Best bird watching trails in Bavarian Forest Nature Park
The Bavarian Forest Nature Park borders the Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park to the north and both the Czech border and the Bavarian Forest National Park to the east. The park with its Danube floodplains, high-altitude spruce forests and raised bogs has existed since 1967, making it one of the oldest nature parks in Bavaria. The defining landscape element of the park is the forest - it covers 50% of the nature park. It is a refuge for many endangered animal species such as capercaillie, lynx, otter, corncrake and freshwater pearl mussel.
A special highlight in the Bavarian Forest Nature Park is the NaturparkWelten - a museum experience in the Bayerisch Eisenstein border station. There are 7,000 kilometers of hiking trails and 35 nature experience trails waiting for visitors. Information is available at 6 nature park information points.
Top sights
Top trails
- 3.8 (4)·Hard·16.7 mi·Est. 8.5–9.5 hrVaried hiking trail between Waldhäuser and Rachel in Bavaria. The best starting point for the hike is the fire brigade in Waldhäuser. There is a parking lot across the street next to a small playground. From Martinsklause to Teufelsloch, the lower route offers a much longer and perhaps gentler climb and is very beautiful. From Teufelsloch it is shorter and steeper uphill at the beginning. This leads to a long trail along the mountain side and through the forest which is then fairly level....
- 3.8 (9)·Moderate·6.4 mi·Est. 3–3.5 hrDiverse circular hike in the Bavarian Forest Nature Park from Viechtach. The hiking route starts at the Großer Pfahl near Viechtach, which emerges as a bizarre white quartz rock through the surface of the earth and is a popular excursion destination. The region around the stake is designated as a nature reserve due to its unique flora and fauna. Then it goes back via Prackenbach, the Schöpferhof and Tresdorf. ---- Accessible by bus and train
- 4.0 (5)·Moderate·8.8 mi·Est. 3.5–4 hrRelaxed hike in the Bavarian Forest Nature Park, Bavaria. This hike along the Schwarzer Regen can be started in Regen or at the Bettmannsaege train station. You often hike in the shade of trees, always following the course of the river. You can also walk along the Regener See, a popular local recreation area near Regen. Highlights of the hike: - Schwarzer Regen - Kurpark and Waldschmidtpark in Regen - Lake Regen
Visitor info
The Sonnenhaus information center in Zwiesel is open daily from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm. Naturparkwelten is always open Wednesday to Sunday from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., during the Bavarian vacations and from July to October from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. daily.
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