Hiking with children: tips and tours
Hach, how beautiful it is in nature! The mountains, the sea or just green landscapes. But for children, the beauty of Mother Earth is not really exciting, the little explorers usually need more than green meadows to get excited about hiking. So that the little ones stay on the ball, we have some tips ready and interesting tour ideas for families together.
Hiking with children: tips for planning
The best travel time for hiking in summer starts in April or May and goes until October. It requires a walk with children in advance of some planning. What you should have in mind before:
- Children from approx. 4 years can already run a small tour, before that the child, for. B. in a baby carrier, or at least over long distances. But: run around at the latest during the breaks and let play.
- Plans short stretches and many breaks on! Your children will be exhausted faster than you, so be generous with the timing.
- As a guide you can remember: Specified walking time x 2, That is, if a walking time of 1.5 hours is given, you should count on about three hours. Children always tend to stop in between to discover things, to look up, to romp about? and of course they are not as fast as adults anyway.
- How many miles does a child make? As a rough guide, the German Hiking Association mentions: Age x 1.5, So: A 5-year-old manages about 7.5 kilometers.
- And: If you walk with smaller children, pay attention to the route that z. B. no walls or the like must be taken. Even trekking is not a good option, the stamina and sure-footedness is not given depending on the age.
Hiking with children: 4 tips for motivation
- Children are curious and right explorers! Roundabouts are more excitingbecause there is always something new to discover and it is not the same route as on the way there.
- In between, the child overcomes the total listlessness, take that for all cases Favorite toy with or something to snack on? or anything that lifts the mood!
- There is also a lot gamesthat can be played on a hike with family or friends. Think about a few in advance! This can be a search game ("Who discovers an anthill first?") Or classic games like word chains or "I pack my suitcase".
- Very important: one aim! Just hiking is rather boring for children. In addition to games motivates an exciting goal. That can be Be a bathing lake, a castle or an adventure playground ? so it remains interesting in any case.
Hiking with children: 5 ideas for tours with the little ones
To keep children from getting bored while hiking, they need a lot to discover, touch, try out and experience! We have some ideas for you.
Pidinger bee way in Berchtesgaden
It's more of a walk than a hike, but especially if you have not been hiking with kids, you should start small. The Pidinger Bee Trail invites you to learn more about bees and their conservation. For a guided tour (on request) there is also the possibility of the Bees at work in the hive watch! Interesting, of course, for adults.
Length of the trail about 1.2 km
Saxon Switzerland
The Saxon Switzerland offers especially for smaller children great opportunities for hiking. In particular, short day trips offer themselves here, like the Fairytale: An idyllic tour of about 5 km, also with stroller is passable! Also the Luchsweg can be run in about an hour, on which information about lynxes, but real lynx, can be found!
Fairy tale path: distance approx. 5 km
Luchsweg: distance about 2.3 km
Alperlebnispfad Imberg im Allgäu
The circuit in the Westallgäu starts at the mountain station Imbergbahn, leads through the Lanzenbachtal and the moor. On the way there are approx. 47 stations,where young and old are allowed to experience the region,Watch animals, milk (no real cows
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