Bavaria Field Trip

Join us for a fun and informative Beaver Trip to Bavaria with rewilding, beaver specialist and author Derek Gow. Places are limited so book now to ensure your place!

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 19th -24th October 2026

ITINERARY

Day 1

  • Arrival at MUC, driving to the Buglhof-Hotel in St. Englmar (about 1,5 h drive).
  • Depending on arrival time, visit of the airport beaver territory.
  • Dinner at Buglhof.

Day 2

  • Presentation on beavers in Bavaria and beaver management.
  • Followed by a tour to different beaver sites in the Bavarian forest, a hilly area with lots of dams (including the longest one so far with about 150 m) and to the Bavarian National Park.

Day 3

  • Trip to the Danube floodplain, beaver sites at the Danube, in oxbows, and in gravel pits and ditches.
  • In the afternoon Isar river nature conservation area with a beaver rescue hill.
  • Meeting with a local major and beaver consultant in the afternoon.

Day 4

  • Leaving the hotel at 9:00 (moving out), drive to Pförring, meeting with the water management authority of Ingolstadt (around 10:30) on water management issues and dike protection methods.
  • After lunch meeting with the head of the county farmers association (around 14:00) in the field.
  • Then (depending on time) “the end of a trapped beaver” in Karlshuld, Neuburg an der Donau,
meeting with the local nature conservation administration, and Haus im MOOS (where beaver management in Bavaria began), visiting European bisons.
  • Moving on to the Hotel Stadthof in Treuchtlingen (about 1,25h drive).

Day 5

  • Looking at different beaver territories in Middle Frankonia. Guide will be Ulrich Meßlinger, a biologist who has been investigating the sites for more than 25 years.

Day 6

  • Leaving for the airport. If time allows, we can look at the “Müller-museum” in Solnhofen (with some of the Archaeopteryx fossils), at a beaver site in the Isar forest north of Munich and visit the “airport beaver” right next to the airport (if not done on day 1 ) – living in a nice, but very noisy territory.

All points are open to changes depending on needs of participants.

£1 095 + VAT

Please note the following:

  1. A non-refundable deposit of £100 needs to be paid to secure your booking with the balance due 6 weeks before the trip.
  2. You will need to arrange and pay for your own flights, travel insurance, evening meals and drinks.
  3. Price includes all airport transfers and the mini-bus/coach transporting us between locations.
  4. Price includes accommodation and breakfast while on trip.

Join us for a fun and informative Beaver Trip to Bavaria with rewilding, beaver specialist and author Derek Gow. Places are limited so book now to ensure your place!

Enquire now