Dinas Rock Classic
Our best selling most popular route! Taking place in waterfall country this route allows for a variety of challenging waterfall scrambles, crawls, jumps & traverses, with great rock formations, and hidden caves to explore.
The start of this route involves scrambling, low-level jumps and a crawl through.
As the route progresses so does the difficulty of the challenges. After exploring a hidden rock formation, you scramble up a waterfall cascade and over huge boulders.
You then head towards the Ivy pool and a beautiful area of waterfall jumps. There is a waterfall that you can walk or crawl across to access higher jumps .
This route finishes with a short hike to Loonies Leap pool where there are a selection of the highest jumps in the area, standing & running – up to 22ft!
Duration– approx 3hrs activity time- also depends upon group size & weather conditions
Dinas Rock Short
All of the above but does not includes “loonies leap” pool.
Duration– approx 2hrs activity time- also depends upon group size & weather conditions
All the Videos & Photos on this page were taken from the routes we use in the Brecon Beacons – Copyright Blue Ocean Activities.
Upper River Mellte
This area is a beautiful part of waterfall country with some great waterfalls – on the down side there are hardly any challenges, so tends to be more walking. There are no crawl through rock formations or similar- there is only one main jump at the end. Not suitable in high water- For this reason we only tend to use this route under request.
Duration– approx 2hrs activity time
Alternate Routes in the Brecon Beacons
Clydach Gorge near Gilwern, Abergavenny
This route has the option of a 50ft ‘dry’ abseil off a viaduct before getting changed to take part in the wet gorge which is really suited for children. The route is not as interesting as the above routes and is prone to rubbish being dumped. As such this route is not recommended or used by ourselves, if you want to abseil then why not try our abseiling experience.
Trecastle, Brecon
This route is also rarely used, we would not really describe this as Gorge Walking (or Canyoning) more of an adventure walk with an inclusive 30ft abseil. The route follows a mountain stream and once at the peak of the mountain the abseil takes place- the area is fairly exposed without any trees or forestry although it is fairly rugged and remote. There are no deep rivers or plunge pools so there are no big jumps and challenges tend to be fairly tame.
All the Videos & Photos on this page were taken from the routes we use in the Brecon Beacons – Copyright Blue Ocean Activities.
Abseiling
Abseiling in the River Mellte and Sychryd gorge has been banned for conservation reasons by the National Park Authority. However at the start of Route 1 there is a separate crag that can be used for abseiling and climbing this can be added to make a full day of activity – Please see our abseiling activity page for details.
Jumps
As mentioned the highest possible (and safe) jumps in the area are a maximum of 22ft-25ft which is more than enough for most groups, however if you have the urge to jump much higher then you may be interested in Coasteering which takes place in West Wales (2½ hrs from Cardiff), this location that has been used several times for the Red Bull International Cliff diving championships, jumps can go up to as high as 40ft!
If you would like to arrange a booking for Canyoning in Wales, we require a minimum of four people per group. However, if you don’t have four people, don’t worry! We have plenty of open events you can join.