Zip World Caverns Brings Another World To North Wales

Cited as remarkable, truly exhilarating and atmospheric, Zip World Caverns in nearby Blaenau Ffestiniog is an attraction built from a disused Welsh mine which had been inaccessible for very nearly 200 years. The Underground caverns have since been opened up and repurposed in a truly spectacular fashion, and turned into your very own playground – which is not subject to the mercy of the wild welsh weather conditions and all the high winds and drizzle that comes along with it, ensuring that it can stay open all year around. The site in Blaenau Ffestiniog is also home to a variety of excellent hotels in Conwy which provide stellar accommodation at very reasonable rates.

Even better, Zip World Caverns is only a short ways away from Llanrwst via the A470!

Take a journey to remember underneath the ground at Zip World Caverns, and enjoy a wealth of exhilaration that’s certainly hard to replicate. The cavern’s atmospheric underground has been taken from it’s humble mining origins in style – and you are invited to traverse rope bridges, via ferrata and even squeeze through tunnels.

Please keep in mind that safety is paramount. It is for that reason that Zip World enforce a maximum participant weight of 120kg, and a minimum of 30kgs. Furthermore, there is a minimum participant height of 1.2 metres and budding explorers must be over 10 years old and capable of reaching 1.8 metres while standing. Should you meet the above criteria, you will be supplied with a helmet and protective gloves.

After being kitted up in protective gear, you’ll need to complete a training course using Zip World’s specialised lanyard safety system before setting off on your grand adventure underground.

For those that might struggle with enclosed spaces or environments, Zip World’s friendly, well-trained and specialised team of climbing experts are always at hand to assist anyone that might simply be having a case of the jitters, or perhaps something more serious.

All-in-all, we walked away from our Zip World Caverns experience exhilarated (and exhausted!) and quite sure that there’s nothing quite like it in the whole of Wales, or even the UK. Why not give it a try?