„Wer geht – sieht, hört, riecht und fühlt mehr vom Land!“ - ”He who walks - sees, hears, smells and gets a real feeling for the countryside!“ This quotation from the photographer and passionate hiker, Reinhard Mandl, says it all: hiking is an all-time favourite leisure activity and the best way of getting acquainted with a country and its inhabitants. The rich diversity of landscape, cultural heritage and culinary tradition provide the ideal framework for experiencing the fascination of this unspoiled part of the world, in particular the southern regions of the Waldviertel.