Stroller-friendly loop in Falkenstein Nature Park

Make sure when choosing the route that it matches your fitness level. The path partly leads over unpaved trails. Check the weather forecast in advance. Verify whether the gastronomy businesses you want to visit along the way are open.

Good, comfortable footwear, weather-appropriate clothing, water to drink, and a snack.

 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 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).