Whether you're young or old, there's an adventure for everyone in the Rureifel. Families can look forward to a diverse mix of nature experiences, exciting recreational activities, and kid-friendly destinations.
With a water temperature of 28.5 degrees, the 25 metre pool with a springboard and a 3 metre tower offers 4 lanes. A learning swimming pool and a children’s pool are also available.
... a day at the beach, feeling the sun, capturing the serenity of the holiday mood and feeling like you're in the south.... Time to relax, time to unwind with your family or friends, spend beautiful hours on the beautiful shore in the sun chair, explore the unique surroundings on hiking trails or by bike... ...end the day with delicious food and drinks and a breathtaking view of the lake ... Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
A "multi-generational playground" for cyclists and skaters
In the National Park Gate in Rurberg, you can get information about the Eifel National Park region and visit the exhibition “Nature's Lifelines”.
Explore your alpaca experience
At the National Park Gate in Höfen you will find a Tourist Information Centre, the exhibition on "A blaze of yellow daffodils and changing forests", a digital model of the area and National Park films.
The Biological Station Düren has converted the old goods shed of the former railroad station Nideggen-Brück into the permanent natural history exhibition "Rur and Rock".
Walk through nature with alpacas, celebrate children's birthday parties and have fun. That's what we offer for you.
Set in a dramatic landscape of woods interspersed with water, the Eifel National Park will allow you to experience the fascinating natural diversity of a wilderness at first hand. For in this large protection area some 65 kilometres southwest of Cologne, nature has been left once more to its own eternal cycle of growth and decay.
The forest playground in Obermaubach invites young and old to take a break.Übersetzt mit DeepL Translate
Located in Schmidt near Nideggen, right next to the Eifel National Park, the wildlife park is home to native wild animals, tame domestic and farm animal species and a naturally preserved plant world. The species-appropriate keeping of the animals and the very personal contact with our visitors are particularly close to our hearts. We want you to feel at home with us - at home in the Eifel.
Shinrin Yoku with lamas and alpacas- from spring untill fall. Do you love the forest? Do enjoy spending time surrounded by nature? How do I active all my senses? Do you want to escape your daily routine? You are right where you need to be. With a group of up to six people, we walk with lamas and alpacas. In addition to long phases of silence, we try exercises for body and soul. You are welcome to bring a small snack.
13-metre-high observation tower with 76 steps at the Eifel view "Burgberg".
The Kölschkier forest adventure course in the Perlenbach Valley is an adventure play-ground for real outdoor enthusiasts and an ideal day out for the whole family in the Eifel. Kids and grown-ups alike can explore the forest habitat with all their senses at the nine different stations of the course. The adventure course is a playful way to spark educational learning processes, teaching visitors how to treat the natural world.
SternenBlick in Heimbach: "Cosmic energy"
With a 20 cm depth of snow, a horse sleigh with 2 Belgian draft horses will travel from Mützenich through the Fens.
Monte Mare is an indoor swimming and wellness institution. The swimming are offers swimming fun on 1000qm.
Climbing fun on the Obersee
SternenBlick in Monschau-Höfen: "Night owls"
The outdoor swimming pool is heated and has a swimmer and a non-swimmer section. Children enjoy the slide, ping-pong tables, and parking for cars and bikes. The pool opens in the beginning of june.
Discover your alpaca-donkey experience!
The indoor swimming pool for the whole familiy in the copper town of Stolberg.
Get up close and personal with Lamas and Alpakas.
Directly below the hiking trail along the Schleebachgraben, near the "Im Todt" parking lot, lies the community's wild boar park, which covers around 5 hectares. A refuge and numerous benches invite you to meet the black smocks in a wonderful location.
SternenBlick in Nideggen-Schmidt: "Night nature"
The Heimbach National Park Gate welcomes visitors to the old railway station in the beautiful town of Heimbach.
From the smallest mouse up to bears and lions, the visitor can undertake an exploratory expedition and experience a tour through our nature as it once was or still is today. The Experience Museum Nature Learning Centre exhibits more than 1000 specimens on approximately 200 square metres.
