Dutch barn conversion sleeping up to 8 guests across 4 bedrooms. The Courtyard Cottages next door offer a range of sizes to suit couples, families and small groups (bookable from 2025 onwards). Larger groups will be able to book out several rental properties.
GROUPS
Booking several rentals across Preseli Venture’s accommodation complex (including the Eco Barn and Courtyard Cottages) is the perfect solution for larger groups, especially those which include several couples & families who want their own space, whilst sharing outside communal spaces with the rest of the group.
Types of groups may include:
- Large & multigenerational families
- Groups of friends 'get together's
- Corporate groups – team building, wellness, incentive retreats, workplace resilience, fund-raising challenges
- Walking clubs
- Canoeing / Kayaking clubs
- Surf clubs
- Climbing clubs
- Christmas & New Year's celebrations
- Birthday celebrations
School groups also can organise an activity programme through Preseli Venture, who will advise of appropriate accommodation nearby.
TAKE AWAY POINTS
1. NATURAL BEAUTY: For clients with only a short time to spend in Wales, it’s got to include a trip to the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. This is the UK’s only coastal national park and is the jewel in the crown of the Welsh coast with vast stretches of untouched coastal wilderness and cinematic scenery.
2. WILDLIFE: The sheer diversity of wildlife is astounding. Visitors can see an abundance of birdlife including one of the largest puffin colonies in the UK. Boat trips and sea kayaking trips are the best way to see dolphins, porpoises, whales and huge colonies of Atlantic grey seals (with pups in the Autumn).
3. COASTEERING: If your client does only one thing in Pembrokeshire, it’s got to be coasteering. This unique global adventure activity was brought to life in Pembrokeshire in the 80s by a few dedicated providers including Preseli Venture. A unique activity, coasteering involves a concoction of climbing, sea swimming, scrambling and cliff jumping. This phenomenon has passed the Welsh borders into the rest of the UK, Europe and can now be found in far-flung corners of the globe.
4. GREEN TRAVEL: Preseli Venture’s low-carbon accommodation credentials, responsible adventure experiences, car-free holiday options and surrounding rewilding project in the valley make it an excellent option for climate-conscious clients.
