Activities with children
Farm, petting zoo & game park
Cows and goats at a farm, meet rabbits and chicks during a hike. Deers, ibexes and marmots can be visited at a game park.
C Tiererlebnispfad Brandnertal © Nico Herzog
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01 Animal Trail
Along the themed Animal Trail in Brand you can pet sheep, goats and rabbits and have a look into the chicken coop and the insect hotel. En route, you will come across a playground and an observatory with binoculars.
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02 Game parks in Vorarlberg
Two game parks in Vorarlberg invite small and large guests to visit mufflons, deer, marmots, lynx, ibexes … A wide variety of animals can be seen in the Doppelmayr Privat-Zoo in Wolfurt.
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03 Petting Zoo at the Muxelhof
Cows, donkeys, stone sheep and goats live on the farm in Lech am Arlberg. Small and large visitors are welcome to visit the animals. Some of them may also be petted.
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04 At the Farm at Egg, Bregenzerwald
Some years ago the Metzler family in Egg opened Vorarlberg‘s first walk-in farm. Alongside the dairy-school and the new building cum visitors’ gallery in which the Metzler family processes whey into beauty products, holidaymakers can have a look at the impressive cattle pen and a goat house from the visitors’ gallery. The small pet cuddle area has a special draw for the little ones. The adjoining farm shop stocks a wide assortment of farm products, from cream cheese to whey products.
With this project which runs under the name of NATURHAUTNAH (nature close-up), the Metzler family has created a place of energy-efficient and sustainable farming, where visitors can learn about farming processes hands-on. The project has won several national and international awards.
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05 Holidays on the farm
Numerous Vorarlberg farms offer cozy rooms and also vacation apartments. Nine of them are specialized “baby and children’s farms”. The host families are particularly good at creating pleasant vacation days for children and adults and bringing interested people closer to life on a farm.
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06 Hiking in the company of animals
A special experience is to hike in the company of llamas, alpacas or huskies or to learn many things about bees on a hike. You can find an overview here.
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