For many years, Deutsche Bahn has been working together with the environmental organizations BUND, NABU, and VCD within the Destination Nature partnership to relieve sensitive natural landscapes from car traffic.
With tailored offers, holidaymakers are invited to explore nature not by private car but by public transport. Many Destination Nature regions, for example, offer a guest card that allows tourists to use local public transport free of charge. This promotes sustainable tourism in these regions.
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24 areas belong to the cooperation of Destination Natur
A total of 24 of the most beautiful national parks, nature parks, and biosphere reserves in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland are part of the Destination Nature regions.
In addition to natural paradises such as the Ammergau Alps, the Eifel, the Harz, or Saxon Switzerland, the Swabian Alb Biosphere Reserve is also part of the partnership. This UNESCO-recognized area attracts visitors with numerous natural sights and unique habitats for animals and plants. With the AlbCard guest card, not only are bus and train rides on site free of charge, but also entry to many attractions.
Travel by train and support conservation projects
In order to promote biodiversity in the various Destination Nature areas, participants in the BahnBonus loyalty program have been able to donate their collected bonus points to ecological conservation projects since the beginning of 2025. These include projects to protect the woodland birch mouse in the Bavarian Forest National and Nature Park, grey seals in the South-East Rügen Biosphere Reserve, the tree frog in the Swabian Alb Biosphere Reserve and to protect wildcats in the Hainich National Park.
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