Top 20 Lakes around Naturpark Gantrisch

Great views of the Swiss Plateau and the Freiburg Pre-Alps opposite.

Beautiful viewpoint with a bench to rest

Lake Gerzensee is privately owned. It's not possible to walk around it. From Kirchdorf, there's a dirt road that leads to a wonderful seating area.

Lake Gerzen is a lake located between the villages of Gerzensee, Mühledorf, and Kirchdorf in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its water level is at an average elevation of 603 meters above sea level. At normal water levels, the lake is approximately 8.5 meters deep on average and reaches a maximum of 11 meters deep, and has a surface area of 0.25 km², making it one of the medium-sized pre-Alpine lakes in Switzerland.

The Gantrischseeli 🌊 in the Gantrisch Nature Park is an idyllic mountain lake at an altitude of 1,570 meters. The starting point of the hike is usually the Gantrischhütte, which can be reached in 1 to 1.5 hours. The path leads through meadows and forests 🌿. Perfect for a picnic and relaxing. Family-friendly and particularly beautiful in summer and autumn.

This lake is also a little jewel against the backdrop of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, but also the majestic Stockhorn chain. On the lakeshore, the Grizzlybär restaurant with a small animal park and large playground for kids invites you to linger.

View from Fuchses Schwyberg to Schwarzsee and towards Kaiseregg

If the 4km loop around the lake is too short for you or you want to hike a little without all the hustle and bustle, here is an alternative. The lake tour can also be perfectly extended with the loop around Rohrmoos at the entrance to Schwarzsee. This addition is very rarely used by visitors. To do this, walk up the street next to the SchwarzseeStärn restaurant at the Gypsera car park, where you have a fantastic view of the lake. After 1.3km (from Gypsera), at Schlossisboden, near the house, take the dirt road to the right down, following the yellow hiking trail markings, towards the Burstera residential area. About half of this 400-meter dirt road is not suitable for strollers due to large stones. At the Burstera district, you come back onto a road and as soon as you get to the bottom, turn left to take the loop around Rohrmoos and then follow the hiking trail along the Sense back to the Gypsera car park. A very worthwhile additional loop with little hustle and bustle ;-) There is also food and drink directly on the route. The Jailhouse Rohr restaurant serves delicious burgers and more. The restaurant is only open in the winter season (from the beginning of December to the end of March), the rest of the year it is a rental space. At the health center there is the "fein & sein" where you are also well looked after and a beautiful terrace invites you to linger. Length of the additional loop Schlossisboden including Rohrmoos 4.5 km with 123 meters of elevation. Length of the additional loop Schlossisboden but without Rohrmoos 2.8 km with 111 meters of elevation. Length of the additional loop Rohrmoos but without the route and elevation above Schlossisboden and without the top view over Schwarzsee: 3.5 km with only 35 meters of elevation. This variant is completely suitable for strollers but the first 800 meters of hiking trail directly along the Sense to Rohrmoos also take you back to the Gypsera car park. Halfway through the walk around Rohrmoos there is also a playground, picnic table and public toilet 😊