📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The Harz with its mountains, stalactite caves, mining museums and forests is a popular holiday destination and recreational area. Above the Oker dams, 550m above NN and in the middle of the forest, you will find Haus Ahrendsberg, part of the Waldpädagogikzentrum Harz, which will be the starting point for the activities of your group. Here you will help the forestry office Clausthal with nature and environment reservation work and contribute to preserving the habitat for (rare) plants and animals. Together with experienced foresters, you will care for a number of biotopes and forest stands. You will build protective deer fences and get an insight into ecological and economical duties of a forestry. For 4 days you will work 7.5h, Fridays are off.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Shared rooms in the Waldpädagogikzentrum Harz. You will cook together.
📍 About the location
The Waldpädagogikzentrum offers a range of free time activities on site: a football field, a volleyball field, basketball hoop, barbecue hut, campfire site and a small baking house, in which you can bake your own bread. A party room with table football, table tennis, seminar room with television and DVD player. With all this, you can almost forget that there is very bad cellphone reception in the mountains, but the surrounding area is great for hiking trips. The closest bus stop is 6.5km away, but the forestry supports you with transfer options for your weekend trips and grocery shopping. Additional free time activities can be found close by: the tree top path in Bad Harzburg; Hiking to the Brocken; UNESCO World Heritage mine Rammelsberg in Goslar. www.wpz-harz.de or www.harzinfo.de.
⚠️ Requirements
For people, who really love nature, outdoor garments have to be brought along, the accommodation is very remote in the middle of the forest.
ℹ️ Additional information
For people, who really love nature, outdoor garments have to be brought along, the accommodation is very remote in the middle of the forest.