Austria activity trips

Austria activity trips for schools

The wonderful mountain range that makes Austria's Salzburger Sportwelt one of Europe’s finest ski regions, transforms in summer into a playground for adventurous activities. The picturesque towns we feature provide a base from which you can enjoy a superb choice of activities and excursions from high ropes (continuous belay) to rafting, kayaking to canyoning; salt mines to Salzburg. This is a fantastic choice for your school enrichment week or year group activity week trip to enjoy the landscape and culture of this fantastic country.

Fantastic Salzburger Sportwelt region
Spectacular Austrian mountain scenery
Instructed adventurous activities

Friendly family-run accommodations
Salt-mines & Salzburg sightseeing
Waterpark, coaster ride and more

Your Activity and Enrichment week package

We will work with you to build an activity and excursion programme to suit your budget and aspirations. Supervised instructed activities can be included in your package, along with educational excursions in the region. We can also add fun excursions to the popular Lucky Flitzer coaster ride and the fabulous Therme Amade waterpark. Wonderful cultural elements can include a visit to the Salt Mines in Hallein and an excursion to Salzburg. This beautiful city is the birthplace of Mozart and a destination filled with the sights from the Sound of Music. Benefit from the diversity of the local terrain and the exciting natural environment in a wonderful enrichment week trip to Austria. Each package offers a splendid mix of developmental opportunities and can provide outstanding learning outcomes for students of all ages.

For your peace of mind, instructor-led adventurous activities that have been pre-approved and covered under our LOtC Quality Badge for school groups are:

White water rafting

Canyoning

Kayaking

High Ropes Course (continuous belay)

SUP (paddleboarding)

Some of the hotels we feature also have facilities on site, which may include a sports hall, football pitch, swimming pool or climbing wall. Combine culture, language, sport, activity and learning on a fantastic enrichment trip to Austria.

Excursions & Visits

There are plentiful wonderful excursion opportunities in the region. We can arrange visits to the nearby salt mines, ice caves and Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest at Berchtesgaden of course. What's more no tour would be complete without an excursion to Salzburg to see the famous castle, locations from ‘The Sound of Music’ movie and Mozart's birthplace too. Groups love the fabulous indoor and outdoor waterpark experience at the 'Therme Amadé' in Altenmarkt and the Lucky Flitzer toboggan run is always a popular evening activity too.

Hotel Ennstalerhof, Altenmarkt

The comfortable, extended and refurbished Youth Sport Hotel Ennstalerhof is a haven for school groups and many of groups return year after year. The hotel boasts a super sports hall, a small indoor swimming pool, cinema room, disco, climbing wall, TV rooms, gym and table tennis room. The hotel is about 10 minutes walking distance from the centre of the village and the Therme Amade aquapark and only a short transfer to many of the local activities.

Hotel Oberwimm, Wagrain

The Youth Hotel Oberwimm is directly next to the Flying Mozart gondola in Wagrain. It is about 10 minutes walking distance from the centre of the town. This popular youth sports accommodation has invested hugely in its facilities, making it an awesome choice for school groups. Groups can enyoy the sports hall, games rooms, indoor football/basketball court, disco and meeting space. All the bedrooms are for 4-6 sharing with en-suite shower and toilet and a full board package is offered to all our groups.