Best Adventure Gifts for Father’s Day in Yorkshire
Give a great gift for Father’s Day this year. Father’s Day is on the 18th June and it’s the one day in the year when you can celebrate your dad or father figure in your life. It’s a special day so why not spend it together having an outdoor adventure? We have a selection of rock or water sports for you to choose from. We also have an awesome team of instructors to encourage and guide you through your fun-filled adventure. Here are 7 of our best adventures to have together with your dad this summer.
Half-Day Adventure Gifts for Father’s Day
1. Gorge Walking and Abseil
Gorge walking is an exhilarating experience and is a customer favourite. You enter the gorge by abseiling 45ft directly from the bridge above and then forge your way against the flow of water as you scramble over boulders, slide down waterspouts, sit under waterfalls and jump into deep plunge pools. It’s a fun-filled adrenaline-pumping adventure.
What’s included?
Our Yorkshire Dales gorge walking experience includes everything you need to have an amazing day out – all you need to bring is suitable clothing!
- 3 hour gorge walking experience
- Introduction and guidance by a friendly, highly-qualified gorge walking instructor
- All safety equipment (including a wet suit)
- Maximum of 8 participants per instructor
- Abseil descent from a bridge over the gorge
- Gorge walking
- Exploring some local caves
- Amazing memories!
2. Canoeing
Explore the natural beauty of Yorkshire’s waterways with this 3 hour open water canoeing experience. You’ll quickly master the art of canoeing as you learn the skills required to balance as you sit in your canoe whilst propelling forward with your paddle. Our friendly and highly qualified instructors will greet and lead your fun-filled canoeing session. A great way to enjoy the scenery and observe the wildlife too. Although it’s very unlikely you’ll capsize, be prepared to get wet – there’s always one!
What’s Included?
- 3 hour open water canoeing experience
- Introduction and guidance by experienced and friendly instructors
- All safety equipment provided – canoes, paddles, buoyancy aids
- Max of 10 participants per instructor
3. SUP Paddleboarding
Explore one of the world’s most popular water sports with this 3 hour experience in historic Ripon along the Ripon Canal and River Ure. You’ll master the art of stand-up paddle boarding as you learn the skills required to balance on your board whilst propelling forward with your paddle. Enjoy the scenery as you paddle by.
What’s included in this Stand Up Paddleboarding Experience?
- 3 hour SUP stand-up paddleboarding experience
- Introduction and guidance by experienced and friendly instructors
- All safety equipment provided – paddleboards, paddles, wetsuits, buoyancy aids
- Max of 10 participants per instructor
4. Caving
Caving is an experience you will never forget. Your caving experience with How Stean will find you exploring the underground passages of Nidderdale. Prepare to be wading through water, scrambling through vast caverns and spotting fossils. Enjoy sliding through the mud as you traverse the horizontal and vertical routes! The Nidderdale cave system is a network of twelve kilometres of interweaving passageways, with caves like the Manchester Hole and Goyden Pot.
What’s Included?
- Half-Day Unforgettable Caving Experience
- Detailed safety briefing
- All safety equipment provided including a caving suit, caving belt, knee pads, wellington boots, helmet and head torch
- A friendly, highly-experienced, qualified caving instructor
- Maximum of 10 per instructor
5. Via Ferrata High Wire Course
We’re home to Yorkshire’s only Via ferrata high wire
Challenge yourself to our half day via ferrata high-wire climbing trail, set into the rocks to allow you to ascend the gorge’s cliffs. You’ll firstly connect yourself with the cowstails on your harness to the metal cable network that weaves through the gorge. Expect to be thrilled as you scale the gorge’s steep walls, with water thundering underneath you!
What’s included?
- 3 hour via ferrata high wire fun experience
- Introduction and guidance by experienced and friendly instructors
- All safety equipment provided – safety harness/cows tails attached to cables and helmet.
- Practice session
- Traversing rock faces
- Climbing under rock ledges
- Tyrolean Traverse
- Postman’s walk
- Burma Bridge
- Free hanging abseil
- Max of 8 participants per instructor
Full-Day Adventure Gifts For Father’s Day
1. The Big 5 – 5 activities all in one day.
How Stean Gorge is geographically unique, as it’s one of the only place in the UK where you can do these activities in a single day. Lunch and drinks in our licensed cafe are included in this full-day adventure package to help you make the most of the day.
The five activities include:
- Via Ferrata – High Wire Course
- Abseiling
- Gorge walk / Ghyll Scrambling
- Caving
- Canoeing
What’s included?
Our Big 5 experience includes everything you need to have an amazing adventure – all you need to bring is suitable clothing!
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- Full day outdoor experiences
- Introduction and guidance by a friendly, highly-qualified gorge walking instructor
- All safety equipment (including a wet suit)
- Maximum of 8 participants per instructor
- Abseil descent from a bridge over the gorge
- Gorge walking
- Caving
- Caneoing
- Via Ferrata High Wire Course
- Lunch
- Fun times and amazing memories!
2. How Stean Experience – 3 activities all in one day
Traverse the towering walls of the Gorge, descend on ropes, land big jumps, and slide into plunge pools! Everything you could want to do in the Gorge is here in 5 HOURS of top adventure fun!
What’s Included?
- 5 hour How Stean Experience
- Introduction and guidance by experienced and friendly instructors
- All safety equipment provided – wetsuits, buoyancy aids, safety harness
- Abseiling, Gorge Walking and Via Ferrata High Wires
- Max of 8 participants per instructor
Whichever activity you choose, you and your father are bound to have a great time!
To book your Father’s Day Gift call our Adventure Team on 01423 755666
