Horse riders | Eifel National Park

Travel through forests and open landscapes in the saddle

There is plenty of room for horse riders and their horses in the Eifel National Park. The National Park Authority has designated 65 kilometres of bridleways, which run parallel to existing hiking trails. Please use the hiking map to create your own tour or ask for some tips at the gates to the National Park or at the Vogelsang visitor centre.

Within the National Park, bridleways can be identified with a blue band on the wooden signposts.

Under your own steam Experience the National Park

Use the paths – please stick to the marked paths.

Use a lead – please keep your dog on a lead.

Leave nature intact – only take observations and memories with you.

Do not smoke or light fires.

Keep quiet.

Take litter with you – rubbish does not belong in nature.

Only cycle on marked cycle paths.

Tents and staying overnight prohibited – also in mobile homes. Use marked sites in the vicinity of the national park.

Due to the increasing proportion of old trees in the national park, branches and trees may fall more frequently on the paths here than in other forests. During storms, snow and adverse weather conditions in particular, for your own safety please avoid entering the forest or leave it as quickly as possible.

Taking part in events and entering the national park takes place at your own risk.

The 33 square kilometre Dreiborn Plateau in the Eifel National Park was actively used as the “Vogelsang Military Training Area” until the end of 2005.

Straying from the marked paths is prohibited for your own safety, because there is a risk of death due to unexploded ordnance and other devices off the paths.