Cornwall Activity Holidays

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Cornwall - Outdoor Playground for Grown Ups

Forget the bucket and spades image. There are plenty of remote coves in Cornwall that even the most adventurous family will leave to the grown ups and outdoor pursuits enthusiasts. Outside the main school holidays you really can wander lonely as a cloud on the beaches, clifftops and ancient woodlands, and if you have a boat like Eve as a holiday base you can even get away from it all in July and August.

Cornwall is the place for watersports like body boarding, kite surfing, windsurfing, international surfing and surf lifesaving events. Our rugged long distance footpath (South West Coast Path) can be as tiring as any day out in the mountains; Try coasteering - where you jump off sea cliffs into turquoise zawns, and its warmer than Pembrokeshire or Scotland; wild camping is not impossible; the indented coastline and tidal rivers carving deep inland are perfect for sea kayaking; the clean seas offer world class dive sites and plenty of wrecks; try yoga on the cliff tops, gig boat rowing and although our pilot cutter 'Eve of St Mawes' is a classic way to experience gaff rigged sailing  in Cornwall, there are plenty of types of sailing to enjoy.

All Inclusive Cornwall Activity Holiday

There is more to life than sailing and learning the difference between a gaff topsail sheet and a bobstay tackle. On our sailing holidays in Cornwall you can row a clinker dinghy with 13ft oars like a gig boat; Dive off the back of the boat at anchor; go wild swimming with our skippers; scramble amongst the rock pools; Jump off St Mawes or Coverack harbour wall with the locals; go snorkling in a marine nature reserve; indulge in a bit of tightrope walking to reach the end of the 13ft bowsprit; and if the hauling on ropes and keeping your balance at sea is still not active enough for you then try some extreme watersports on the way home.

Store Your Toys with Us

If you join us for a voyage and want to combine it with other Cornish activity holiday plans - we have space at our Portscatho office or St Mawes to look after kayaks / surf boards / tents / back packing gear / bikes if you warn us in advance. We can suggest where you can hire Kayaks or mountain bikes locally, lend you a map, or just give you the benefit of our local knowledge. 

 You can hire sit-on Canoes in St Mawes harbour from Mark. He even has a few with a glass bottom section called Peek a Boo !

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Create your own multi activity expedition to Cornwall. A good general research site for planning your active outdoor break in Cornwall is the Cornwall Guide website.

If you want to walk a bit of the South West Coast Path then the official SW Coast Path website is brilliant, with maps and circular walks and accomodation suggestions.