Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park

Mudflats, salt marshes and dunes along Lower Saxony's North Sea coast

Twice a day the tide floods a seabed that descends only a few centimetres per kilometre, exposing mudflats that shelter more than 10,000 animal and plant species. The park runs from the Bay of Dollart to Cuxhaven and takes in the East Frisian Islands.

1East Frisian IslandsBorkum, Juist, Norderney, Langeoog, Spiekeroog and Wangerooge lie within the park, reached by ferry.

3MellumOne of the uninhabited islands protected within the park.

Things to do

On footJoin a guided mudflat walk (Wattwanderung) in Zone I
On the waterTake a boat trip to watch seals on the sandbanks
WildlifeWatch birds on the salt marshes, where pied avocets and terns breed
HeritageVisit the UNESCO World Heritage Visitors Center in Wilhelmshaven or Cuxhaven-Sahlenburg

Germany · Lower Saxony Est. 1986 Size 3,450 km² Protected area category: IUCN II

Also worth seeing

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UNESCO World Heritage Visitors Center Wilhelmshaven
Park visitor centre on Südstrand, open daily from April to October.

Where it is

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