Best bird watching trails in Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park

Picturesque hike along the Rhine near Erpel, Rhineland-Palatinate. This beautiful circular hiking trail leads via Unkel, Scheuren, Bruchhausen and to the Erpeler Ley. The round starts and ends in Erpel. The train station is also nearby, so you can easily travel by bus and train. Refreshments are available. Highlights of the tour: - Animal enclosure at Drake - View of Vilzelt Castle - Erpeler Ley - Along the Rhine

This route is a certified premium hiking trail. The route leads through a varied landscape, along meadows and fields and through deep forests. In addition, hikers can enjoy wonderful views of cultural and historical sights such as the Nuerburg castle ruins and the Marienhaus monastery.

The Erpeler Ley is the most famous point on this circuit because of its wonderful location, but there are also numerous other distant views of the Rhine Valley and the Siebengebirge. The paths along the often deeply cut creeks are very idyllic, of which the Kasbach is probably the best known, also because of the parallel railway line. ----------------------------------- Would you like to explore other exciting short trips on the water? Then check out the following hikes: -...

Family-friendly loop trail in the Rhein-Westerwald Nature Park, Rhineland-Palatinate. The LZ12 hiking trail is perfect for a leisurely Sunday stroll with the whole family. From the car park at the cemetery chapel in Vettelschoss, you walk through the pastures and meadows of the Hallerbach valley - a very typical landscape for the Westerwald. If you keep your eyes open, you can observe a variety of animals and birds. Highlights of the hike: - Hallerbach valley - Meadows - exciting animals...