The Bavarian Forest is worth a visit at every time of the year. Located in Bavaria at the border to Czech its core builds the first German National Park. The low mountain region is ideal for hiking. The summits provide spectacular views of the surrounding areas.
Coloured panoramas of the Indian summer gift the hiker in autumn.
A touristic attraction is the Treetop Walk in Neuschönau opening an inner view of all heights of the Bavarian Forest from ground to top – and higher.
The Lusen (1373 m) is the highest mountain of the Bavarian Forest National Park. Its summit on a geological rarity, a block-fall, offers views of the surrounding forest recovering from bark beetle attacks.
The Großer Arber (1456 m) is the highest mountain of the Bavarian Forest at all. Located almost directly at the Czech border it was an ideal location to implement radar surveillance of the Eastern Bloc during Cold War times.
It is just a hop from the Großer Arber to the Kleiner Arber (1384 m).
The Großer Arbersee and Kleiner Arbersee both are ice age remains. Their surface partially is covered by floating islands.
Falling streams – the Hochfall and the Risslochfalls being the biggest of the Bavarian Forest – feed lakes and rivers.
The twin peaked Silberberg (955 m) was a mining area until the early 1960s. Nowadays tourists explore the hollow mountain.
The Czech border is not far away. One can hike to Bohemia without having to show passports. However, despite the uninterrupted rail track one has to change trains when travelling by train between Czech and Germany.
Bavarian Forest wildlife can be discovered of course in the wild and additionally in outdoor enclosures.
You meet common birds and rare birds.
Lynxes are a major attraction.
Wolves, wisents and bears can be viewed from a safe distance.
Otters play around if you are happy to spot them at the right time.
