Attractions in North Wales

North Wales is small. But our list of attractions is big. You can visit the locals at Conwy RSPB Nature Reserve, or the not-so-locals at Pili Palas. Take a train to the top of Snowdon, or journey deep inside an electric mountain at Elidir.

Tour one of 11 National Trust properties, Erddig comes complete with landscaped parkland (very handy for walking off that Welsh cream tea). And while you're outdoors, you can bike on four wheels at Glasfryn Parc, trot on four legs at Tal y Foel Riding Centre, or try Wales' first bouncing pillow at the Greenwood Forest Park.

And that's the trouble with North Wales, you see. What to do next? Don't worry, this simple-to-use site is packed with attractions. So it's easy to see what makes us so ... well, attractive.

A really big attraction in the area, is the Whitewater Rafting at the National Whitewater Centre.

Based near Bala, North Wales, they developed the first commercial white water rafting operation in the UK in 1986, and since then have grown to become the largest and most well-respected whitewater rafting organisation in the UK.

Internationally recognised as a Centre of Excellence for paddlesport, with over 20 years experience in providing rafting at the best year-round whitewater facility in the UK.

Set in the unspoilt natural environment of the Snowdonia National Park, Canolfan Tryweryn will take your breath away.

The Tryweryn is a dam released river so water is often flowing when other British rivers are dry, thus producing a unique year round white water venue.

Come and raft the steep and rocky river whose continuous fast flowing whitewater leaves no time for preparation!

After you've fallen in love with the rafting and tackled the rapids head-on, imagine you have the raft take away , steepen the gradient and 'ay carumba', you're canyoning!

You'll face exhilerating leaps, terrifying slides and climbs to take your breath away.

A safety rope anchors you securely wherever necessary, but it's the speed and the force of the water that dominates.

Canyoners will experience a full-on rush as big as the water itself.

The National Whitewater Centre will be closed for whitewater rafting from the 18th October to the 30th of November.  White water rafting resumes in December which gives you just enough time to organise your Christmas work do with a difference!

To make your choice from over 200 attractions take a look at these.

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