Spring camping and glamping holiday North Wales

Spring – the best time for a holiday in North Wales?

Visit in Spring to see and hear Eryri / Snowdoia National Park at possibly its most beautiful time. It’s a dreamy season for hikes in nature and ideal for a spring glamping and camping holiday in North Wales. Wildflowers are blooming, the birdsong is exquisite, and longer days are often bright and sunny from April into June.

The Mawddach Trail along the coast to Barmouth from our Snowdonia glamping and camping site is fringed with candy-pink sea thrift. Primroses and dog violets are decorating the wild banks here at Graig Wen, the cherry blossom is bursting out near our Snowdonia holiday cottages, and it will soon be bluebell season.

Click through the pictures on this page to see these stunning natural spectacles. Photos were nearly all taken in April and May over the last few years – but it’s best to come on a spring holiday to Snowdonia / Eryri and see for yourself!

Foxgloves at Graig Wen Eryri holiday accommodation

Spring flowers at Graig Wen glamping Snowdonia

Bluebell season in Snowdonia

From May, our campsite in Snowdonia is fully open – just in time to camp amidst drifts of bluebells. It’s a perfect time for a Spring camping and glamping holiday in North Wales.

With bluebells about to fill our ancient woods and sunny hillsides, it’s a fantastic time to come and breathe in the scents of spring and take some stunning photographs.

You can walk from the door of our Dolgellau holiday cottage into stunning bluebell woods. Head out with a picnic – you’ll find all sorts of treats in Dolgellau’s excellent bakeries and Welsh cheeses and charcuterie from the new deli. You’ll find all our tips in the welcome guide we email when you book.

Bluebells at Graig Wen Snowdonia holiday accommodation

Tent camping in bluebells at Griag Wen Snowdonia camping

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Spring wildlife at our Barmouth camping and glamping site

If you haven’t heard a cuckoo in real life, you stand a good chance of hearing the cuckoo calling from early May here at Graig Wen’s Snowdonia camping pitches.

We’re seeing the first swallows returning here to the Mawddach Estuary, and hopefully the house martins will be back to nest under the eaves of our Snowdonia holiday cottages shortly. The Great Spotted woodpeckers are drumming in the oak trees and venturing to our bird feeding station. Look out for nuthatch, goldfinch and many other woodland birds around the site. Down on the Estuary, there are curlew, oystercatchers, egrets and redshank. Watch for bats at dusk. You will definitely hear the tawny owls at night.

Not far away, the ospreys have returned to mate, and you can get amazing views of their nests at either the Glaslyn Centre or from the timber observatory tower at the Dyfi Wildlife Centre. Watch the live stream from the Dyfi Osprey nest using the link. Explore the ruins of Castell y Bere in the Dysynni Valley, and you are bound to see red kites flying overhead.

Get seasonal food for your Snowdonia self-catering accommodation

Spring is the season for local crab and lobster freshly caught in Cardigan Bay. Find local seafood on the menu at restaurants such as Coast at Millie in Sid’s in Tywyn and the new Dylan’s restaurant, just North of Barmouth.

The honeybees from our neighbouring beekeepers are regular visitors to our orchard. You can buy their delicious honey in our Snowdonia campsite shop.

Llyn Cau Cader Idris near Griag Wen glamping

Stay for longer in our Snowdonia holiday cottages

Spend a week in our holiday cottages in Snowdonia and you’ll have time for a few day trips further afield. For spring flowers and wildlife, we recommend:

Bodnant Gardens – 80 acres of formal gardens, woodland and panoramic mountain views to stir your senses.

Cadnant Hidden Gardens on Anglesey – Three different gardens have been discovered, including an unusual walled garden, a secret valley garden with three waterfalls and a river, and an upper woodland garden with stone outcrops and the remains of a 19c. folly.

A boat trip to Ynys Enlli/Bardsey Island – see puffins nesting on the dramatic cliffs, Manx shearwaters and grey seals lolling on the beaches. Pre-booking is essential for these boat trips if you plan to go during your North Wales holiday.

Stay in a special place

When you stay at Graig Wen you are staying in a very special environment. As well as being in Eryri / Snowdonia National Park, part of our site near the Mawddach Estuary is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). We are privileged to be the custodians of such a rare and protected place. Read more about how we look after it and encourage our guests to do the same.

Start planning your Wales spring break!

When you book you will receive a link to your Welcome Guide which works like an app on your phone. It’s packed with tips and local knowledge to help you make plans for your holiday.

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Spring nature breaks in North Wales