Interlaken: Red Deer Rut Tour with Sunset Fondue
ID: GYG1492400-2280012
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Land: Duitsland
Duur:
04:00 uren
Beschrijving
For two weeks a year, this valley roars. Walk up, eat fondue outside on a working alpine farm as the sun leaves the ridge, and listen to red deer calling across the Justistal.
In late September the red deer move into the Justistal to rut, twenty minutes from Interlaken, and the stags start calling. The valley has a wall of rock on either side, the Sigriswiler and the Gueggis ridges, so the sound travels. If you know elk bugling from the Rockies, this is its European cousin, deeper and rougher.
We leave Interlaken at 16:00 and drive up the valley. From there it is a walk of thirty minutes to an hour at an easy pace, on a path, in daylight, carrying nothing.
At the top, Daniela has been farming since May and making cheese every single day of it. She keeps a table for us on her terrace, outside, facing the valley. Other people eat there too, walkers and farmers from the valley, and that is the point: you are not booking a private dining room, you are sitting down where the valley eats.
The sun leaves the ridge around half past six, while you are at the table. The valley turns cold and blue within minutes. Then we walk back down in the last of the light, which is when the stags are loudest, and we are back in Interlaken by 20:00.
We bring binoculars. The deer stay on the slopes across the valley, so hearing them is close to certain in these two weeks, and seeing them is never guaranteed. If they stay quiet you still have the walk, the ridge at sunset and the fondue.
Hoogtepunten
- Red deer rutting in the Justistal, during the two weeks a year it happens
- Fondue outside on a working alpine farm, not in a mountain restaurant
- The sun leaving the ridge at half past six, seen from your table
- Binoculars provided, and a guide who knows where to look
- Small groups of 8 at most, with no minimum, so your booking always runs
Talen
INCLUDED
- Return transport from Interlaken West by van
- Your guide for the evening
- Binoculars to share
- Cheese fondue at an alpine farm
- One drink, white wine or tea
NIET INBEGREPEN.
- Any further drinks
- Warm clothing and shoes with grip
- Head torch, needed on departures from 1 October
Wanneer moet ik boeken?
Om de beschikbaarheid te garanderen, dient u zo snel mogelijk te reserveren. Vroegboekkorting is het overwegen waard, vooral als u de reis plant tijdens het hoogseizoen, zoals op feestdagen of in het weekend.
Annuleringen
Deze excursie kunt u kosteloos annuleren tot: annuleringstijd voor aanvang van de reis. Bij annulering na: annulering na: annuleringstijd of niet aanwezig zijn op de excursie wordt de volledige prijs van de activiteit alsnog in rekening gebracht. Te laat komen bij het ophalen of vertrekken wordt beschouwd als niet komen opdagen.
