Experience the beauty of South Wales on this carefully curated waterfall tour, designed to showcase the region’s more secret and impressive natural highlights in a single day.

Travelling in a comfortable electric mini-van, you’ll explore multiple locations with short guided walks at each stop, covering approximately 7km in total.

Discover the landscapes and stories of South Wales on a full-day journey from Cardiff. Travel through the Rhondda Valleys, cross a dramatic mountain road and visit three very different waterfalls, with a relaxing lunch stop in the historic grounds of Craig-y-Nos.

The day combines Welsh industrial heritage, mountain scenery and peaceful woodland walks. It’s a chance to experience more than the well-known sights: hear about the communities shaped by coal, take in wide valley views and explore waterfalls tucked into wooded gorges.

Begin with a short break at the Rhondda Heritage Park a museum of Welsh mining. There’s time to use the facilities, pick up a coffee if you wish at Cafi Bracchi and take a quick look at the exhibits introducing the Rhondda’s coal-mining history. This is a brief stop rather than a full museum visit.

Head into the upper Rhondda for a walk towards Pen Pych’s cascades and a taste of the area’s rugged, lesser-visited landscape. The walk and views make a striking contrast with the valley’s industrial heritage.

Continue over the Rhigos Mountain Road, one of the region’s memorable mountain drives. We will stop briefly at a view point to take in the sweeping views across the valleys to the peaks of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Take a short woodland walk to Melincourt Falls, an impressive cascade dropping around 80 feet into a wooded gorge. The surrounding reserve combines oak woodland, streams and industrial-history traces.

We will visit Craig-y-Nos Country Park for lunch at the park café, which serves light meals, cakes and locally roasted coffee. If time allows enjoy a gentle wander through the Victorian grounds. If you choose to bring a packed lunch, there are picnic benches or the nice gardens with a lake view to settle in for snacks.

Finish the waterfall visits at Henrhyd Falls, which plunges 90 feet into a wooded gorge and is the highest waterfall in South Wales. The walk here includes a steep descent and climbs back up to the car park, and paths can be wet, muddy and uneven. Then relax on the journey back to Cardiff, with time to reflect on a day of waterfalls, mountain scenery and Welsh valley stories.

Please Note
A reasonable level of fitness is required for all of our walks. As our walks are open to all, clients who are considerably slower than average may be asked at a suitable and safe point to head back to the vehicle. This is to ensure that those that have booked and are of average fitness will continue to enjoy the walk without risk.