Drachenfels (Bad Dürkheim) Stretch: 10 km, Elevation 570m
As a team, we finally narrowed it down to this spot for trekking. We, as usual packed all the necessary stuffs; by necessary, I mean here, of course, the eatables, rest for us if of least importance. We boarded in two cars, and on the way, we picked Shan and Nithya, who wanted to experience their first “ Wandern into the jungle ”. After a 45-min drive to the destination, where we crossed small towns and hills, we left the cars at the parkplatz and moved on following our trekking lead, Suba, who led us the path with a map in his mobile. The first stretch of 2 km was hard, and most of our energy was dispelled by the time, we were done with this stretch. As, the elevation kept on growing, we paused for several minutes on the way to grasp for some air, before embarking further, until we arrived at a spot (where a platform has been setup, to have a beautiful view of the surrounding landscape), envisaging the entire Pfälzer wald . If not for this spot, we wouldn't have zeroed on