|
Things to do on Dartmoor
We are able to
provide instructors for any of the activites below if booked
in advance.
Please contact us for details.
| - |
Walking,
for beginners and experts, packed with points of interest.
Great country for learning to navigate. Guided walks with
Dartmoor National Park. Children (and adults) enjoy collecting
Dartmoor 'letterbox' stamps. |
| - |
Climbing,
on moorland tors, the 'Dewerstone' and 'Chudleigh'. Ideal
routes for beginners and plenty of challenge for more
experienced climbers. |
| - |
Canoeing,
on the Dart, the Exe, lakes, or the sea. Fun and games
as well as classic routes such as the Dart Loop. |
| - |
Caving,
at Buckfastleigh. More fun, with plenty of mud as well
as interesting cave formations. |
| - |
Riding,
and carriage rides through open country and leafy lanes. |
| - |
Orienteering,
the thinking sport, a great way to take exercise and use
the 'little grey cells'. |
| - |
Archaeology,
one of the best areas in England for Bronze Age sites,
standing stones and megaliths, villages and pounds. |
| - |
Painting,
Wonderful colours, especially in spring and autumn. Local
workshops. |
| - |
Fishing
on the Dart, Cherry Brook, stocked lakes.
|
| - |
History,
Pre-historic, castles Drogo and Okehampton, Elizabethan
(e.g.Totnes).
|
| - |
Art
and Craft Local exhibitions, Galleries in all
the local towns showing a range of local talent.
|
| - |
Wildlife
all around (famous Dartmoor ponies, badgers and buzzards,
foxes and fritillary butterflies) and Wildlife parks (butterfly
farm, Otters).
|
| |
|
|
|
|
