WE TV
Get Back to Nature at Center Parcs - Promotional Feature
Category - Europe
There are so many things to do at Center Parcs. There are loads of activities to have a go at, many you may never have had the chance to try before!
Each Center Parcs Village is set in 400 acres of forest, there is an amazing amount of nature and wildlife for you to explore and find out about. Here are just a few of activities you can try out at Center Parcs…
Watersports
The Subtropical Swimming Paradise is at the heart of each village. Shoot the rapids, ride the flume and splash about in the waves. You can even try your hand at scuba diving or snorkelling. If you fancy heading outdoors then why not try kayaking, sailing, windsurfing or fishing on the lake? You can even have a go at building a raft!
Nature
There are lots of ways to get back to nature at Center Parcs. Take the opportunity to handle magnificent birds of prey and learn about the medieval art of falconry. Or find out a few survival and tracking techniques, essential for wilderness living, with one of the Conservation Rangers. For those who prefer to get their hands dirty, why not discover some of the hidden secrets of the woods and heathland with a Conservation Ranger as your guide? Hidden away under logs and bark live all kinds of fascinating minibeasts just waiting to be discovered!
Adventure Activities
If you’ve got nerves of steel, there are tons of cool activities for you to get excited about. Why not try something new, like exboarding? It’s street surfing that has caught on with skateboarders, snowboarders and surfers alike. It’s fun, it’s cool and it will help improve your fitness, as well as improving your balance and flexibility. Or monkey around in the trees on the Aerial Adventure Course, a thrilling combination of Tree Trekking and Zip Wire. Experience many individual challenges from the Postman’s Walk, Giant Spider’s Web and up to the Indiana Bridge. You’ll then cross the Burma Bridge for a Zip Wire finale. It’s an experience you won’t forget in a hurry. If you’re not feeling quite as brave then you can get involved in fencing, archery, adventure golf, tennis, badminton, football or challenge your friends and family to tenpin bowling. There is no end to all the fun!
Conservation
The overall aim of Center Parcs biodiversity planning is to maintain and enhance the wildlife value for the benefit of wildlife conservation in the local and national context, as well as ensuring a wealth of wildlife for the benefit of guests. Biodiversity means the natural variety of living things. Center Parcs sites were specifically chosen in areas with low or damaged biodiversity with the result being a huge improvement of the biodiversity on all villages. Monitoring the number of species on each village is an annual measure and helps to record successes in encouraging and protecting those species which are nationally scarce and in fact, those that are in the Red Data Book (species whose continued existence is threatened). Sherwood is one of the most valuable wildlife sites in Nottinghamshire. The Bullfinch, a bird of conservation concern, is breeding at Sherwood. Whinfell Forest is home to one of Britain’s last remaining colonies of red squirrels. The rare Twayblade Orchid has been discovered at Elveden Forest and Longleat Forest has had breeding success with, among others, Marsh Tits and Firecrests.