Activities
For little ones
- Spot mini pigs at Pennywell Farm
- Be chuffed with the Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway
- Walk with penguins at Living Coasts
- Roar with wild cats at Paignton Zoo
For older ones
- Go ape...high wire adventure at Haldon Forest
- Get on board with Bantham Surfing Academy: 10% off for Gitcombe guests
- Stand up and paddle board on at Blackpool Sands
- Trail blaze at River Dart Adventures
- Learn to sail at Salcombe
For family fun
- Tractor & lunch, canteen style, at Riverford Farm Field Kitchen, yum yum
- Party on the Picnic Boat, on the River Dart
- Visit Cornwall's Eden, something for everyone
- Catch crabs on Dittisham's quay
For grown-ups
- Tee off at Dartmouth Golf & Country Club
- Sailors ahoy, cruise the River Dart
- Explore the cities of Exeter & Plymouth
- Take to four legs & trek with a pony
- Launch or store your boat at Blackness Marine & enjoy the River Dart from your doorstep. (Only 5 mins from Gitcombe)
For beach babes
- Rock pool & sand castle at Bantham
- Ride the sea tractor at Bigbury
- Enjoy the Venus Café at Blackpool Sands
- Take the ferry to Salcombe's Mill Bay
For adrenaline junkies
- Kayak around the River Dart
- Join the surfers Bantham Beach
- Scale the rocks & caves on Dartmoor
- Take two wheels & off road motor cycle
For walkers
- Hike the South West Coast Path
- Trek Dartmoor's wilderness
- Ramble by the river in Loddiswell woods
- Amble to a cosy pub from your cottage
For nature lovers
- Twitch for birds at Slapton Ley's nature reserve
- Spot a seal near Start lighthouse
- Admire but not feed Dartmoor's wild ponies
- Create your own nature table at Gitcombe
