Nature

Sparse, Alpine and rocky, yet welcoming, too. Spread out beneath the visitor's feet, Ursern looks surprisingly peaceful, especially when you have just emerged from the hairpin bends of the Schöllenen-Schlucht ravine.

This delightful park lies in the middle of the massive boulder-strewn wilderness of Goldau and is home to much wildlife. Deer, mufflons, billy goats and chamois are living in a free zone while bears, wolves, lynxes, marmots, wild pigs, foxes, wild cats, owls and racoons are within a safe compound.

From the subtropical palm-dotted beach to the glaciers of the Ice Age!
The Glacier Garden is an outstanding natural monument with gigantic glacial potholes and erratic blocks from the Ice Age 15,000 to 20,000 years ago, and with fossilized shells and palm leaves dating back 20 million years.

Sempach, the seat of the Swiss Ornithological Institute has a garden with various biotopes, aviaries, an exhibition and a slide show. The water birds in the pond of the Vogelwarte Garden and the foster birds in the aviaries are fascinating to watch.