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Bicycle tour
Time required: 1 hour 30 minutesLength: 13.00 km

Season

All season

Contact

Naturpark Pfyn-Finges
Kirchstrasse 6
3970 Salgesch
Tel. +41 (0)27 452 60 60

www.pfyn-finges.ch

Naturpark Pfyn-Finges - Staring in Gampel, this cycling route offers an easy and short stretch and is attractive for both children and parents. On the way to Leuk there are several playgrounds to visit as well as the pond in Leukerfeld and the Feschel gorge.

Starting in Gampel, this cycle tour offers an easy and short route with plenty to interest children and parents alike. On the way from Gampel to Leuk you can visit several playgrounds, the Leukerfeld with its beautiful ponds and the Feschel Gorge. This route is ideal for a family day out.

Route-information

Route-information

Length
13.00 km
Vertical heigth
10 m
Altitude difference ascent
50 m
Altitude difference descent
60 m
Time required
1 hour 30 minutes
Level technique
Easy
Level condition
Easy
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Details

Points of interest:
- Tschingel waterfall in Niedergampel
- playground in Niedergampel
- Turtmänna waterfall in Turtmann
- Rhone river along the cycling route
- Feschel gorge
- Picnic area in Gampinen
- Leukerfeld
- Grünes Zimmer (Green Room) in Agarn
- playground in Agarn

Signalization

No markings

Safety advices

Traffic regulations,
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Possibilities for catering

Mathieu bakery and tea room
Sustenstrasse 10, 3952 Susten
Monday - Friday 5:55 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays: 5:55 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Cave de la Pinède, Yves Zen Ruffinen
Turriljigut Pfyn (Finges), 3952 Susten/Leuk
Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m. – 11:30 a.m

Price information

Dependent on the services

Infrastructure

  • Playground
  • Picnicplace
  • Toilet

Arrival

Starting point
Gampel (Altitude: 634 m)
Arrival by public transport
Gampel-Steg, Bahnhof Timetable SBB
Destination
Leuk Bahnhof (Altitude: 624 m)
Arrival by public transport
Leuk, Bahnhof Timetable SBB

Suitable for

The offer is suitable for

  • Adults
  • Children < 6 years
  • Children from 7-12 years
  • Children >12 years
  • Families

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Naturpark Pfyn-Finges

Niedergampel playground

Visit the children's playground in Niedergampel together with your children. There you will find a slide, swings, a sandpit, spring-toys, a climbing frame and for the parents there are benches to sit down on and a table.

Playground
Naturpark Pfyn-Finges

Feschel Gorge / Feschloch

Discover the Feschelloch with the Feschel Gorge and the impressive waterfall. You also have the possibility of picnicking here. A visit to the Feschelloch hidden between Niedergampel and Susten is highly worthwhile!

Waters
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The pond at Leukerfeld

Leukerfeld has blossomed into a paradise for bird watchers in the last few years as a result of upgrading by the A9 motorway compensation measures.

Fauna
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Bakery - Tea Room Mathieu Susten

Baking is our passion and we have a long-standing family tradition. Let us captivate you with our park breads, grape seed bread and organic AOP-certified Valais rye bread.

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Naturpark Pfyn-Finges

Relais Bayard - Hotel / Restaurant / Pizzeria / Catering

The Hotel Relais Bayard is the perfect place for young and old. In our relaxing hotel rooms you will feel at home very quickly.

RestaurantHotelGroup accommodation
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Cave de la Pinède

This ‘Turriljigut’ (a country estate which has been under family ownership for several hundred years) comprises 10 hectares of land and is based in one of the biggest pine forests in Europe, the Pfyn Forest (Pfyn-Finges Nature Park).

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Farm "Hof mit Herz"

The FARM "Hof mit Herz", ideally situated in the heart of the Pfyn-Finges Nature Park is an IP-Suisse certified operation. IP-Suisse is the label for ecologically and economically-balanced Swiss agriculture.

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