DRAGON’S DEN
The clifftops at the beautiful RSPB South Stack Cliffs Reserve in Anglesey are exploding into life with spring flowers, as seabirds build their nests and raise their young.
Families of peregrines, guillemots and puffins transform the cliffs and heaths at this time of year.
Both Anglesey and the Welsh mainland have a coastal path network which provide a great way to explore beaches and rock pools.
Britain’s biggest resident population of dolphins lives in Cardigan Bay. You can see bottlenose dolphins all year round, but summer is the busiest time, particularly at New Quay.
Dolphin-watching boats tour Aberporth, Mwnt, Cardigan Island and Cemaes Head. Harbour porpoises are also common, and if you’re really lucky you may spot an orca or humpback whale. For seals, Ramsey Island is home to one of the largest colonies of Atlantic greys in the British Isles.
From late August to November they arrive to breed. hits up to 100mph as you fly over a former quarry. You can work up to it on the Little Zipper before taking on the Big One.
There are four sites in Wales, with the newest, Zip World Tower, sited in the Rhigos mountain range and offering fantastic views.
Built at the old Tower Colliery coal mining site, it will have three new attractions this year: The Tower Coaster (opening in June), which is a seated side-byside toboggan-style rollercoaster; seated zip line Zip World Phoenix, and Big Red, a double-wire for the little ones.
A puffin at
South Stack
Cliffs Reserve
The National Cycle Network in Wales (Sustrans) manages 1,200 miles of lanes, canal towpaths and disused railway lines to explore.
These can be combined with visitor attractions, historic sites and towns. Mountain biking is popular in Wales thanks to its terrain of mountains, wooded valleys and trails.
BikePark Wales near Merthyr Tydfil is the UK’s biggest mountain biking resort, with 28 all-weather trails and a lift to carry bikes to the top.
TAKE THE PLUNGE:
Riding an eFoil on the Menai Strait