Dartmoor's Daughter - Emma Cunis

Emma Cunis aka Dartmoor’s Daughter creates guided walks and immersive, nature-connection experiences to improve physical health and emotional wellbeing, and to inspire greater care for our natural world.

We offer a range of activities for differing abilities, locations and interests including navigation, archaeology, geology, flora and fauna, myths and legends, farming, foraging, wild swimming, mindfulness, and more on Dartmoor. We look forward to having you join us!

Dartmoor

An ancient land, evidence of human habitation here spans 10,000+ years making it one of the most important archaeological landscapes in Britain. Fascinating Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Age settlements and monuments cover Dartmoor in the shape of stone circles, standing stones, burial chambers, and hill forts. Sitting alongside them are medieval farm longhouses, field systems, tin-workings and the industrial era of granite quarries, clay works, ice works, and more. 

Species-rich, you can find an enormous range of birds, flora and fauna here. Swathes of purple, pink and white heathers cover the ground in the summer. There are rare lichens and a carnivorous sundew bog-plant. The dunlin, golden plover, meadow pipit, buzzards, kestrels, stonechat, and skylark can all be seen as well as adders, lizards, damselfly, and impressive emperor moth caterpillars. 

Every day is different on Dartmoor. Much of the landscape has remained unchanged for centuries and yet the seasons change, the colours are different everyday, the weather is unpredictable, and the quality of light unparalleled. Dartmoor offers an untamed wilderness experience as well as deep nourishment for the soul. We look forward to having you join us to share in the joy, challenge, fear, and passion of walking on Dartmoor!

Books on this site

• Dartmoor Myths & Legends: Exploring Origins and Inspirations (2025)

Emma is the granddaughter of Eric Hemery, author of High Dartmoor: Land and People.