Category: Wildlife Watching

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

Swiss National Park

The oldest national park in the Alps, established 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. On around 170 km² live ibex, chamois, red deer, marmots and bearded vultures….

Address Engadine/Val Müstair, centred on Zernez, Grisons

Web Schweizerischer Nationalpark

Categories Attractions & Sights Wildlife Watching Birdwatching Hiking & Mountain Tours

Wildlife watching in the Berchtesgaden National Park

Golden eagle, bearded vulture, chamois and marmot in Germany’s only Alpine national park

Founded in 1978, the Berchtesgaden National Park is Germany's only national park in the 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…

Address National park administration, Doktorberg 6, 83471 Berchtesgaden

Web Nationalpark Berchtesgaden

Categories Wildlife Watching Birdwatching