• Dolaucothi Gold Mines, National Trust Wales: Open 1 April to 30 Sept: daily except Thur & Fri 10 to 5 (open daily during July & Aug 10 to 5). Underground tours, 16 May to 13 Sept during normal open hours. Pumsaint, Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire SA19 8RR. Between Lampeter and Llanwrda on A482. Tel: +44 01558 650359
  Fantasy Farm Park Located to the south of Aberystwyth this is an ideal place to take the family for an interesting trip. Amusement Park Tel: +44 (0)1974 272285 | E-mail: funaa1@aol.com
• Animalarium, Borth Official Website. Information: 01970 871224
  Times: Apr-Oct, Mon-Sun 10am-6pm, Nov-Mar, Mon-Sun 11am-4pm Cost: £3.50, child £2, concs £3, family £10 (2+3). From domestic and farm animals, to exotic and endangered species, this collection of unusual and interesting animals is fun for all the family.
• Kite Centre Tregaron (Dewi Road, Tregaron. Tel.: 01974 298977 / 298415 )
  Information Centre for red kites and other local wildlife including Tregaron Bog Nature Reserve. Kite feeding in winter. Museum of local history featuring history of Tregaron. Welsh tea room serving traditional Welsh food made from local produce.

NATURE RESERVES/POPULAR WALKS OR ACTIVITES

• Cors Caron A circular walk with wonderful views across the Cors Caron nature reserve - a wetland peat bog of international importance on the outskirts of Tregaron in Ceredigion. For more information on the area and guided walks contact: The Tregaron Development Officer, 4 Brenig Terrace, Chapel Street, Tregaron, Ceredigion. Tel: 01974 298146. More info: BBCi Wales
• Pen Dinas A well-known Iron Age hillfort in a prominent coastal position, overlooking Aberystwyth on one side and the sea on the other. Take the A487 south from Aberystwyth, across bridge and through Trefechan. Just beyond Trefechan, take right hand turn marked No Through Road. Follow road 0.8km and park in the pull-in just beyond the gate on the left, signed public footpath. Take the track up to the summit, heading for the Wellington Monument. More info: BBCi Wales
• Fforest Enterprise (Nant Yr Arian)The Centre is situated 10 miles from Aberystwyth on the A44 to Llangurig. Kestrels, buzzards and the rare red kites may all be seen in the vicinity. There are four orienteering courses of varying difficulty and a mountain bike zone. Daily Easter-end October: 10.00am-5.00pm (longer in summer months). Walks & picnic sites are open all. More info: year.http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/reserves/pages/nant_yr_arian.shtml
• Devils Bridge (Walk nearby) Four waymarked walks begin from The Arch Picnic Site, through a variety of terrain. The view of the surrounding mountains of Mid-Wales from the Panorama Walk is incredible. ADAS's brand new 5 mile Peiran Trail is now fully open. (more: http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/english/visiting/tourism/index.htm)
• YNYS-HIR RESERVE: The reserve is on the south side of the Dyfi estuary and offers a wide range of habitats: salt and freshwater marsh, reed bed, peat bog, woodland and open hillside. Sixty-seven species of bird breed here regularly. (Open Easter onwards).