Best backpacking trails in Waldmünchen

Idyllic section through the Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park, Bavaria. The first stage of the Pandurensteig leads along fantastic views through the varied landscape. Along wide meadows and fields, through deep forests and rural villages, the route follows easy paths from Waldmünchen to Cham. Highlights: - Open-air play "Trenckder Pandur off Waldmünchen" - Mountains of the Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park - Views of the town of Cham

Panoramic section of the Goldsteig north route near Herzogau, Bavaria. The tenth stage of the Goldsteig: Nordroute begins in Herzogau and leads over numerous peaks and along impressive rock formations to the stage destination Furth im Wald. Among other things, the route leads over the Klammerfels, the Fellerer Kanzel, the Pfennigfelsen and the Gaißriegel. Highlights: - Klammerfelsen with 360-degree viewing tower - Three coats of arms rock - Cross at Reiseck - Voithenberg castle complex

Accessible by train/bus

Wooded long-distance hiking trail in the Bavarian Forest. After 250 years, even the memory is hardly frightening and so Trenck's Pandurs were able to lend their name to one of the most beautiful hiking trails in Germany. Their scimitar became the marker that leads hikers on a varied route through the low mountain landscape of the Bavarian Forest, past towns and castles once threatened by the Pandurs. The Pandurensteig connects two popular hiking routes, the Pfahlwanderweg and the...