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Iron curtain / green ribbon kayak tour

Iron curtain / green ribbon kayak tour

By ausgeWILDert
Free cancellation available
Price is €55 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Until 1989, the hostile military blocks of the Warsaw Pact and NATO faced each other on the Saale, between Hirschberg and Blankenstein. The Iron Curtain separated East and West, tearing families and friendships apart. With the European Green Belt project, the GDR's death strip became a lifeline for strictly protected animal and plant species. Today there are lynxes, wolves, deer, kingfishers, ospreys, red kites, cormorants, grey and great egrets and since 2019 also the beaver in the area.

Especially for former members of the US Army and international travellers, but also for German guests, this tour offers a breathtaking insight into the past and present, combined with the experience of a vital river, the Saale, already used by the Greek geographer and Argonaut Strabo ( 67 BC - 23 AD) was described in his Geographica.

Activity location

  • Issigauer Str. 22
    • 22 Issigauer Straße
    • 07366, Rosenthal am Rennsteig, Thüringen, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Rennsteig-Beginn/Rennsteig-Ende
    • 2 Selbitzplatz
    • 07366, Rosenthal am Rennsteig, Thüringen, Germany

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Iron curtain / green ribbon kayak tour in Multilingual
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h5h
  • Opening hours: Fri 10:30-17:00
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
€55.00 x 1 Adult€55.00

Total
Price is €55.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedGuide, kayak or canoe, paddle, life jacket, dry bag, packed lunch.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAlcoholic Drinks

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Kayak / canoe tour on the Saale, the former border river on the inner German border. Relics of the Iron Curtain, beavers, kingfishers, dippers. Along the formerly most heavily guarded border in the world, by kayak, experience the Green Belt as a death strip became a species-rich strip of life with many endangered and strictly protected animal species. Ospreys, kingfishers, dippers and the beaver, which has been at home again since 2019, accompany us on our tour. You will learn a lot of interesting things about the geological origin of the mountains, the history of the region and the diverse flora and fauna. We follow in the footsteps of Alexander von Humboldt, who worked here as the Royal Prussian Oberbergrat from 1792 - 1797 and developed his research here, which made him the greatest researcher of his time and beyond with his trip to South America. After an eventful tour, a small snack and a visit to the beaver island, the tour ends in the Blankenstein district of Rosenthal am Rennsteig at the base camp of ausWILDert.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESIssigauer Str. 22
    • 22 Issigauer Straße
    • 07366, Rosenthal am Rennsteig, Thüringen, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLERennsteig-Beginn/Rennsteig-Ende
    • 2 Selbitzplatz
    • 07366, Rosenthal am Rennsteig, Thüringen, Germany

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