Bad Bayersoien - on the trail of nature

The small nature park community at the southern entrance to the Ammergau Alps has many small themed trails. Here you can experience nature with all your senses.

Directly at Soier See you will find the barefoot path, which leads around the small moor lake and promises 1,7 km of barefoot fun - so you can feel nature with your feet.

Or go on the bird trail and get to know birds and bird songs at the individual stations. Hear nature.

At the northern end of Lake Soier, the moor nature trail provides information about the local mountain pine raised moor.

Barefoot course

The 1,7 km long circular route around the Soier is suitable for everyone, even with a stroller the route is no problem. The barefoot course runs right next to the path and invites you to feel, balance, climb and explore - fun for young and old.

Square pebbles, fine sand, angular bark mulch or cool water are just four exemplary elements that the feet, which are otherwise in comfortable shoes, are confronted with on the barefoot course around Lake Soier.

The moor treading basin is certainly a special stop. Here you can experience a special feature of the place, the moor, up close.

Bird trail

Everyone can do their own research here. The 6 lovingly designed display cases with faithfully reproduced birds give an impression of the bird species and their habitat. Each showcase has a specific motto such as: E.g. “settlement”, “hedge” or “moor”. In total, you get to know 30 different birds in a playful way.

With the help of so-called "ting pens", which can be borrowed from the spa and tourist information center in Bad Bayersoien or Fischerhäusl by paying a deposit (20,00 euros), bird songs can be heard. To do this, you hold the pen to a contact point, press a small button and the bird in question chirps.

The adders

The Soier See is the largest contiguous adder area in Bavaria and one of the largest in Europe. There are probably over 100 adders left here. Adders have a typical X or V-shaped marking on the head, a zigzag band on the back and longitudinal stripes on the sides of the head.

As reptiles, adders love sunny biotopes. To recharge their batteries, they like to lie down on the edges of forests, but also on paths. Their bite is easy to avoid and not fatal to a healthy person, so there is no need to fear adders.

However, the animals are extremely endangered. The snakes, which recharge their batteries in the sunshine on the embankments and in open places in the forest, quickly become frightened when people approach and crawl back into their cold caves. The result: They have been on the red list for years.

On the trail of nature in Bad Bayersoien