Surf, Coasteer and Yoga in Wales
Dive into a weekend adventure in the magnificent Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Duration
2 nights
Annual Leave
1 day off work
Group Size
Up to 12 people
Season
May—Sep
Location
United Kingdom
Meeting Point
St Davids
Classic Accommodation
Campsite
Customer Reviews
This trip is brand new
Difficulty
Easy
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Learn to surf with local experts on some of the best stretches of beach in the UK
Feel the adrenaline of rocky traverses, wild swims and cliff jumps as you navigate rugged headland in west Wales
Channel your inner zen with yoga sessions on the beach - sandy toes and sea breeze guaranteed
Day 1
Welcome to Pembrokeshire
Hiking
Check into your new digs, drop your bags and take in the magnificent surroundings. You'll head off on a short hike to Porthselau Beach and get ready for a refreshing sea swim if you fancy a dip. Your guide will teach you a bit about staying safe when wild swimming before heading up to Pencarnan Farm for a wood-fired pizza and craft beer. Then it's back to the beach to watch the sun set, the moon rise and be awed by one of the best dark sky views in the world.
Day 2
A bend, a leap and a pop up
Yoga
Coasteering
Surfing
You'll be up bright and early for a tideline yoga session on Whitesands Beach, before tucking into a hearty campside breakfast and getting gear ready for a morning of coasteering. You'll navigate the coast at St Non's by any means necessary – swimming, traversing, scrambling and cliff-jumping included. Your host actually created the activity of 'coasteering' so you can rest assured that you're in safe hands! After a quick lunch, you'll swap your helmet for a surfboard and hit the waves. Full instruction is provided and you may well be catching your first waves by the end of the day. It's then back to the campsite for an Italian feast - there's then the option to enjoy another guided sunset swim at Carn Llidi (daylight hours dependent).
Day 3
Catching the waves
Yoga
Surfing
Start your Sunday with a walk back down to Whitesands Beach for round two of yoga on the sand - or have an extra hour in your cosy tent, it's up to you. Re-group for breakfast before heading down to the beach to put those new surfing skills into action. You'll be given some further guidance around essential self-rescue skills and have the chance to hone your paddling techniques. Today is a relaxed day, so you can surf as much or as little as you like: tea breaks are recommended before and after catching the waves. The trip officially ends at lunchtime but if you'd like to hang onto your board and wetsuit for the afternoon for some further surfing, you can do.
Included
Guides
Qualified local outdoor guides
Accommodation
2 nights camping under the stars
Meals
2 breakfasts, 1 packed lunch, 2 dinners
Transfers
All transfers to and between activity locations
Equipment
All your surfing, coasteering, yoga and camping equipment
Not Included
Travel to and from the start point
Visas where required
Day 1
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Day 2
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Day 3
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
What is the food like?
For breakfast, think energy-filled porridge, fruit, cereal bars and tea or coffee. Lunch will be a packed sandwich with a choice of ingredients, some fruit and trail mix and other snacks. Dinners are likely to be either a home-cooked coconut and sweet potato curry with wild rice, naan and pickles, or a tasty veggie pasta bolognese with garlic bread and wild rocket.
If you would like a tipple while camping, please pack your own - cups will be provided. Vegan and gluten-free diets can be provided for, just let your host know in advance.
What is the accommodation like?
Camping
On this wild experience, you'll stay overnight at the Whitesands Campsite right on the beach. Perched on the edge of the cliffs, awesome views are guaranteed and several nearby coves offer plenty of empty beaches for those that fancy a nighttime walk. The tents will be pre-pitched and will sleep two per tent - however, each tent is actually a four-man, so you can be sure to have some space to spread out.
Upgrades
For those who would prefer their own tent, this can be arranged with your host for an extra charge. Please see Optional Extras for details.
The Area
Logistics
Starts
Host's base in St Davids
15:00 on Day 1
Ends
Host's base in St Davids
16:00 on Day 3
Transfers
Your adventure starts at your host's base in the centre of St Davids at 15:00 on Day 1. If you drive, parking can be tricky but your host can help you with suggestions. If you would prefer to travel by public transport, the nearest train stations are found at Haverfordwest and Fishguard (they’re on different lines so it’s worth checking times for both). It takes around 30 minutes to get to the start point from either of these stations by taxi. Alternatively, your host can provide a shared shuttle transfer between Haverfordwest train station and St Davids at set times to coincide with the trains - please see Optional Extras (prices shown are per person one way, based on at least 2 people taking the shuttle. The cost is double if only one person).
Your adventure ends at the campsite at approximately 16:00 on Day 3 - your host can arrange to take you back to St Davids if you are travelling by public transport. Alternatively, please see Optional Extras if you'd like to book a Shuttle back to Haverfordwest train station.
Travel options
There are regular trains to Fishguard and Haverfordwest, the closest stations to St Davids.
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What's included?
- Wetsuit
- Surfboard and leash
- Helmet and buoyoncy aid for coasteering
- Tent
- Sleeping roll mat
- Camping mug, bowl and utensils
What do I need to bring?
Clothing:
- Suitably warm clothing and footwear for the evening (fleeces, warm trousers, woolly hat, etc)
- Long-sleeved top or two that you don’t mind getting wet (a thermal top is ideal, but not cotton)
- Comfortable swimming costume/shorts to wear coasteering
- Old pair of trainers to wear in the water
- Lightweight sandals or trainers for the evening
Camping:
- Sleeping bag (three-season is ideal)
- Camping pillow (or use a bag of clothes if better)
Other
- Plenty of snacks (high protein bars, flapjacks, nuts etc)
- Quicky dry towel x 2 (you will get wet!)