Various courses with many alternating elements and ropeways with a total length of over 800 m make a visit to the Hürtgenwald high ropes course a special experience. The focus is on the high adventure course. Übersetzt mit DeepL Translate
The outdoor swimming pool is located next to the Rur and surrounded by the forrest. We have a generous lawn for sunbathing. Our big pool is divided into a swimmers and non swimmers area. We also have a playground, a beach volleyball court, ping-pong tables and a basketball hoop. You can buy drinks, ice cream and other food at our kiosk. It is two walking minutest from the stopp of Rurtalbahn to us.
Carefree family bathing fun in the Obersee
Explore Rursee and Obersee by boat
The Nideggen National Park Gate welcomes visitors to the Haus am Tor at Zülpicher Tor in the historic town centre of Nideggen.
The outdoor pool Heimbach is located right next to the Rur inside nationalpark Eifel. The family friendly pool offers a watertemperature of 24°C, a slide and a big sunbathing lawn, including a volleyball court.
Bubenheimer Spieleland - the all-weather destination for the whole family.
The salt inhalatorium for adults and children in the Rureifel.
The origin of Bauerngolf is in the nederlands, by now there are even Bauerngolf courses. For a few years now, you can play Bauerngolf at Bosselbacher Hof.
Length: approx. 4.2 kilometers Duration: approx. 2 hours Difference in altitude: approx. 110 meters
Length: approx. 6.5 kilometers Duration: approx. 2.5 hours Difference in altitude: approx. 61 meters
Paradise in the Perlenbach valley - 3.6 km walk Starting point: Hiking parking lot Gut Heistert
The level hiking trails through the open Drover Heath, across meadows and sparse woodland, some of which lead over wooden footbridges, offer special insights into the habitat of rare flora and fauna.
The short 3.7 km circular route through Berg-Thuir shows all the special features of the village.
Circular walk through the Drover Heide bird sanctuary / 5 km
The short 3.4 km circular trail through Vlatten shows all the highlights of the village and the landscape.
Length: approx. 2.3 kilometers Duration: approx. 1 hour Difference in altitude: 72 meters
Circular route / 5.5 km
CURRENTLY CLOSED | The 4.5 km long educational soil trail leads, among other things, on a 700 meter long boardwalk directly over the sensitive soils and through the source area of the Weiße Wehe.
Circular hike / 3.4 km
Hiking with panoramic views on the Rurseeblick circular trail [50] with approx. 6.5 km along the Rursee.
Where the sawmill stamps - 3.8 km hike Starting point: Rohren church parking lot
Circular hike through the Drover Heath - 12 km
Through Emperor Karl's hunting grounds - 5 km walk Starting point: Hiking parking lot Dorfplatz
Oak forests - sometimes like this, sometimes like that - 7.7 km hike Starting point: Alter Schlachthof hiking parking lot
Circular route / 5 km
Who can find the hidden zebra?
The first stage of the wilderness trail as a family hiking tour leads from the Monschau-Höfen National Park Gate 9.5 kilometers through the natural landscape of the Eifel.
The “Wilde Weg” is a 1.5 kilometre-long nature discovery path in the Eifel National Park.
Höfener Heckenweg - 5.3 km hike Starting point: National Park gate parking lot
The red thread - through the city of clothmakers Tour length approx. 2 km Starting point: Burgau hiking parking lot
The watercourses and their floodplains are a typical and ecologically valuable part of the Rureifel with a great wealth of flora and fauna. This diversity is thanks to the farmers who have mowed the meadows for centuries. When modern forms of farming close to villages made haymaking in the valleys no longer worthwhile, spruce trees were planted there. Efforts are currently being made in many places to restore the original floodplain vegetation. The characteristic terracing can be seen in many places along the hiking trail. This occurs when a river is no longer able to transport its debris and deposits it in the floodplain. If a river deepens again due to a change in climate, it cuts through the previously formed terrace. The formerly swampy valleys of the Eifel only acquired their function as traffic routes after the river regulation at the beginning of the 20th century.
A hiking trail for families in the Eifel
Discover and experience six works of art on a short walk.
