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Rabenklippe Lynx Enclosure

Rabenklippe Lynx Enclosure

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Rabenklippe Lynx Enclosure

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Nationalpark Harz

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Location: Bad Harzburg, Goslar, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Nationalpark Harz

March 13, 2023

Eye to eye with the lynx

The brush ears are back in the Harz forests. But like all cats, they are very shy. So anyone who sees them in the wild is really lucky. So that everyone can admire them, we have built a lynx display enclosure on the Rabenklippe near Bad Harzburg. Here you can watch our lynxes basking in the sun, climbing trees or sneaking through their territory. Our public lynx feeding is particularly popular. Here you can learn interesting facts about the lynx from our national park staff and you can observe the big cats up close while they are eating.

opening hours
Regular: The lynx display enclosure is accessible at all times.
The public lynx feeding takes place on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2:30 p.m. Registration is not necessary for groups either. Admission is free.

Note: Spectacular photos are guaranteed when the animals present themselves in the attractive and rugged enclosure landscape. However, the large enclosure also offers the animals numerous hiding places, so that they cannot always be discovered. A high visitor's platform enables a "fence-free" view of large parts of the enclosure landscape.

getting there
The lynx enclosure on the Rabenklippe is located near Bad Harzburg in the middle of the forest. Access by car is not possible, the access road is closed to public traffic.

You can reach the lynx enclosure from Bad Harzburg via designated hiking trails. The distance is around 4 kilometers, so please plan enough time for the hike. You save around 200 meters in altitude if you take the Burgberg cable car up the Burgberg. From the mountain station you hike about 60 minutes to the lynx enclosure. Please also note our tour recommendation "On the way to the lynxes".

From April to early November, the “Grüner Harzer” bus line (KVG bus line 875) runs between Bad Harzburg and the lynx enclosure on the Rabenklippe.

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Alwin

October 3, 2023

Cats can't be seen when it rains😅, it's nice that the enclosure exists. And the lynx is back in the Harz Mountains.

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Alwin

August 10, 2021

Rarely seen even in the cage, but we were lucky enough to see Pamina.

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Location: Bad Harzburg, Goslar, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Rabenklippe Lynx Enclosure

1. Following the trails of emperors and lynxes through the virgin forest of Tomorrow

2. From Stapelburg through the Eckertal – hiking along the Green Belt

3. Rabenklippe Lynx Enclosure – Molkenhaus (HWN 169) loop from Torfhaus

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