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National Park: Hohe Tauern

Grade Nine heads to Austria’s largest National Park for an unforgettable Activity Week

By Victor Stanovoy ✓ · Updated 11 September 2026 · 1 min read

This year, Grade Nines are traveling for Activity Week to the National Park Hohe Tauern, which is the most famous National Park in Austria. The National Park contains the highest mountain in Austria, which is the Großglockner (3,798 m). Not only does the park contain glaciers across its 1,856 km², but it also has about 551 lakes across the territory. The park has about 250 glaciers and is home to some fascinating wildlife. The most famous animals being the following:


  1. Alpine Ibex
  2. Chamois
  3. Marmots
  4. Golden Eagles
  5. Bearded Vultures



All the images you will be able to find up top in the listed order. The park doesn’t only have these 5 species, as you might have already guessed, but has a grand total of about 15,000 animal species in its territory. The park is also home to a huge variety of plants, with around 3,500 different plant species.


But back to Grade Nine: as much as I know, Grade 9 this year are going to have a guided tour with a park ranger around the territory of the park. This is a great way of viewing and learning about all this nature. The only downside is that the week they will travel to this great park will be very rainy, which means it is a great time to get rain jackets and umbrellas.


For more information about this great park, go to: hohetauern.at


Dissclaimer: This article was Human written but correction Checked by Artificial Intelligence

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