Danube Gorge Boat Tour loop from Essing

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Danube Gorge Boat Tour loop from Essing

Hard

4.3

(3)

runners

Danube Gorge Boat Tour loop from Essing

02:43

23.1km

510m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Nationales Naturmonument Kernzone

Naturschutzgebiet-Kernzone

Naturpark Altmühltal

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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10.6 km

Danube Gorge Boat Tour

Highlight • Gorge

Ships waiting for passengers lie here. You drive to the Danube breakthrough to Weltenburg Monastery, where there is good beer!

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11.6 km

View of Kelheim and the Hall of Liberation

Highlight • Viewpoint

Here you look to the east in the direction of Kelheim. It's getting tight. Cars don't drive here!

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11.6 km

Danube Riverside Path in Weltenburger Enge

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The path goes well. But there are also cyclists who are out and about here.

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14.5 km

Rocky forest trail in Nationales Naturmonument Kernzone

Highlight • Trail

The way is now also still rocky ... but very beautiful!

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15.3 km

View of Weltenburg Abbey

Highlight • Viewpoint

This viewpoint is the best from which you can see the monastery in a spectacular way. Looking down into the valley from the cliff 👀 is always something special and will be remembered.

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15.8 km

Celtic rampart in Naturpark Altmühltal

Highlight • Historical Site

Cozy path on the rampart with little gradient, very beautiful, quiet beech forest all around.

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22.3 km

Untere Klausenhöhle

Cave Entrance

23.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.49 km

5.96 km

3.32 km

2.72 km

627 m

503 m

475 m

Surfaces

12.4 km

4.31 km

4.02 km

1.32 km

586 m

414 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (470 m)

Lowest point (340 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

13°C

2°C

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Comments

August 18, 2024,Altmühl PanoWeg Schlaufe 26: Höhle Schulerloch - Essing - Ihrlerstein

Since @Waldkind and I are already here in the Altmühltal and others are sitting down for lunch, we drove to the car park of the Schulerloch stalactite cave outside Kelheim. This is where we set the start for loop trail 26: Essing - Ihrlerstein, which coincides with loop trail 27 for a stretch in the Kelheim area. Shortly after the …

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