"Wald-Abenteuer: three climbing parks, one operator"

Three climbing forests in two federal states, run by the same company: under the Wald-Abenteuer name, Die Freizeitmacher GmbH operates the sites at Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Leiwen an der Mosel and Velbert-Langenberg. Know one and you will find your way around the others at once - the differences are in the detail, and the detail decides.

What all three share

A split into two courses. The adventure course starts at 1.40 m in height, with a recommended minimum age of ten. The children's course starts at 1.05 m, recommended from four. Height is what gets measured; age is advice.

One continuous belay system. Once clipped in you stay secured - children cannot unclip themselves by accident.

Payment on site, cash or card, no cancellation fee. You book online and pay on the day. Cancel and you pay nothing.

Be there twenty minutes before your slot. All three sites say so, and it is not a courtesy: the briefing and the equipment take that long.

Where the three differ

Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler has the zip line. 450 metres, by the operator's account one of the longest in Germany, rideable from 40 to 100 kilograms. Plus over 80 climbing elements, Tarzan swings, a "death catapult", a banana jump, partner and extreme courses. The children's course reaches nine metres up. The park is 20 minutes from Bonn.

Velbert-Langenberg offers children the most height: eleven metres on the children's course, two more than Bad Neuenahr. It also has the climbing labyrinth, a net maze the operator calls unique in Germany.

Leiwen an der Mosel is the cheapest and the one with the most around it. 29 € for adults from 18, 25 € under 18, 18 € on the children's course, 17 € for school classes on weekdays. Within walking distance: an indoor play world with a bowling alley, a large outdoor playground and the Panoramabad "Römische Weinstraße". For a rainy day, or a day with children of widely different ages, it is the most practical of the three.

Which one for whom

With small children all three work, since the children's course starts at 1.05 m - but Velbert gives them the most height.

For teenagers and adults after the one big thing, Bad Neuenahr is the address: the 450-metre zip line does not exist at the other two.

For a whole family day with a fallback, Leiwen is the safest bet.

A word on the photos

The pictures in these three entries come from the operator and were released to us for use in this directory - on condition that the source appears on the image and links back to wald-abenteuer.de. Both sit under every gallery.

We welcome every operator who handles it this way: of 363 facilities in the directory, only seven show photos of their own; all the rest show a neutral drawing. Better no picture than someone else's.

All details from the operator's own pages, checked in August 2026.