There are so many exciting opportunities for adventure holidays across the United Kingdom. With activities such as hiking, horse riding, canoeing and kayaking in locations across beautiful locations including Welsh valleys, the Scottish Highlands and English moorlands the United Kingdom is the ideal choice for adventure holidays.

One of the most popular types of adventure holiday are water sports based holiday. These holidays include white water rafting, kayaking and canoeing. In terms of white water rafting, the two best locations in the United Kingdom are the River Trywryn in North Wales and The River Dee in North East Scotland. The River Trywryn is the location of the Canolfan Trywryn Whitewater centre and provides everything that beginners need including tuition and equipment hire. Both these locations are within close proximity to large towns with a wide range of accommodation available making it easy to plan white water rafting adventure holidays.

For kayaking and canoeing there are a range of excellent locations to try the sport or enhance existing skills. For beginners there are several half day taster courses available as well as intensive five day courses, teaching all the essential skills. These courses are available across the country with some of the best centres located in Wales as well as the opportunity to try sea kayaking on the North Coast. Many centres also offer accommodation packages which can include camping or local accommodation options.

Adventure holidays also take place off the water and one other popular type of adventure holiday is a climbing holiday. This can either incorporate traditional outdoor climbing and hiking or more modern indoor climbing. A number of activity centres including the Black Rock Activity centre in Somerset, offer rock climbing tuition as well as the full range of climbing safety equipment, ensuring ultimate safety especially for young climbers. There are also a number of centres located within the Peak District in Cumbria which offer hill trekking holidays as well as tuition in hill walking skills such as navigation.

A more gentle option for adventure holidays is horse riding and this can include horse trekking, tuition as well as advanced tuition for more experienced riders. One great location for horse riding is one of the many activity centres located in the and around the Scottish Highlands which provides beautiful scenery, health and well treated animals and well equipped staff. For children who are proficient horse riders there is also the chance to enjoy an unguided trek.

There are many more types of adventure holiday and these holidays are not just suitable for families, but also stag and hen parties who can take advantage of accommodation such as cottages in Lake District as well as apartments in nearby cities. Regardless of the type of activity the holiday is, there are so many brilliant locations and service to help make it the best holiday possible.

Camping in Europe means different things to different people; a backpack camping trip favoured by the independent traveller will bear no resemblance to a two week camping package holiday for parents with three children in tow. Whatever kind of camping holiday you are planning there are an number of universal tips which will make the trip as enjoyable as possible. Once you have chosen your destination you need to think about your equipment.

Choosing the right tent to suit your needs – taking into account how many will sleep in it, how frequently you will be moving on during your trip, how important living space will be.

Packing light is essential if you are taking your own tent, the tent itself and all the additional equipment you`ll need to be comfortable by necessity means there won`t be a great deal of space left for clothing, toiletries, toys, books or luxury items; this holds true whether you are going to be carrying your temporary home on your back or packing it into the boot of your family car.

Lists are essential when you are packing for a camping holiday, for the first time camper this can be a bit tricky but we keep our list from one year to the next and refine it with each trip.

Having a practice run at home is a really good idea for first timers. Even if all you gain from this is knowledge of how to put the tent up efficiently it will be worth it, but if you can have a go at cooking and sleeping out too you will get a valuable insight into how comfortable you are and get an idea of whether you think there are things you can`t leave behind or others you probably won`t need.

With this useful information under your belt it is time to choose your campsite. Facilities on a campsite vary tremendously from simple pitches with basic toilet and shower facilities to resort style sites with shop, pool, restaurant, bar and entertainment. Many campers love sleeping under the stars and enjoy the outdoor lifestyle but still enjoy being surrounded by all the facilities on offer in places like Eurocamp Waikiki Holiday Park where there are fantastic sports facilities as well as swimming pools and where the on-site restaurant and entertainment keep all the family happily fed and amused the whole holiday long.