Destinations

The Obersee is a quiet mountain lake about 600 metres south-east of the Königssee, reached via the Salet boat landing. The Röthbach Falls plunge over the Röthwand, at around 380 m the highest waterfall in Germany. Highlights Boat trip across the Königssee to Salet, then a short walk Turquoise, very…

The Hintersee is a small mountain lake about two kilometres west of the centre of Ramsau. It formed around 3,500 to 4,000 years ago when a rockfall from the Hochkalter massif dammed the Klausbach. Highlights Clear, turquoise water reflecting the Hochkalter and Reiter Alpe Zauberwald: a geotope of moss-covered rockfall…

The Watzmannhaus at 1,930 m is one of the best-known mountain huts in the Bavarian Alps and the central base for climbs of the Watzmann. Run by the German Alpine Club (DAV), it offers food and overnight stays in dormitories and rooms. Ascent The normal route leads from the Wimbachbrücke…

Set on a hillside high above Berchtesgaden, the Camping-Resort Allweglehen is one of the best-known sites in the region, above all for the wide view of the Watzmann and Untersberg from many of its pitches. Who the site suits Open year-round, a base for ski tours and winter hiking even…

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…

The Königssee is regarded as one of the cleanest and, at up to 190 metres, deepest lakes in Germany. Embedded between the steeply rising walls of the Watzmann massif and the Hagengebirge, it looks like a Nordic fjord that has strayed into the Alps. What makes the Königssee special Electric…