Located along the Wine Route in Alsace, the stork and otter park in Hunawihr covers around 5 hectares. There are pathways to see storks, ducks, penguins and otters, plus daily feeding shows. It is 60km from Strasbourg.
Recommended by:
Laura S
Contact Details:
Route de Ribeauvillé, 68150 Hunawihr / www.centredereintroduction.fr
This has to be one of my favourite places to visit with the kids! Le Centre de Reintroduction des Cigognes is a really well thought out educational experience for the whole family. The park tells of how the storks in Alsace were almost extinct some 30 years ago and the initiatives put in place to help to repopulate. It is mostly outdoors so make sure you go when the weather is nice. It has lots of hands on activities with a huge tree house that you can climb up to get close to the actual stork nest perched up top. Storks are free roaming at the park as well so you are guaranteed to see them up close. In addition, there are good (and reasonably priced) tarte flambees that you can eat there to really soak up the surroundings. (LS)