Discover Snowdonia Tour

Highly Acclaimed Private Tours with Boutique Tours of Wales
One of the best rated private driver guided tours in Great Britain
Scenic Photo Friendly Tour Up to 8 Hours Featuring a variety of interesting tour content and attractions

Discover the Snowdonia National Park

This is without doubt our most popular full day tour, where we capture the very best of the scenic Snowdonia National Park. We live here in North Wales and are very passionate about the region. Take advantage of our local knowledge and expertise in touring the area with us. During your tour, we will introduce you to our rich heritage of history, our amazing culture and capture the most scenic locations with an abundance of wonderful photographic locations. Our Discover Snowdonia Tour takes you through a variety of scenic mountain passes and valleys, touring along the most beautiful picturesque and scenic roads, some of which are the old drover routes through beautiful pastures and farmland and touring on the most scenic road in Wales as we climb up and around Mount Snowdon. We will also show you the very best places from historic castles, pretty riverside village, scenic lakes, streams and waterfalls, industrial slate quarries and mountain passes and we can even include a short walk or two during your touring day.

TOUR ITINERARY HIGHLIGHTS

Glacial Valley of the Sheep Farms
We tour along a beautiful glacial valley along a trail that once laid down by the Romans. There are several stops for photographs and even a chance to take a short walk amongst the most magnificent scenery of the Snowdonia National Park.
The Ugly House
A unique building with a very interesting folk legend and an ideal place to stop for tea/coffee and some delicious home baked scones!
Swallow Falls
Enjoy one of the most scenic and stunning waterfalls in Wales.
Betws-y-Coed
A lovely Victorian Spa town where you can discover a medieval church hidden in the woods, nestling beside a scenic river.
Dolwyddelan Castle
A scenic photo stop at the ancestral home to the last true Prince of Wales – Llewellyn the Great.
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Formerly the slate capital of Wales, famous as being the town that roofed the world. You’ll witness the small terrace homes of the close-knit Welsh community.
The Ffestiniog Railway
Take a ride on one of the ‘Great Little Steam Trains of Wales’ operated by the oldest railway company in the world! *Train ticket Payable
Beddgelert
Rated as the most scenic village in the Snowdonia, where there is a beautiful riverside walk to enjoy and you can learn about the local legend of the village’s famous dog. You might like to consider stopping by one of the tea rooms/cafes or pubs for refreshments and a light bite to eat.
The most scenic road in Wales
Our tour takes us along one of the most scenic roads in Wales, where we pass lakes and small streams and we stop for some great photos of this area of Snowdonia.
Mount Snowdon
We stop on an elevated platform to view the highest Mountain in England and Wales at 3, 560 feet above sea level. The landscape of mountain and glacial valleys is a photographer’s paradise.
The Slate Museum
Enjoy a fascinating insight into the industrial world of slate production and witness a live Slate splitting demonstration and visit the ‘hidden quarry’ and lagoon.
Dolbadarn Castle
A castle ruin of the Welsh Princes located in a stunning scenic setting between two lakes and our ‘hidden gem’ a scenic lagoon at the local abandoned quarry.
The Secret View
Our last stop of the tour is at a beautiful lakeside setting. We call it the secret view as its out of sight to everyone passing along the two main roads nearby, yet we open up an amazing vista of a glacial lake and the Snowdonia Mountains.

This tour can be custom designed to include:

Snowdon Mountain Railway: Take the easy way up to the summit. On a beautiful day, this has to be one of the most spectacular railway journeys in the world! You will need to allow 3 hours of your touring day to include this railway option. The trains journey is an hour each way, with 30 minutes at the summit and offers you a spectacular 360-degree panorama of the beautiful National Park.

Book your train reservation by visiting: snowdon.vticket.co.uk

The Snowdonia Discovery tour itinerary featured above  would be amended to accommodate the Snowdon Mountain Railway Train. 

The tour itinerary would skip the Ffestiniog Railway, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Dolwyddelan, the Ugly House, Swallow Falls and Betws-y-Coed.


Please note that certain attractions have restricted operating and opening times. Entrance fees and train tickets are not included in the tour price.

Tour Testimonial and Endorsement

“Snowdonia breath-taking views off the beaten track”

Discovering the hidden gems of Snowdonia is one of Boutique Tours, specialties! The exceptional scenery combined with the tour guides endless knowledge of the area’s history just makes this personalised tour outstanding. Every minute of our tour was an experience and it is pretty obvious that our tour guide had an enormous passion for what they do. So don’t miss it!
Lynette Esperito from South Africa
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Our private tour rates sit very competitively against the rates quoted by The Guild of Professional Tour Guides, along with the Association of Professional Tourist Guides and the Driver-Guides Association.

Not found what you are looking for?

It’s your very own private tour and we can custom design the tour itinerary and arrangements to suit what you want to do and see. Our flexibility allows you to make changes to our itineraries. So take something out and add something more appealing to your desires. Alternatively combine an element of this tour with that of another tour. All you have to do is ask and if it is possible then it will be our pleasure to accommodate your wishes.

Other Great Tour Options

We have a selection of other tours featuring historic castles, combined with other aspects of Welsh culture and scenery.  Take a look at these exciting and interesting alternative tour options:

$65

/person
Castle and Snowdonia Tour

Castle and Snowdonia Tour

A beautiful and fascinating day combing medieval history and the spectacular scenery of the Snowdonia National Park.

$45

/person
Anglesey and Snowdonia

Anglesey and Snowdonia Tour

A beautiful touring day of contrasting scenic locations capturing highlights of Snowdonia and the Isle of Anglesey.

$85

/person
Portmeirion, Snowdonia and Steam Train

Portmeirion, Snowdonia and Steam Train Tour

From the famous Italian style village, to riding on one of our ‘Great Little Steam Trains’ through scenic Snowdonia.
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