Description
Discover the stroller-friendly loop in the Falkenstein Nature Park in Schwarzau im Gebirge! The start of the route is at the entrance; walk past the fish pond, explore interesting information boards, and let the children play at the playground. Encounter goats, deer, mouflons, and chamois, and enjoy nature. Pure walking time is about 20 minutes – but plan enough time to marvel, play, and explore!
Starting point of the tour
Falkenstein Nature Park Entrance
Destination point of the tour
Falkenstein Nature Park Entrance
Route description Stroller-friendly loop in Falkenstein Nature Park
The start of the route is at the entrance to Falkenstein Nature Park in the town center of Schwarzau im Gebirge. On the left side is a fish pond. Walk past it. Along the path, you will repeatedly find information boards with interesting facts about the animal and plant life in the nature park. Follow the path to the playground, to the rabbit and goat enclosures.
Now leave the playground and animal enclosures on the left and walk up the Quellenweg path until you reach the deer, mouflon, and chamois enclosures. The impressive animals and the untouched nature invite you to discover and marvel. After the animal enclosures, the hike leads back downhill along the path to the starting point.
The pure walking time for this loop is about 20 minutes. However, plan enough time to explore the various stations, take breaks, and enjoy nature.
Parking
Parking is available near the nature park.
You can travel to the natural paradise in an environmentally friendly way without a private car by train and the RUFbus Semmering-Rax or the line bus 341. It takes about 1 hour from Vienna Main Station to reach Payerbach-Reichenau station. From there, you can take the RUFbus to the nature park in about 30 minutes (register for the RUFbus trip the day before via the hotline +43 660 900 88 22).
