Build a shelter for sand lizards, hedgehogs & co.

Build a shelter for sand lizards, hedgehogs & co.

Small structures are important hibernation sites for hedgehogs, lizards and co. Build a shelter for small animals or start now to create a habitat for next year.

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Lynxes in the wild

Lynxes in the wild

Europe's wild lynxes are under threat. To counteract this, young lynx are released into the wild. The Langenberg Wildlife Park raises such young lynxes.

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Until the end of October: Special exhibition at the Nature Museum

Until the end of October: Special exhibition at the Nature Museum

Take the last chance to visit the special exhibition at the Nature Museum. Discover the world of the sand lizard before it retreats into hibernation.

«Sand lizard. Everything alright?»

Wild plants workshop: Enjoying roots in autumn

Wild plants workshop: Enjoying roots in autumn

Experience autumn from a culinary perspective: on a foray through the Sihlwald forest, you will search for nature's treasures and afterwards transform wild plants into delicacies.

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Exciting animal stories and secret discoveries in the natural forest:

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Caution is still advised in the Sihlwald after the stormy weather. Please watch out for loose branches.

Experience, enjoy and understand nature

In front of the gates of the cities of Zurich and Zug.

The Wildnispark Zurich offers unique experiences in nature at two locations: the Langenberg Wildlife Park in Langnau am Albis invites visitors to meet native animals. The Sihlwald Nature Discovery Park offers a unique combination of forest, wilderness and river landscape. The Sihlwald hamlet is home to the visitor center with a nature museum, playground and fire pits.

A typical wolf pack

Three generations of wolves

In the wild, a wolf pack consists of the parents, the pups and the yearlings. The latter migrate after one to two years to look for a mate.

There are currently also three generations of wolves living at the Langenberg Wildlife Park ­– just like in the wild. The wolf pack consists of two adults, four yearlings and two pups. It's well worth a visit!

Upcoming events (German only)

Essbare Wildpflanzen im Herbst

19.10.2024 08:45
Auf unserem Streifzug durch den Naturwald Sihlwald lernen Sie in diesem Kurs verschiedene Wildpflanzen kennen.
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Dämmerungsführung mit Wildschmaus

19.10.2024 17:30
Die Dämmerung im herbstlichen Tierpark ist ein spezieller Moment.
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Tierpaten-Tag

26.10.2024
Einmal pro Jahr lädt der Wildnispark Zürich zum Patentag mit besonderem Programm im Tierpark Langenberg ein.
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Discover it for yourself

Albispass–Albishorn–Albispass

A scenic hike with distant views. In addition there are great views of the Sihlwald wilderness, the first nature discovery park of Switzerland.
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Aussichtspunkt Höchi

Blick auf Zürichsee, Säntis, Glarner Alpen, Zugerberg, Rigi, Pilatus, Berner Alpen, Sihltal und Sihlwald
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Felsenegg–Langenberg

Gratwanderung mit anschliessendem steilen Abstieg zu den Wildtieren im Langenberg.
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Sihlwald–Langenberg, Waldroute

Quer durch die Wildnis des Sihlwalds und durch Einfamilienquartiere führt der Weg vom Besucherzentrum des Wildnispark Zürich zu den Tieranlagen im Langenberg.
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Glögglifrosch pond

The cleaned-up ponds along the River Sihl between Langnau am Albis and Sihlwald offer a home for the Glögglifrosch (midwife toad).
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Hausen–Sihlwald–Horgen

This hike leads through the wilderness park of Zurich Sihlwald, the largest natural beech mixed woodland in the central part of Switzerland.
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«Wisent & Co. – the landscape gardeners»

The exhibition impressively shows how the large herbivores have reconquered Switzerland over the last 150 years and how they influence the landscape.
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The Natural forest Sihlwald

In Sihlwald, there hasn’t been any lumbered wood since 2000. About 200-year-old tree giants with 52 meter height and 3,5 meters of circumference as well as standing and recumbent dead wood offer fascinating insights into a European virgin forest.
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Albis observation tower

153 Steps up to an unlimited panorama over the whole wilderness park of Zurich and beyond: from the Black Forest to the Säntis, the Glarus Alps, Lake of Zug, Rigi, Pilatus, and the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau.
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Opening hours

Sihlwald Nature Discovery Park

Visitor Center and Sihlwald area
The outdoor facilities on the Visitor Center site (wilderness playground, fire pits) and the Sihlwald forest, including the forest adventure trail, are freely accessible 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Visitor center and nature museum
Wed - Fri: 12.00 - 17.00 hrs
Sat/Sun/Public holidays: 09.00 - 18.00 h
Mon/Tues closed


Opening hours

Langenberg Wildlife Park

Langenberg East
Most of the animal enclosures are freely accessible 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Langenberg West
daily 09.00 - 19.00

Restaurant Langenberg
Mon - Fri: 09.00 - 17.00 hrs
Sat/Sun/Public vacations & school vacations: 09.00 - 19.00

Do you have dogs?

How to get to Sihlwald and Langenberg

We recommend traveling by public transport.

Contact us

Wildnispark Zurich Foundation
Alte Sihltalstrasse 38
8135 Sihlwald
+41 44 722 55 22
info@wildnispark.ch

Telephone
Mon - Fri: 09.00 - 12.00, 13.00 - 17.30
Sat/Sun & public holidays: 09.00 - 17.30

Support the park
  • Our donation account:
  • IBAN: CH14 0070 0110 0017 3782 3,
  • Account no. 80-151-4,
  • Zurich Cantonal Bank