Event Information
The highest point in South Wales, Pen y Fan (pronounced Pen uh Van) is a beautiful four mile hike with stunning views as far as the Bristol channel, the Gower Peninsular and the Cambrian mountains. 250,000 people make this climb each year, so you’d be missing out to leave Wales without doing it.
The Bannau Brycheiniog (known in English as the Brecon Beacons), where Pen y Fan is situated, has been a National Park for over 60 years. The park is full of mountains and valleys and much is it is grazed by ponies and mountain sheep, which help to make the vast, rural mountain range what it is today.
The walk is about four miles in total, 2 miles and up and 2 miles back time with plenty of time at the summit for lunch and photo opportunities! The route we will take is the most relaxed way to the summit and is often used by families with young children and considered a manageable walk. And with 98% of the 971 trip advisor reviews describing this walk as ‘excellent’ or ‘very good’, it’s fair to say it’s worth the hike!
Important Information and Summary of Terms & Conditions
This is a summary of the terms & conditions for Give it a Go trips. Full terms and conditions can be found here: https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/give-it-a-go/faq/ Please note that in the case of any discrepancies, the terms & conditions on this page overrule the full terms & conditions.
- Tickets are heavily subsidised & limited, so we want to ensure that as many people as possible are able to benefit from this trip.
If you can no-longer attend, you must notify Give it a Go via email by 3pm on Friday 15th May, so that we can offer your space to someone else who can benefit. Whilst we will be unable to offer a refund, this ensures that you can attend any potential future funded Give it a Go trips. Our email address is [email protected] and this is the only way to notify us of a cancellation. If you do not notify us, or you notify us after the deadline, you will be unable to attend future funded and discounted Give it a Go trips.
- If you have previously no-showed for a Give it a Go funded trip in 2026, you will not be able to attend. Whilst you may be able to purchase a ticket, this will not be valid. Give it a Go will contact you prior to the trip to confirm the removal of your ticket and a refund will be issued. Our decision is final.
- The times listed on the event are from when the coach will leave the Student Union in the morning, until an approximate arrival back to Cardiff. You will be asked to arrive 15 minutes prior to departure, for boarding, in order to ensure the coach leaves on time. Arrival times back in Cardiff are subject to traffic, weather and road conditions, which are beyond our control, so we cannot guarantee exact time of arrival.
- The trips will go ahead regardless of weather conditions - please do come prepared. However, if we believe that it would be a better experience, we may change the location of the trip to somewhere with better weather/more indoor attractions. In this situation, this would be communicated via email and would you be given the option of a refund should you not wish to attend the new destination. In extreme or dangerous weather, where there is no suitable alternative, we would of course cancel for your safety.
- In the event we cancel a trip for any reason, you would be offered the option between a full refund or a rescheduled date (where it is possible to reschedule).
- If you will not be catching the outbound coach (Cardiff to the destination), please email [email protected] no later than the last working day before the trip at 5pm. If you will not be catching the return coach (destination to Cardiff), please let your trip leader know. If you do not do this on either journey, your seat may be forfeited and you will not receive a refund. For the avoidance of doubt, the last working day of the trip is the Friday immediately prior, unless that Friday is a bank holiday, in which case it would be the day prior.