Best wildlife trails in Karlsruhe

The tour starts at the entrance to the Oberwald forest in the south of Karlsruhe and offers a wonderful combination of forest walk and wildlife watching. It goes through the Erlachsee nature reserve, which was created in the 1930s by gravel extraction for motorway construction and has now been renaturalised as a valuable biotope. With a little patience, grey herons and various songbirds can be observed in the dense reed beds, where they find sheltered retreats. Binoculars are particularly...

Family-friendly circular hiking trail near Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. A scenic circular route around the Grötzinger Baggersee in the Weingartener Moor-Bruchwald Grötzingen nature reserve. Suitable for a round with the family as well as for a walk with dogs. There is a separate area for four-legged friends at the lido. Highlights of the hike: - Grötzinger quarry pond - Weingartener Moor-Bruchwald Grötzingen nature reserve - Swimming area on the south bank - Dog area

Popular loop trail near Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg. Several loop trails explore the local recreation area "Oberwald". This route, which runs like a figure of eight, leads to two popular attractions in the Oberwald: the Erlachsee, which is a nature reserve, and the Oberwald animal park, which can be entered free of charge. Highlights of the hike: - Erlach Lake - Tierpark Oberwald

A trail in the footsteps of creation near Hohenwettersbach, Baden-Württemberg This forest adventure trail invites you to see the forest as part of the divine creation. A total of 11 different stations await you to open your senses. WaldZeit is a great walk for young and old. The route is quite comfortable in distance and it is worth making a detour to the fallow deer enclosure. Highlights: - 11 adventure stations - Fallow deer enclosure - idyllic nature

Varied, scenic cycle tour around Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. This great tour is particularly suitable for trekking bikes and ATBs. The route runs along the Burgau nature and landscape conservation area with Lake Knielingen on mostly tarmac paths. You continue along the banks of the Rhine to the Kleiner Bodensee oxbow lake and along the Schmugglersee lake. You return to the starting point through the Hardtwald forest. Highlights of the tour: - Hardtwald forest - View of the Rhine - Nature...

Varied cycle tour to Mahlberg and Mittelberg This beautiful cycle tour begins in Karlsruhe near the "Kühler Krug" station. From there, the route initially follows small side roads and cycle paths towards the forest area, where the surface changes to paved forest and woodland paths. Passing the Gutschenklamm gorge, the route first leads up a slight incline to the Mahlberg, where there is a tower, and then to the Mittelberg. The route also takes you round the top of the Mönchskopf. The return...

Varied cycle tour in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. The tour runs to Grötzingen more or less along the Odenwald Vosges long-distance hiking trail and is well marked every 300 metres. Only in the area between Jean-Ritzert-Straße and Grötzingen does the marking slacken somewhat. In Grötzingen itself the marking is then perfect again. Highlights of the cycle tour: - Along the Alb - Oberwald zoo - Lake Erlach - Karlsruhe Forest Rope Park - Along the Pfinz - Clay pit on the Heulenberg -...

Popular cycle tour in the Black Forest Central/North Nature Park, Baden-Württemberg. This is a beautiful cycle tour starting near Karlsruhe West railway station. You leave the city on well-maintained cycle paths and cycle through the Alb Valley into the Black Forest Nature Park Central/North. You can stop for refreshments at the Rimmelsbacher Hof, so that you are well fortified for the return journey. Highlights of the tour: - Karlsruhe - Ettlingen - Cycle path along the Alb - Stop off at...

Natural long-distance route in the Black Forest The Biedermann Route: 11500 metres in altitude and 450 km in 10 days. Almost all the highlights of the Black Forest lie along this route: High moors, cirque lakes and the peaks of the most famous mountains such as Hornisgrinde, Kandel, Feldberg and Belchen. Pure nature is a given, but so is good food and refreshing bathing fun in wild and romantic mountain lakes. Well-trained cyclists can complete the Biedermann Route in just a few days. If you...