Petting tour - an animal experience for young and old

Petting ponies, marveling at deer, feeding them: this bike trip is extremely exciting. The petting tour from Müllrose to Wendisch Rietz is not just for young cyclists. Animals, labyrinths, outdoor pools and climbing gardens will captivate the whole family. The Ragow Mill invites you to take a first short rest. It is not just day-trippers who romp around here, but also lots of poultry. They all run all over the grounds. A highlight of the tour is the Beeskow sheep farm experience world. With 900 exhibits and 400 square meters in size, the show is unrivaled in the Mark. Young and old can learn everything about shepherds, farmhouses and, of course, the woolly four-legged animals themselves. If you listen to the young animal keeper on the tour, he will talk about the learning ability and social behavior of the ecological lawnmowers. So much for sheep being stupid. At the Hirschaue estate, the focus is on deer and fallow deer, and at the Wendisch Rietz leisure park, the focus is on Herzberger ponies and other animals.

Length: 48 km

Start: garbage rose

Goal: Wendisch Rietz

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Arrival:

• Train: From Berlin Hauptbahnhof take the RE1 to Frankfurt / Oder. From here take the RB36 (Königs Wusterhausen) to Müllrose (approx. 2 hours).
• Car: From Berlin take the A12 to Müllrose (approx. 1,5 hours).

Check out:

• Train: From Wendisch Rietz take the RB36 to Königs Wusterhausen. From here take the RE2 (Wismar) to Berlin Central Station (approx. 1,5 hours).
• Car: To get back to Müllrose by car, you can cycle back. Alternatively, you can take the RB36 (Frankfurt / Oder) back to Müllrose (approx. 1 hour).

Course: Müllrose, Mixdorf, Merz, Schneeberg, Krügersdorf, Beeskow, Herzberg, Radlow, Wendisch Rietz Tierhof, Wendisch Rietz

Things to see and know:

• Müllrose: Guest House with local museum, large Müllrose Lake with playground and outdoor pool, historic town center of Müllrose
• Ragower Mill: historic grain mill with mill museum with water-powered Francis turbine, labyrinth
• Beeskow: historic old town with St. Mary's Church, Oldest House and Streleburg, city wall with defensive towers, river bathing facility, sheep farm adventure world, mini golf, climbing tower
• Birkholz: Fallow deer enclosure Gut Hirschaue with circular path, viewing points, playground (guided tour of the enclosure with animal feeding every Sunday)
• Herzberg: Pony farm at the Simke Inn, go-kart rides for children
• Lindenberg: Lindenberg Weather Museum (1km from the tour)
• Wendisch Rietz: Leisure park with mini golf course and children's animal farm, ceramics studio, lock, bathing areas, playgrounds, lighthouse SATAMA sauna park, railway park

Possible combinations:

• Oder-Spree tour
• Spree Cycle Path
• Tour Brandenburg

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Maps / Literature: Bicycle and adventure map of the Oder-Spree Lake District, scale 1:100.000, Pietruska Verlag & Geodatenbanken GmbH, ISBN 978-3-945138-01-4, price 6,90 euros