Category: Wildlife watching

Ibex, marmot, chamois and more , the Alps are home to fascinating wildlife. Here you will find the best areas to watch wild animals with respect and at a distance.

Swiss National Park

Oldest national park in the Alps, since 1914

Founded in 1914, the Swiss National Park in the Engadin is the oldest national park in the Alps and a strict total reserve: nature is left entirely to itself and visitors may not leave the marked trails. Across some 170 km² live ibex, chamois, red deer, marmots and bearded vultures. The visitor centre in Zernez introduces the idea and…

Address Engadin/Val Müstair, centre Zernez, Grisons

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Categories Sights & attractions Wildlife watching Birdwatching Hiking & mountain tours

Wildtierbeobachtung im Nationalpark Berchtesgaden

Wildlife watching in the Berchtesgaden National Park

Golden eagle, bearded vulture, chamois and marmot in Germany's only alpine national park

Founded in 1978, Berchtesgaden National Park is the only national park in the German Alps and one of the best places in the country to watch large wild animals in the wild. Anyone who brings time, patience and good binoculars has a realistic chance of encountering species that have long since vanished elsewhere. Which animals…

Address Nationalparkverwaltung, Doktorberg 6, 83471 Berchtesgaden

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Categories Wildlife watching Birdwatching