The Bavarian Forest National Park in the Inner Bavarian Forest lies on the border with the Czech Republic. It was founded in 1970 as Germany's first national park in the Freyung - Grafenau district and has an area of around 24,250 hectares. Domestic mixed mountain forests, firs, beeches and spruces are protected. Many rare animal species were also reintroduced, such as the lynx, European wildcat, red deer, and the wolf, also the capercaillie, as well as the owl and Kautz. The open game enclosure is beautifully laid out in size, and is very interesting to visit, it is free of charge, and you should plan a day.

The flora makes the national park really exciting. On four hectares around the Hans-Eisenmann-Haus, visitors can stroll past some rare flowers, grasses, shrubs, trees, ferns and mosses, all of which are at home in the Bavarian Forest. The outdoor plant area shows several hundred species in their natural habitats and communities - some even in raised beds that are particularly easy to see. The touch and smell wall invites you to get to know plants with all your senses.

The heart of the Lusen National Park Center is the Hans-Eisenmann-Haus. Informative, interactive and impressive, the permanent exhibition "Paths into Nature - A History of Forest and People" introduces the secrets of the Bavarian Forest National Park. What is the philosophy of “let nature be nature”? Which longings do humans associate with the forest? How has the protected area developed since it was founded? And who or what actually lives in the emerging wilderness? Visitors can find out all this and much more on the tour. For the little ones there is a special children's line with eleven listening stations, where knowledge of the National Park is conveyed in a child-friendly manner - and adults can also learn exciting facts.

The forest play area in the Bavarian Forest National Park: play and nature experience for the whole family according to the motto "understand nature while playing". The approximately 50 hectare adventure area holds countless adventures ready. Just the thing for a family outing - no matter what time of year! The nature experience path offers unusual insights into the forest at ten interesting stations: making music with natural materials, feeling plants, feeling the forest floor barefoot, listening to the sounds of birds: all of this is possible on the approximately two-kilometer-long path.

You can slide, climb, play or swing on the playgrounds. Even a zip line is available. Some of the attractions - like large parts of the paths in the forest playground - are barrier-free, for example there is a seesaw for wheelchair users.

Please note: Most of the playground equipment is dismantled in winter, but the area is still worth a visit. For example, igloos and snow sculptures can be built on the forest meadow.

The House of the Wilderness and part of the animal free area of the Falkenstein National Park Center can be discovered during the lynx trail.
In the Haus zur Wildnis you can explore interesting exhibitions all about the national park, experience a 3D cinema, and feel for once what life is like underground.
In keeping with the lynx trail, the path also leads past the large lynx enclosure. As in the other enclosures, it sometimes takes a little time and patience before the Luchs family shows up. You can then explore them in natural surroundings.