Alps

Dachstein Sky Walk – Austria

The Dachstein is the center piece of the scenic backdrop of the Ramsau high plateau.With its magic and attraction it combines passionate climbing tradition with the modern usage of the Dachstein Glacier.A variety of impressions and activities will make you quickly forget your everyday troubles.The Dachstein in unique in the Alps, not just due its exposed location, but because of the wealth of activities it has to offer.[Read more]

The Entlebuch Biosphere is a natural reserve at the foot of the Alps which includes the 395 km² large valley of the Little Emme River between Berne and Lucerne in the Swiss Canton of Lucerne.Since 2001, the region became after the Swiss National Park, the second UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Switzerland.

Entlebuch, which has recently been declared a UNESCO biosphere and is one of the most beautiful and unusual regions of Switzerland. The Entlebuch lies about mid-way between Berne and Lucerne and is the first and so far the only area in Switzerland to be declared a UNESCO biosphere reserve.The 395 km2 reserve covers eight municipalities and has 17,000 inhabitants.The Entlebuch UNESCO biosphere has some particularities that are of (inter)national interest. Many parts of the Entlebuch contain valuable and varied habitats, including in particular a patchwork of extensively farmed pasture ecosystems, moors and marshland, woodland along the Kleine Emme and the Grosse Entle rivers, hedged fields and near-natural forests.