Nature Travel Germany: East Frisia EcoTour

The day of arrival is always on Sunday. On this day, you can either travel independently to your holiday flat near Wittmund or plan your journey to Wittmund train station. Twice a day, in the afternoon and evening, a transfer service is offered by our partner to pick you up and take you to your accommodation.

After arriving at the holiday flat, you can settle in and use the rest of the day or evening for your own activities. On the following Monday morning, the actual programme begins.

Transfer: Drive from Wittmund train station to accommodation near Wittmund – approx. 20 minutes driving time

Accommodation: Holiday apartment with one to three bedrooms and private bathroom with shower

Catering: Self-catering

Activities: Not planned

Day 2 starts with a hearty breakfast in your accommodation before you meet your guide Rainer Köpsell and possibly other participants of the tour group. This is followed by a short introductory talk about the programme itself and organisational matters. In addition, you will learn about geology, nature and culture of East Frisia.

After lunch at your accommodation, you will set off on your first excursion in the afternoon. You will be accompanied by Matthias Bergmann, who will explain more about coastal areas, dykes, land reclamation, farmland, forests and protected areas in the vicinity of your accommodation. For dinner, you will have an outdoor picnic before ending the day observing the local birdlife.

Accommodation: Holiday apartment with one to three bedrooms and private bathroom with shower

Catering: All meals included, drinks excluded

Activities: Short introduction and lecture about geology, nature and culture of East Frisia in the morning and excursion in the afternoon included

Today's motto is "future in fields and pastures". After breakfast at your accommodation, you will be picked up and set off together on your first excursion. You will visit the Gröönlandhof Wrisse farm which is part of the so-called Solidarity Farming Network.

In the afternoon, you will visit a conventional farm with a biogas plant. Here you can also lend a hand and help with milking, cleaning the barns or feeding.

Accommodation: Holiday apartment with one to three bedrooms and private bathroom with shower

Catering: All meals included, drinks excluded

Activities: Excursion to two different farms in the morning and afternoon included

From the topic of agriculture on the previous day, we now move on to the topic of energy management. After breakfast in the accommodation, you will meet the biologist Michèle Gürth, who will give a short lecture about energy industry in the coastal region. Furthermore, you will visit either a biogas plant, a wind farm or the so-called Energy, Education and Experience Centre (EEZ) in the city of Aurich.

An excursion is also planned for the afternoon, with the focus on the topic of peatlands. The choice is between the Peat and Settlement Museum (Torf- und Siedlungsmuseum) in Wiesmoor or the Bentstreek Founders' House (Bentstreek Gründerhaus).

Accommodation: Holiday apartment with one to three bedrooms and private bathroom with shower

Catering: All meals included, drinks excluded

Activities: Excursion to an energy production facility in the morning and excursion to a bog/peat facility in the afternoon included.

A very special morning excursion awaits you today: a visit to the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2009. You will take a closer look at this impressive, huge coastal biotope, always considering the motto "Lugworms as rubbish chutes". A visit to the Carolienensiel National Park House is also included.

After lunch at a local restaurant, the afternoon is free for your own activities before enjoying dinner together in the evening.

Accommodation: Holiday apartment with one to three bedrooms and private bathroom with shower

Catering: All meals included, drinks excluded

Activities: Excursion to the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea in the morning included

Today is all about the forest. In the morning, you will go on an excursion to Upjeversche Forest, where Rainer Köpsell will tell you more about forest use in the coastal region, forests in the context of climate change and the timber industry.

For lunch, you will stop at a local restaurant before setting off for the Wittmund Forest in the afternoon to learn about (sustainable) forestry, forest development and forest destruction. In addition, you will take on the role of hunters and gatherers and, depending on the season, go in search of mushrooms, fruit, etc. Reading tracks and identifying animal sounds are also part of your afternoon programme.

The joint dinner rounds off this day and includes your previously collected "natural goods".

Accommodation: Holiday apartment with one to three bedrooms and private bathroom with shower

Catering: All meals included, drinks excluded

Activities: Excursion to the Upjeversche Forest in the morning and excursion to the Wittmund Forest in the afternoon included

Today is the last day of your nature tour. You will spend the morning on a photo or so-called sketch safari followed by an "exhibition".

A final discussion is planned for the afternoon, during which you will review and evaluate the lectures and excursions of the last few days. In the evening there will be a farewell barbecue at your accommodation.

Accommodation: Holiday apartment with one to three bedrooms and private bathroom with shower

Catering: All meals included, drinks excluded

Activities: Photo/sketch safari in the morning included

Your educational trip to East Frisia ends today. After breakfast at your accommodation, you can leave on your own or take our partner's transfer service to go to Wittmund train station to continue your journey or return home.

Catering: Breakfast included

Transfer: Transfer from the accommodation near Wittmund back to Wittmund train station – approx. 20 minutes driving time