Abandoned Mine Adventure: Family and Group Challenge

Explore an abandoned mine in Snowdonia with climbing, abseiling, ziplines, and boat crossings. Perfect for families, Stag/Hen dos, and couples.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Pont yr Afanc - Explore an abandoned underground slate mine following the old quarryman’s footsteps, with various optional challenges along the way, including; climbing, an abseil, a short tyrolean/ zipline and a short boat crossing. All of which can be avoided by scrambling around.
    This is an authentic experience with the only changes to the mine…
What's Included
  • Use of safety equipment: Helmets, Headtorches, Harnesses, and Lanyards
  • Personal equipment must be brought or requested 48 hours in advance
What's Not Included
  • We do not provide any form of clothing, please bring your own waterproofs and warm clothes.
  • We do not provide Wellies as standard. We can provide Wellies if requested 48 hours beforehand.
Additional Information

This adventure offers a genuine exploration of an abandoned mine, featuring optional challenges such as climbing, abseiling, a Tyrolean traverse (short zipline), and a brief boat crossing.
The experience remains authentic, with safety anchors being the only modifications made where needed. It closely resembles caving, with the only illumination coming…

Location
Pont yr Afanc
This activity is located just outside of Betws y Coed. A google maps link to the meeting point will be sent once your booking has been confirmed. This is the closest place to mine with parking & mobile signal. From here there is a 15 minute drive in your own vehicle to get to the activity location.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Trip510563
May 18, 2026
Exploring a Lead Mine - We had an amazing time with Sol exploring a lead mine. Sol is very knowledgeable about the mine and its history, and ensured that we had a smooth and safe trip through the various levels of the mine, would definitely recommend 👍🏼
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Tobyrn133el
Apr 22, 2026
Amazing! - Absolutely fantastic day! The guide was experienced and freindly. The activities were amazing! Highly recommend! Will definately book again!
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J5836hrmickeym
Apr 4, 2026
Really fun caving, very friendly and experienced guide - Our guide Sol was really nice, very generous, and very experienced. It was very wet, and he let me borrow his waterproof bottoms for the whole caving experience, and I would've been drenched without them. He clearly knew what he was doing and knew a lot about the place and told us loads of cool facts! Loads of activities to do in the cave like ziplining abseiling, and walking up a waterfall which was amazing!
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C8471ddhelens
Aug 29, 2025
Best family day out in ages (maybe ever???) - We did this trip as part of our family holiday, with my kids aged 6,9 and 11. We all loved it. The trip leader was brill. He tailored the experience to what we needed. Gave loads of interesting facts about the mine and was really encouraging and kind, supporting the kids to do things that were out of their comfort zone. One of the best days out we have had in ages. A really unique experience, we loved it. Definitely value for money
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Nomad29837518052
Jul 28, 2025
Caving adventure in snowdonia - One of my best days out ever, Sol was a brilliant guide, very knowledgable and with amazing patience considering the mixture of abilities in our group. I will definitely book again.
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Resort11024278596
Jul 23, 2025
Amazing guide - Sol was incredibly professional, and we, a group of four, thoroughly enjoyed our caving adventure with him. We felt safe and guided throughout the experience, and we particularly loved the history lessons he shared about the caves.
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Y6476ibbernadetteh
Jun 1, 2025
UNDERGROUND SLATE ADVENTURE - EXELLANT - Went on the underground slate adventure during the May half term with my husband and 8 year old son. The experience was AMAZING exploring the labyrinth of the slate mines with a boat ride, zip lining, abseiling and climbing a waterfall. Sol our guide was fantastic and so knowledgable. I would not hesitate to book another trip with adventure activities, such a brilliant experience with so many happy memories made. Thank you Sol 👍
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Nuha_h
Apr 7, 2025
Really fun activities.... - Really fun activities. Sam was great. Really interesting hearing about the history of the mines too.
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Isla_e
Mar 5, 2025
My husband and I took our... - My husband and I took our 11 year old son on the underground adventure with Sol and it far exceeded our expectations. Our son loves adventure and gets bored easily but over the 4 hours we spent with Sol, he kept things engaging and the activities involved were suitable for an 11 year old, but added a sense of controlled ‘danger’ which held my sons enthusiasm and interest (he’s an adrenaline seeker). For me personally, I have a couple of injuries which limited my ability to participate in some of the activities, which wasn’t a problem. Sol had alternative ways to move forward which did not require scrambling, zip lining or abseiling. My husband had a great time and also felt the activities were the right level of difficulty to be a challenge but not too hard. All in all, a very enjoyable experience.
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Isles39
Mar 5, 2025
Very enjoyable family activity in Wales - My husband and I took our 11 year old son on the underground adventure with Sol and it far exceeded our expectations. Our son loves adventure and gets bored easily but over the 4 hours we spent with Sol, he kept things engaging and the activities involved were suitable for an 11 year old, but added a sense of controlled ‘danger’ which held my sons enthusiasm and interest (he’s an adrenaline seeker). For me personally, I have a couple of injuries which limited my ability to participate in some of the activities, which wasn’t a problem. Sol had alternative ways to move forward which did not require scrambling, zip lining or abseiling. My husband had a great time and also felt the activities were the right level of difficulty to be a challenge but not too hard. All in all, a very enjoyable experience.
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From $121
up to 15 guests
3 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).