Starting point:
From the parking lot near the police station, cross the Fadenbach bridge, then proceed straight ahead past the football pitch, then on to the National Park entrance.

The first part of this trail runs through a sparse hardwood forest characterized by the presence of oak and ash and more arid soil, then across broad hay meadows before reaching the levee ("Marchfelddamm"). The forests now become less dry, and poplars and willows predominate. Parallel to the trail flows a side arm which is connected to the Danube for three-fourths of the year. While the water flows steadily in the spring and summer months, shallow gravel banks emerge in the winter, clear evidence of the powerfully shaping force of the water. Beavers inhabit their burrows on both sides, erecting steep slides into the waters and otherwise leaving tracks in the vegetation along the banks. The kingfisher assumes its favoured perch on fallen trees and partially submerged logs.
The trail continues along the southernmost edge of the Tierwiese meadow, where comfrey and other medicinal herbs bloom in early summer, then follows a broad forestry road until it reaches the Fadenbach creek. Following the path of the former river branch inland, the trail again reaches, then crosses the dam, then takes the left path back to the National Park entrance.

Starting point:
Parking lot near the Danube at the Uferhaus restaurant.
 

This trail leads along the towpath ("Treppelweg") to the Orth Islands, which were created between the jetties of the Danube. In places, these gravel banks are thickly covered by old willows and poplars, and various kinds of shells may be found among the rocks. After floods and high waters, the huge piles of driftwood and flotsam become a habitat for thermophilic organisms such as snakes, spiders and diverse beetles.
At about the height of the islands, the trail turns towards the woods, leading first across open meadows, then through a dense section of forest. Ground water emerges periodically from a trench crossing, and a bed of reeds indicates that this was once a river branch. Fresh wild boar tracks may be observed while following the trail in the forest. The trail continues along the Faden Creek, where the European Pond Turtle may be spotted floating or sunning on logs in the spring and summer months. Finally, the trail crosses two expansive meadows where the Autumn Crocus, the most poisonous plant of the Donau-Auen National Park, blooms starting in August. The last section of this trail runs along the Uferstrasse back to the Danube.

Starting point:
From the parking lot near the police station, cross the Fadenbach bridge, then proceed straight ahead past the football pitch, then on to the National Park entrance.
 

The Old Shore Way cuts across all the diverse wetlands habitats. It begins in the arid hardwood riparian forest, first passing hedges, then proceeding on to stands of acorn, ash and black walnuts. It continues first across a broad field, then runs parallel to a former river branch; a deep trench can be crossed by way of a wooden footbridge.
After passing the dam, the softwood riparian forest begins. Poplars prevail here, and impressive mushrooms sprout from the remains of giant fallen trees, deadwood in name only. The vista opens up periodically for glimpses of backwaters where the European Pond Turtle may be spotted sunning itself on floating logs. Shortly before reaching the Uferstrasse, the route branches off to the right and runs along a trench of another former river branch. Herons and kingfishers hunt their prey here. Along the narrow forest path, Hop and Clematis wind around the low bushes and shrubs. The end of the trail is at the meadow adjacent to the Uferhaus and then the Danube.