Romantic Rur Valley - 7.9 km hike Starting point: Dreistegen hiking parking lot
Along the Laufenbach stream - 3.7 km walk Starting point: Konzen church parking lot
Tour length: approx. 6.7 kilometers Walking time: approx. 2.5 hours Difference in altitude: approx. 250 meters
"Wilder Kermeter - 2x wilderness for all" hiking trail in the barrier-free nature experience area
Tour length 5 km Starting point: Mühlenstraße, Weserbrücke hiking parking lot
Length: approx. 2.8 kilometers Hiking time: approx. 1.5 hours Difference in altitude: 89 meters
4.8 km hike
Circular route / 8 km
Circular route / 5.5 km
Length: approx. 3.2 kilometers Duration: approx. 1.5 hours Difference in altitude: approx. 100 meters
Circular hike / 7 km
Tour length approx. 5.3 km Starting point: Hiking parking lot "Am Ehrenmal"
Length: approx. 5.2 kilometers Duration: approx. 2 hours Difference in altitude: approx. 56 meters
The circular route leads through the Perlenbach valley to the "Unterer Steg" footbridge, which crosses the stream.
29 circular hiking trails in the municipality of Simmerath: Hiking trail 17 - Flurheckenweg Distance: 8.0 km Starting point: Bachstraße in Simmerath-Eicherscheid
The short 1.7 km circular route through Wollersheim shows all the highlights of the village.
Hiking route around the town of Kreuzau. Follow the number 82.
narcissus route near Höfen, on the edge of the Eifel National Park, offers a great supplement to the Eifelsteig
Length: approx. 5.6 kilometers Duration: approx. 2 hours Difference in altitude: approx. 75 meters
Length: approx. 5.6 kilometers Duration: approx. 2 hours Difference in altitude: approx. 75 meters
Length: approx. 4.5 kilometers Duration: approx. 2.5 hours Difference in altitude: approx. 45 meters
The 5 km long village walk through Nideggen-Rath shows all the highlights of the village and the countryside.
The 4 km circular trail shows all the special features of the small village of Embken.
29 circular hiking trails in the municipality of Simmerath: Hiking trail 23 - Bunker trail Distance: 9.0 km Starting point: Simmerath-Strauch village square
The 1.1 km long village walk shows you the special features of the small Börde village of Muldenau.
At over 450 m, the treeless Struffeltkopf rises up between Rott and Roetgen
Length: approx. 2.2 km Duration: approx. 1 hour Difference in altitude: approx. 62 meters
Discover the landscape of the red sandstone cliffs near Nideggen on the Effels circular hiking trail, LENI red. The hike is particularly suitable for families with children.
Round tour - Obersee lake
29 circular hiking trails in the municipality of Simmerath: Hiking trail 55 - Forest nature trail Distance: 5.5 km Starting point: National Park information point (Heilsteinhaus), Franz-Becker-Str. 2 in Simmerath-Einruhr
From the old town to the Eifel National Park - 14 km or 9 km hiking tour Starting point: Monschau market square
From the hardships of an old path to a fallen rock
Length: approx. 4.2 kilometers Duration: approx. 1.5 hours Difference in altitude: approx. 35 meters
Tour length approx. 4.4 km Starting point: National Park gate parking lot
The 3.8 km circular trail shows all the special features of the village of Hergarten.
Family-friendly circular hike near Heimbach in the Eifel (5 km), always along the water's edge
The new Kaiser-Karl-Weg - sections of 4 to 8.6 km partly barrier-free, adventure loop for families with children Starting point: hiking parking lot Konzen, church
Length: 4.0 kilometers Duration: approx. 2.5 hours Difference in altitude: 140 meters
Tour length approx. 4.2 kilometers Starting point: Rohren church parking lot
On a day in autumn, when wisps of mist drift through the spruce forests like ghosts, you can sense here on the Ochsenkopf a little of what made the forest battles so eerie for the soldiers on both sides and contributed to the myths and legends of the Hürtgen Forest.
The almost 4 km long hiking trail takes you through the beautiful Börde landscape.
Tour length 6 km Starting point: Parking strip at the church
The second stage of the Wildnistrail as a family hiking tour leads from Vogelsang IP to the Urft dam wall for about 7 kilometers through the nature of the Eifel. The hike can easily be combined with a boat trip.