Cantef Adventure Farm

Would not recommend the riding centre to anyone (especially the more experienced rider). Cantref is in the centre of the Breacon Beacons National Park yet out of a two hour ride we spent a maximum of about 5 minutes on the moors.
They mix experienced riders and people who have never ridden at all into the same group of around 10. This is;
a) too dangerous for instructors to be in charge of a group of what could be solely beginners
b) an appalling situation for the more experienced rider who got the choice of a canter for about a minute.
I have ridden all my life yet the instructors felt the need to put me on a lead rein because their badly behaved (strong) pony kept stopping to eat the hedgerows and I wasn’t strong enough to pull him off. There were children there of the age of about 4 who had badly behaved ponies and were riding for their first time on a road. Not safe at all.
At the time I did my ride there I was about ¹²⁄₁₃ and got off my horse a cried which shows you how patronising the instructors were and how badly behaved the horses were, to make someone who knows how to ride cry.
So to sum up;
Bad instructors
Bad horses
Bad routes
Unsafe numbers in groups
Range of all abilities made to walk along a road for 2 hours
Waste of money and time
A small addition for if anyone is thinking of going riding in the Breacon Beacons, I would 100% suggest Tregoyd Mountain Riders. They are everything that Cantref is not.
There is no road riding, brilliant instructors, brilliant horses, rides catered perfectly to abilities — they are fantastic. And for the more experienced rider definitely do the full day ride. Its expensive but so worth it.

This place is a working farm thats built an adventure playground and petting pens allowing people to go in and see the animals close up.
Everything you would expect from a farm plus a few extra’s.
The staff are very helpful and always willing to give information on there animals and live stock.
There is also a really good café serving locally produced products and a small gift shop

This is a brilliant place where adults and children can get a hands on feel of life on a farm. With regular peeting of the animals and lots of talks. The pig racing was a muct with my pig winning on the day. Every farm animal you can think of and more. For a small price you can grab a great meal or take a ride on a pony. The staff were amazing and even contacted us later to give us an update on a sick animal. There are also well price accomodation blocks for parties