- Resuable water bottle (x1 litre)
- Any personal medication
- Torch (headtorch is ideal)
- Hand sanitiser
- Suncream
- Sunhat
- Sunglasses
- Plastic bag to store wet clothes
- Toiletries
- Eye-mask & ear plugs (optional for those who need a little help falling asleep)
If you forget anything or need some last-minute supplies, your host has a fully-stocked outdoors shop in St Davids, filled with everything you might need. You are entitled to a 10% discount if travelling on this trip.
Optional Single Tent Upgrade
Payable Before Departure
Optional Single Tent Upgrade
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Shuttle between Haverfordwest Train Station & St Davids, one way, per person (min. 2 people)
Payable Before Departure
Shuttle between Haverfordwest Train Station & St Davids, one way, per person (min. 2 people)
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We’re still waiting to collect any reviews from other travellers on this trip. However, all our hosts go through an extensive vetting process to ensure that your adventure is awesome.
We partner with the World Land Trust to ensure this trip achieves Net-Zero emissions. We also support their Buy an Acre programme, helping local communities to buy and protect natural habitats in perpetuity.
What's the number?
It works out on average at 65kg of CO2 emissions per person, including all local transport, accommodation, food, activities, guides, staff and office operations.
The only thing it doesn’t include right now is flights and travel to the destination. We do make an overall estimate across all our customers separately, but as we don’t book flights, have customers from all corners of the world, and no way of reliably knowing their travel plans, we simply can’t include an individual number in the figure on display here. We’ve got a goal to fix that, so that when you book, there is a way to measure and mitigate the carbon emitted by your flight too.
But what does the number mean?
Yep, hard to picture eh? To give you an idea:
- Driving 1000miles/1609km would be approx. 281kg of CO2 in an average car (or 140.5kg per person if there was 2 of you in it).
- A return economy class flight London - New York would be approx. 1,619kg (1.66 tonnes) per person.
- 10 trees in a temperate forest are estimated to remove approx. 250kg of CO2 from the air in a period of 5-10 years.
What are we doing about it?
Our trips are relatively low-carbon by design, and we're working with all our hosts to develop long term carbon reduction plans. We partner with the World Land Trust to ensure this trip achieves Net-Zero emissions. We also support their Buy an Acre programme, helping local communities to buy and protect natural habitats in perpetuity, ensuring the protection of the reserve and its wildlife.
Want to know more?
Amazingly, no international travel company has ever publicly published their carbon measurements before, as far as we know. We believe that must change, quickly. So we’re openly sharing the method we used in the hope that other companies will be able to more easily follow suit and build on what we've done so far. You'll find it all here.
No surfing, yoga or coasteering experience is needed, just a basic level of fitness and the ability to swim for 25m in open water.
Coasteering is the sport of navigating the features of a coastline by any means necessary. You’ll make your way around the coastal head through a combination of wild swimming, traverses, sluices, whirlpools and low-level and deep-water cliff jumps. While you’re encouraged to push your comfort zone, you’ll never be forced to do something you’re not comfortable with.
You’ll learn the basics of surfing in two comprehensive lessons; starting with water safety, then paddling technique, catching waves and steering the board. When you’re ready, your instructor will teach you how to pop-up and ride a wave back into shore. While it can’t be guaranteed, your instructors are confident that you’ll be standing up and surfing by the end of your lessons.
Sure can! Over 50% of our travellers travel solo, it’s a great way to meet like-minded people.
As is the case with UK summers, every now and again the weather can take a turn for the worse and it may be the case that the original plan isn't possible. Although this is rare (we will make it work in most conditions), safety is of course the priority. If the sea is too rough for surfing, Plan B is to head to Broadhaven North beach 30 mins up the coast which is more sheltered, so conditions will be better. If the weather is 'too good' i.e totally flat and no waves, you'll have the chance to explore the coast via SUP instead.
Our recommended travel insurance provider is Campbell Irvine.
Travel insurance is compulsory for all of our adventures and you are required to provide your policy information before departing.
Your insurance should include adequate protection for overseas medical treatment, evacuation/repatriation, your baggage and equipment and the specific activities involved on your adventure. We also strongly recommend it includes cancellation and curtailment insurance, should you be unable to join your trip for specific reasons such as illness.
We fully endorse Campbell Irvine as their insurance offers all of the above, so get in touch with them or call on 020 7938 1734 to get your insurance sorted. We suggest that you book travel insurance as soon as you book your adventure, just to cover you for any last-minute life changes. We know you’re an active lot and injuries do happen!
We automatically convert prices from the local currency that a host receives to your chosen currency. We update our exchange rates on a daily basis so this does mean that prices displayed on the site are subject to currency fluctuations, which is why you may see them change over time.
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All of our group adventures are specially designed for adults to enjoy (18+) as we want these adventures to bring together outdoorsy people who are truly like-minded. Children can be accommodated on some private departures.
You're always in good company on one of our adventures.
Our trips are typically made up of a mixture of solo travellers and small groups of 2 or 3 friends, with most in their 30s-50s.
Our sociable adventures are solo-friendly by design and naturally attract outdoorsy people with a shared mindset; a love for adventure, a desire to push themselves and meet awesome, like-minded people along the way.
It’s this camaraderie that has so often turned a great adventure into a life-changing one.
Don't just take our word for it:
- 95% of people rate the group dynamics on our trips 5/5
- 90% of people recommend joining a trip to make new friends
- 75% of people have met people on our trips that they would now consider friends
See here for more info about the Much Better Adventures tribe.
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