Welcome to the activity department of Baskerville Hall Hotel. For your convenience many of our activities can be run from the grounds of Baskerville Hall, therefore minimising travel time. We have the advantage of a wide range of activity providers, we are more likely to have availability of activities what ever the time of year. We are also fortunate enough to have one of the best activity playgrounds on our door step, the Black Mountain and Brecon Beacon National park. The Baskerville Hall offers 130 acres of our own open fields and woodlands. The National Park, with rivers, mountains, waterfalls and magnificent scenery makes the area some of the most impressive countryside in the UK. Take advantage of the stunning surroundings and a Hotel that's brimming with history and character. Book one or a selection of activities from the following list. 4x4 Off road Land Rovers Quad Trekking Power Turns Mountain Biking Honda Pilots Hover Craft Go Karting Paintballing Clay Pigeon Shooting Gorge Walking Abseiling & Climbing Canadian Canoeing Golf Pony Trekking Half Day Team building activities Ice Breakers Team Building Baskerville Challenge Raft building corporate Raft building jolly Natural therapy's 4x4 Off road Land Rovers - 2 vehicles 2 instructors ½ Day £550 After a short in-depth briefing you will be driving, not the instructor. Experience driving over natural or specially prepared terrain; you'll be able to boldly go where no 4x4 has gone before. Quad Trekking - from £45 per person per half day Experience the thrill of quad biking through acres of challenging fields and woodland. The trek will incorporate varying levels of terrain, depending on your ability. Expert tuition will ensure guests get the most from their day Power Turns - 2 vehicles ½ Day £525 A two-engined balloon-tyre joy ride! No steering wheel - just levers to control the two engines which each control one wheel, allowing extraordinary manoeuvrability. Unlike anything else you will have driven!   Mountain Biking Half Day £15 per person Mountain biking is one of the most enjoyable ways to see the countryside. The Black Mountain and Brecon Beacon National Park has some of the best mountain biking in the country, offering something for everyone from flat scenic routes to lung busting climbs and exhilarating descents. Guides are available for groups at an extra charge. All equipment provided.   Honda Pilots - 2 vehicles ½ Day £490 The Honda pilot is an 'off road' go kart with a roll cage and full harness. Its 400cc, 2-stroke engine can achieve very high speeds. Are you ready for this? Hover Craft - 2 craft ½ Day £535 This activity offers a completely different driving experience. The hovercraft takes some getting used to, but you'll be flying around the course in no time! Plenty of throttle is needed, combined with rudder control and the shifting of your own body weight to allow you to negotiate the course. Suggested group size for motor activities is 10 persons. Go Karting ½ Day From £35 per person Race in the shoes of many formula one drivers. Go karting is a fly by the seat of your pants racing event. A perfect activity for boy racers and budding Schumachers alike. Paintballing ½ Day £28 per person The usual Paintballing mayhem with various games and scenario's. Situated in 60 acres of beautiful woodland, with 100 paintballs free per person. Clay Pigeon Shooting ½ Day £35 pp Shoot real guns with real ammo at some clay pigeons, what a blast. Our one to one tuition with experienced instructors will help you to improve, what ever level you're at. 30 birds per person. Gorge Walking Full Day £35 pp Once fully kitted up, your team will follow your instructor up a river. Tackling obstacles such as boulders, white water, tunnels and plunge pools. Altogether an exhilarating and unique day. Abseiling & Climbing Full Day £35 pp This is the original adrenaline sport. Climbing takes strength, skill and determination, abseiling just takes shear guts, combine the two and you're in for an awesome day's activities. Canadian Canoeing Half Day £15.00 pp Imagine this......a lazy day on the river Wye. Paddling down river, under your own steam in one of the most scenic and picturesque locations in the U.K. The gently flowing water, the peaceful rocking of the boat and the opportunity to observe many different species of wild life, from kingfishers to otters. All equipment provided. Return transport included. Golf - 9 holes from £14 per person Play 9-18 holes on one of the courses local to us. We have a wide selection of golf courses in our area. There are 14 courses that are within a 40minute drive from the Hotel, one of which, Kington, is the highest in Britain. Go to www.golf.uk.net to find a full listing of courses in our area and book a session. Green fees range from £14 to £30 depending on the day of the week and group size. Pony Trekking Half Day £25pp Enjoy hourly or half-day rides in the scenic surroundings of the Black Mountains. For Beginners to experienced riders of all ages. The Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons, is well established as one of the most popular riding areas in Wales. The varied and rugged scenery, open commons and sheltered forest bridle paths are familiar to riders from all over Great Britain and Europe. Like much of Central Wales, they are ideal riding country. Old drovers tracks and paths lead along the steep sided valleys, whilst commons and flat topped ridges provide for those who enjoy the occasional canter or gallop. Team building activities Team Building £50pp - Full Day - 8 people minimum This event is different from the team challenge in that it is more corporate based, with emphasis on individual and team development. Like the team challenge it consists of orienteering, problem solving and raft building. But unlike the team challenge each problem is broken down into its individual elements. The emphasis is on team work, planning and using your time appropriately, each problem promotes different inter personal skills. The teams' individual strengths and weaknesses become evident and are the basis for the formal review at the end of the session. This activity can be extended over two days and combined with a facilitator who could apply all the lessons learned, back to the work place Team Challenge £35pp - Half Day - 8 people minimum Team Challenge £35pp - Half Day - 8 people minimum This activity relies on you and your team working together using communication, cooperation and team work. This is a fun event that does not need to be taken too seriously; it’s great against other teams of like minded people or as an inter company challenge. The session includes problem solving and navigation. The afternoon can be run with raft building, to make a full problem solving day. Session brief Use your map reading skills to orienteer your way round finding problems to solve. The problems are worth various credits when overcome, depending on its difficulty or on the map. With the credits you have earned, you will need to buy raft building equipment, then design and build a raft, race it and win to secure victory. The day ends with an informal review and prize giving. The session can be run without raft building, just as a full problem solving day. Raft building corporate ½ day £35 per person Raft Building is the original team building activity. This is directed at companies or groups wanting a smaller team building activity. There are many reasons why you may want to put your team through this type of session. To take people out of their comfort zone Build cooperation and communication within your team Develop and enhance working relationships Identify strengths and weaknesses Your aim is to collect as many credits as you can. Each team is given 1000 credits to begin with, with these you have to use your imagination and creativity to design and build a raft. The raft building equipment is bought from your instructor using your credits. Use your credits wisely to achieve the best possible design at the minimum cost. Credits can be earned at different times of the day for completing various tasks. Finally test your design and race your raft against another team, to possibly earn credits. The winning team is the one with the most credits at the end of play. The day will end with a formal review and prize giving Raft building jolly ½ day £22 per person This activity is great for hen and stag groups or for likeminded individuals who want a fun activity with friends. The day runs very much like the raft building corporate day, but with more emphasis on the fun element . The activity ends with an informal review and prize giving. All together a recipe for a really exciting activity. Natural therapy's individual consultations from £20pp Indulge in an assortment of natural therapies ranging from aromatherapy, Swedish massage to beauty treatments and facials.   BOOKING CONDITIONS: All activities are provided by outside activity providers who specialise in their particular activity. A 50% deposit will be required on booking with the balance being paid on the day of activity in cash to the activity provider. All activities and prices may change subject to season and availability.