What to do and see in Cardigan, Wales: The Best Outdoor Activities

Dolphin & Wildlife Watching Boat Trips departing from Cardigan using purpose built high powered RIBS to cover more ground in less time, increasing your chances of seeing all that Cardigan Bay has to offer. Trips ranging from 1 - 2 hours with something suitable for all ages & abilities. Dolphins, Seals, Sea Birds & Sea Caves make Cardigan Bay truly "A Bay To Remember".

Suitable for all ages from 3 years +. Well behaved dogs are also very welcome to join. Canoe on Wales's most untouched river. The River Teifi has some of the most breathtaking otherwise unreachable stretches in Wales, Heritage Canoes has the only commercial contract to take you there. Winding towards the sea the deep, tidal Teifi Gorge is a unique environment where fresh and salt waters meet and the species it is home to forms one of the most varied aquatic landscapes in the country. The gorge itself was hewn through a slate hill by a glacier retreating to the Irish Sea at the end of the last ice age. The gorge offers safe, gentle river paddling in open canoes for people of all ages and abilities. With the river flowing lazily past ancient woodland and wildlife habitats, a canoe trip should be high on your list of must-do’s on your holiday. The Teifi gorge is one of the best examples of tidal gorge in the whole country and offers a safe and awe inspiring location for your whole family to try a fun new sport. The steep, densely wooded banks form an important habitat to species of otter, red deer. Peregrine falcon, kingfishers, dragonflies, salmon and sewin (sea trout. The gorge has been an important centre of coracle fishing and slate quarrying for hundreds of years but now the gorge forms part of the Teifi marshes nature reserve. Our Open Canoe trips are fully guided journeys, using canoes which seat 2 or 3 people. Trips last around 2 hours and include all equipment and instruction. Canoeing in the gorge is a stunning adventure in the silent and untouched Teifi gorge. The river is very slow, flat water for most of the journey and there are a set of gentle rapids which you can run at the end of the trip. Expect to see native wildlife including kingfishers, rare dragonflies and if you’re really lucky an otter!

Cardigan Bay Active was set up in the spring of 2011. We bring you closer to the best that Ceredigion and North Pembrokeshire have to offer. We provide great activities at specially selected sites to offer you great experiences during your time here. We bring guests out coasteering, canoeing, kayaking, standup paddle-boarding (SUP), white water rafting, and river tubing. We also offer archery and bushcraft. Come out with us to explore this wondrous area of Wales.