Headwater Holidays, with 26 years of experience, are experts in travel. Our holidays are all about getting under the skin of the place you're visiting, discovering more about the people, customs and natural beauty than you could ever do yourself.

From April to November we offer cycling, walking (both guided and independent), canoeing and multi activity holidays.

We do not run large group holidays, and go out of our way to avoid coach parties. In the summer months on our independent holidays clients can normally arrive every two days. As we only have 4 rooms contracted at each hotel, even on the busiest of arrivals days you are unlikely to have more than eight people PER HOLIDAY to look after. (As most regions have at least 2 holidays on offer, you’ll typically have up to 16 guests arriving on a busy day).

As with any job in the travel business, a service industry, our staff are employed to provide a service. Working for Headwater can be fun, but it does also involve a great deal of hard work, requiring both brain and in some cases muscle power. It demands a high level of adaptability, tolerance, common sense and organisational skills.

Our overseas staff must be prepared to be on call 24 hours a day and willing to tackle any emergency. In some circumstances this may lead to them suffering a certain amount of discomfort or inconvenience themselves, in order that our clients receive the standard of service they expect from our company.

Basically, if it’s a 9-5, Monday – Friday job you’re looking for, or if you fancy yourself sunbathing everyday by the swimming pool then you’re applying to the wrong company!