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Old Jul 20th, 2010, 02:59 PM
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South Germany and Adrenaline-packed sights?
Does anyone here know of any places in south Germany (on the route Munich-Garmisch-Bodensee-Freiburg-Frankfurt) where I could watch animals in natural habitat (not Zoos) and also recommend places of slightly higher adrenaline than the usual sight seeing and places less familiar to most tourists?

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Old Jul 20th, 2010, 04:13 PM
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Not sure about animals, but for adrenaline I can recommend:

Hiking in the alps - I like to take a gondola to top of one of the ski mountains, for example just outside Garmisch, then spend a nice day hiking/wandering down. I find that much more enjoyable then trekking uphill all day.

Sommerrodelbahn - summer toboggan rides - also at many ski areas. I know of a few near Fuessen and Garmisch - a google search may give you the best results.
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someone had a post about 'fun forests'. these are adventure parks with zip lines, etc. Is that what you are looking for?
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I was thinking more like ATV/off-road riding or paragliding off mountains?
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Old Jul 23rd, 2010, 01:19 AM
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Doesn´t Google exist anymore?

http://www.edelweisslodgeandresort.com/paragliding.html
http://www.air-glide.de/
http://www.gapa.de/Garmisch-Partenki...r_Paragliding/
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Off-road riding here is by bike, mountain bike.

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fewer fumes, more muscles. Win/win
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Old Jul 23rd, 2010, 02:43 AM
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I actually searched google for ATV rides and couldn't find anything except for MTBs. So there are no automatic 4 wheel off-road vehicles in southern germany?
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> So there are no automatic 4 wheel off-road vehicles in southern germany?

I first learned what ATV is when I visited USA. Still don't understand the appeal, though.
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As to animals, what kind of animals do you mean? There are lots of deer, wild boars etc. Local hunters' clubs might be the best to ask...
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He means oink oink
http://www.wildschweine.net/stadtschweine/Dsc01353.jpg

Don't come too close. Those "things" are rather common
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<<Does anyone here know of any places in south Germany (on the route Munich-Garmisch-Bodensee-Freiburg-Frankfurt) where I could watch animals in natural habitat (not Zoos)>>

Skip Germany, go to Austria - lots of kangaroos in Austria!
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grrr, HA! on teeshirts, anyway!

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