Park ranger tour - on safari in the Airport Park

During a Zurich Airport Ranger Tour, a group of up to 20 participants will discover the surprising wilderness of the Airport Park. During the entire tour, nature lovers are accompanied by a Zurich Airport Ranger from the Griffin Ranger GmbH.

 

The Ranger will meet the group and accompany them into the Airport Park, where he will introduce the visitors to flora and fauna at various locations, hidden away from the usual paths. The range of habitats and their inhabitants - field, forest or pond - are brought to life. Throughout the tour, visitors will have the opportunity to ask the Ranger questions.

Flanked by the airport on one side and the motorway on the other, the 80,000 m2 of Airport Park is a green recreational area in the middle of an urban environment. Approximately 25,000 m2 of the Airport Park is under municipal nature conservation. Taking the existing flora and fauna into consideration, between 2017 and 2020 the Airport Park (formerly Butzenbüel) was redesigned to create an attractive meeting and recreational area directly at Zurich Airport. During the process, the existing nature reserves were enlarged.

The Zurich Airport Rangers are employees of the Griffin Ranger GmbH. They are members of "Swiss Rangers", the Swiss professional association of rangers, nature conservation supervisors and park rangers. In addition to its main tasks as rangers in various protected areas in Switzerland, Griffin Ranger GmbH also implements projects in the areas of nature education, conservation, and recreation. The guided tour in the Airport Park joins the list of these projects and further enhances the range of educational information available.

 

The tour includes information on the following topics: