Årås Outdoor - Family Activities
Kölingared, Ulricehamn

Outdoor Support offer an activity- and accommodation package for families with younger children. Here you can try activities that are just as exciting, but on the countryside in a stressless environment, together with the family.

Accommodation 

The company offers a cozy accommodation at the guest house Årås Kvarn & STF Vandrarhem, where each and every room has its own history and decor. Årås Kvarn & STF Vandrarhem is an oasis beautifully situated next to the Tidan in West Sweden. You’ll fall fast asleep in the nicely furnished rooms after a day full of adventure. Come here to enjoy the peace and quiet, walk the footpaths, play golf or go skiing.

From here it’s close to many different activities that one may not always be used to having around the corner. How about 5 kilometers to EJFarm, an ice-cream factory with a café and farm shop, a proper distance for a bike ride. Here you can enjoy homemade ice-cream made with milk from the neighbors cows, eggs from their own free-range chickens and fruits and berries from the garden and forest nearby.

Activities

How about a days canoe trip together with a guide where you cook food outside. You can also add an overnight stay in a tent or wind shelter. Another activitiy could be an adventure walk in the woods together with a guide, where you can cook food outside. Here you can also add an overnight stay in a tent or wind shelter if you’d like. Or a cozy bike tour in the surroundings on small gravel roads with little traffic. And why not do some bathing and fishing, there is several lakes nearby.

Activities in the nearby

A visit to Hällstads Kronogård where you can try horseback riding on an Icelandic. You can choose either a full-day tour or just a few hours. On these tours you will always be joined by a guide. There is also a café at Hällestads Kronogård with other animals that you can cuddle with or pet. Hällestads Kronogård is located 28 kilometers from Årås.

Ekhagens prehistoric village is absolutely worth a visit! “Ekehagen’s prehistoric village is an archaeological museum and one of the largest ancient villages in the Nordic region! With the help of reconstructed environments, guided tours and activities, the prehistory makes it alive. Along the village’s beautiful nature trail lies settlements with houses and huts from stone, bronze and iron age. Ekehagens prehistoric village is located 33 kilometers from Årås.

Do you dare to try Hagårds Lagårds high-rope with cable railway, climbing wall etc.? The high altitude track consists of nine platforms and nine obstacles that are built eight meters above the ground. The last obstical is a zip line that takes you back down to the ground. Hagårds Lagård is 22 kilometers från Årås.

For more

For more activities and information about the package, visit Outdoor Support's website.