Alpine horse-riding – on the trail of the “sumpters”
For centuries adventurous tradesmen known as "sumpters" transported wine, salt and gold to far away towns and ports on the backs of their packhorses. Immerse yourself in those long lost golden times and explore the old trade routes of the National Park on horseback.
National Park Kärnten Card: all the adventure destinations!
What is probably the best guest card in Austria guarantees you the most marvellous holiday adventures for just a little money! The National Park Kärnten Card offers you free admission to more than 100 places to visit in the whole of Carinthia, super reductions with more than 50 Bonus partners, as well as top-rate local services.
Waterfalls and gorges walking tours
For millions of years the elemental force of water has moulded and shaped the mountainous landscape of the Hohe Tauern! In the process it has left behind for us masterpieces of the Creation: waterfalls plummeting down into the valleys over sky-high rock faces and through deep and mysterious gorges.
Trekking in the Hohe Tauern National Park
Trekking – from one place to another. In rhythm with nature and looking it in the eye. This is the magic to which more and more people are yielding. In Nepal, in New Zealand, or on the road to Santiago. And in the Hohe Tauern too! From refuge hut to refuge hut, past mountain lakes and tarns, waterfalls and glaciers, and up to high passes. Time and again in the valleys and mountains new miniature worlds will reveal themselves before your very eyes.
Großglockner & Co.: the most beautiful summit tours
The Großglockner’s summit soars 3,798m into the heavens. Higher than any other summit in Austria. A magic mountain in the midst of the Hohe Tauern’s fascinating high mountain world, where more than 100 peaks top the 3,000m mark. Scale the most impressive summits of the Hohe Tauern in the company of our certified mountain guides!
Mountain biking in the realm of the Großglockner
Scarcely any other mountain in the Alps offers such a marvellous setting for extended mountain bike tours as the Großglockner. Mountain bikers can choose between more than 26 day tours ranging from easy to difficult, and totalling 755km in length, with an altitude difference of 25,900m.
Bikers’ dreams in the realm of the Großglockner
The Großglockner High Alpine Road is often regarded – particularly by bikers - as the dream road through the Alps. But then the Malta High Alpine Road is also spectacularly laid out to take you into the fascinating world of mountains.
The Glockner cycle path through the Möll valley
An attractive family-friendly cycle path in the midst of the high mountains – is there such a thing? Yes, of course: the Glockner cycle path ("R8") through the Möll valley combines a magnificent high-alpine setting with comfortable cycling alongside one of the cleanest rivers in Austria. Our tip: take the bus up and come downhill on your bike!
We do the driving; you do the walking!
It’s relaxing, a great experience, climate friendly and really good value: in 2011 the National Park Hikers’ Bus will operate from 18 June to 18 September, taking you to the most beautiful places for hiking in the National Park. In many cases our National Park Rangers and mountain guides will already be there waiting to accompany you on your explorations in the world of natural wonders!
Fishing in the National Park Region
Every angler’s dream: fly fishing!
The Möll river is considered a superb place for fly fishing because its waters are so clear. Arguably no region in Carinthia other than the National Park Region provides such ideal conditions for this noble form of fishing.
