Make a meaningful gift!

Make a meaningful gift!

Happy events such as birthdays, company parties or anniversaries are a good opportunity to set an important example for nature and wildlife. For example, by appealing for a donation instead of gifts.

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On the trail of polecats, otters and beavers (Offer in German only)

On the trail of polecats, otters and beavers (Offer in German only)

Whether as a family, with friends or as a team outing – the new tour offers interested groups an exciting insight into the life of three native mammals along the Sihl.

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«Wisent & Co. –  the landscape gardeners»

«Wisent & Co. – the landscape gardeners»

The new exhibition in the Elk House in Langenberg West provides an insight into the life of Switzerland's large herbivores. Entry is free and accessible all year round during the opening hours of Langenberg West.

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Exciting animal stories and secret discoveries in the natural forest:

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Experience, enjoy and understand nature

At the gates of the cities of Zurich and Zug.

The Zurich Wilderness Park offers unique experiences in nature at two locations: the Langenberg Animal Park in Langnau am Albis invites visitors to meet native animals. The Sihlwald Nature Adventure Park offers a unique combination of forest, wilderness and river landscape. The Sihlwald hamlet is home to the visitor center with a nature museum, playground and fire pits.

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Tierpark-Brunch

12.05.2024 09:15
Geniessen Sie mit der Familie oder Freunden einen reichhaltigen Brunch inklusive einer spannenden Führung im Tierpark.
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Tierpark-Brunch

19.05.2024 09:15
Geniessen Sie mit der Familie oder Freunden einen reichhaltigen Brunch inklusive einer spannenden Führung im Tierpark.
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Tierpark-Brunch

20.05.2024 09:15
Geniessen Sie mit der Familie oder Freunden einen reichhaltigen Brunch inklusive einer spannenden Führung im Tierpark.
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Discover it for yourself

Erlebniswelt Mongolische Jurte

Das Leben der Wildpferde und jenes der Nomaden in der Mongolei sind eng miteinander verbunden. In unserer Jurte bei den Przewalskipferden im Westteil des Tierparks Langenberg können Sie sich von dieser fremdartigen Welt verzaubern lassen.
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Aussichtspunkt Albispass

Blick über Uetliberg, Zürich und Zürichsee.
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Aussichtspunkt Albisboden

Aussicht in die Innerschweiz und zum Pilatus.
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Bähnliweg

1876 wurden im Sihlwald erstmals eine Waldeisenbahn verwendet, um die Forstarbeit zu erleichtern. Übriggebliebene Schwellen des einst 12 km langen Trassees kann man noch heute auf dem Bähnliweg entdecken.
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Albispass–Albishorn–Albispass

A scenic hike with distant views. In addition there are great views of the Sihlwald wilderness, the first nature discovery park of Switzerland.
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Felsenegg–Langenberg

Gratwanderung mit anschliessendem steilen Abstieg zu den Wildtieren im Langenberg.
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The Natural forest Sihlwald

In Sihlwald, there hasn’t been any lumbered wood since 2000. About 200-year-old tree giants with 52 meter height and 3,5 meters of circumference as well as standing and recumbent dead wood offer fascinating insights into a European virgin forest.
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Rooseveltplatz

The Rooseveltplatz is named after Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the American President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who in 1948 admired the mighty 200 year-old trees on this location during a visit to Sihlwald.
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Exhibition «From a commercial to a natural forest»

12.05.2024
The Sihlwald was a managed timber forest for many centuries.
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