Our Guided Tours
Get ready, because the tropical rainforest is calling!
In our nature experience world, there are countless secrets to uncover. If you have an adventurous heart and want to delve deeper into the fascinating world of the jungle, then come with us on an expedition. In addition to our tours, there are also daily animal feedings so you can experience the inhabitants of Potsdam's tropical world up close. We offer tours on your preferred date for groups of 10 or more.
You can easily book your own jungle discovery tour at info@biosphaere-potsdam.de.
Chocolate workshop
The chocolate workshop for young and old reveals secrets of the cocoa fruit and invites you to produce your own small delicacies.
Duration: about 2 hours
Guided Tour: "Exotic Flora and Fauna"
About 20’000 tropical plants and many exotic animals live in the Biosphäre Potsdam. Here numerous primeval forest trees, lizards and exotic animals seem strange and familiar at the same time.
Since Alexander von Humboldt and Robinson Crusoe people have a certain idea of the tropical rainforest. During the fascinating tour through the flora and fauna of the Biosphäre Potsdam, this idea comes to life. Experts tell a lot of interesting, surprising and odd things about the species-rich flora and fauna of the tropical hall.
Duration: approx. 1,5 h
Guided Tour "Butterflies of the tropics"
Small, big, colorful, fluorescent, grey, yellow, camouflaged – you can easily lose your overview on the second most species-rich insect with more than 180’000 different species: butterflies.
In the 60 m² accessible butterfly-house of the Biosphäre Potsdam, which has become home to uncountable butterflies from Asia and South-America, experts give the visitors an impressive insight into the world of butterflies. The gorgeous butterflies are great photo models, too!
Duration approx. 1,5 h
Guided Tour: "Spice shelf or medicine chest - the tropics at home"
We are eating nine out of every ten fruits which are originally from tropical rainforests or are grown in the tropics today.
In addition to a lot of food, there are spices such as cinnamon, pepper, nutmeg, ginger or curry, which improve our food flavor. Bamboo is a very important raw material and is used for many things such as furniture, curtains and floor mats, but also for the construction of scaffolding, fences and boats.
Besides, there are some myths and mysteries about the healing effects of many exotic plants. Even ornamental plants that you may have in the living room have unimaginable abilities. Moreover, some of them are edible without hesitation.
On the tour through our rainforest you will learn some very crazy areas of application the flora of the jungle is used for. Some plants can do more than just look pretty.
Duration: approx. 1.5 hours
Guided tour: Aquasphäre – from the jungle to the blue world of the oceans
Water is the elixir of life for this world, but it’s not available in the same quantities everywhere. Animals and plants in the desert need to adapt to their arid environment, whereas there is water in abundance in coastal areas and, of course, in the sea itself.
Salt and fresh water, or water under the enormous pressure of the deep sea – not all water is the same. Therefore the habitats in lakes, rivers, mangroves and the sea are populated by a diversity of animals and plants.
During this tour you will get to know a wide range of animals, but also learn a lot about the diverse relations between animals, plants and humans in the sea. You will discover the importance of oceans for the climate of the earth.
Duration: approx. 1,5 h
This guided tour is suitable for children 10 years and older.
