Last week we saw not one, but two great wins for a long-time family adventure business just outside Brecon. The founders of Black Mountain Adventure picked up both the Family Friendly Award and the Customer Service Excellence Award 2025 from Biz Growth Wales. It was the 10th year of BGW celebrating fabulous Welsh businesses and everything they offer to both locals and visitors alike.
Being family friendly is at the core of a business that is owned and managed by a family itself. Black Mountain Adventure has adventure activities for guests of 8 years & upwards and hosts lots of family days out every season. The judges commented on how impressed they were at the hundreds of glowing reviews they found on multiple platforms including Trip Advisor, Facebook and Google
Awards night was hosted at the Mercure in Cardiff and lots of familiar local faces attended including Hay on Wye’s Origin Pizza who were another well deserving double winner on the night.
“These awards were for the whole team and makes us very proud of everyone’s contribution to making Black Mountain Adventure an award-winning business.” Carl Durham, Founder, Black Mountain Adventure
As one of the very first adventure companies in the Beacons, Black Mountain was originally set up by The Durham Family who are still at the helm to this day. They started out offering canoe hire and kayak instruction alongside mountain bike hire & guided trips in the early 1990s. These days Black Mountain offers a whole range of exciting outdoor activities including canoeing, kayaking, rafting, gorge walking, archery, high ropes courses, land karting, mountain biking, abseiling and clay pigeon shooting.
Black Mountain Adventure have had a good year for awards and also picked up a Winner’s gong in the SME Welsh Enterprise Awards, a Finalist in the Mid Wales Tourism Awards and a Finalist in the South Wales Business Awards.
Popular with families, stag & hen weekenders, kids adventure days, youth groups, corporate team building days, couples looking for a more adventurous romantic weekend away, Black Mountain cater for pretty much everyone who wants some outdoor adrenaline and plenty of fresh mountain or river air.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us with these awards and recognition from the whole BMA team.
