Kápolnapuszta, near Balatonmagyaród
GPS: 46.581917, 17.203002
Tel.: +36 30 855 9864, +36 87 555-291 

Open to visitors:
1st April - 30th April  9 am - 6 pm
1st May - 30th September  9 am - 7 pm
1st October - 31st October  9 am - 6 pm
1st November - 31st March 9 am - 4 pm

Entrance fee:
Adult  650,- HUF
Discounted  500,- HUF
Child (4-14)  300,- HUF

Discounted:
EU citizen full-time student
pedagogue
pensioner
The holders of Keszthely Card and Gyenesdiás Card and the guests of our partners (Kis-Balaton House in Zalavár, Zalakaros, Kehida-kustány, Hévíz) and groups participating in our guided tour can visit the Buffalo Reserve for a discounted entrance fee.
Free entrance: 1 guide/group, handicapped persons
Tel: +36 30/9169016, +36 87/555-291

The exhibition site plays an important role in the survival and the conservation of genome of the indigenous buffalo in Hungary, and it is the popular display center of the species since the tameness of the livestock makes direct connection possible with the visitors. The visitors become acquainted with the gentle, pitch dark animals on the path supplied with picnic area, information boards and lookout tower, and at the exhibition on buffalo history. An interactive exhibition displays the flora and the fauna of Kis-Balaton, part of the Balaton Uplands National Park. A car park, a snack-bar and a souvenir shop await the visitors from spring till autumn. 

The Buffalo Festival is held in the Reserve every year in May. See programmes.

The delicious and healthy buffalo and Hungarian grey cattle tubes of salami can be purchased in the Reserve's gift shop. The vacuum packed salami is a fantastic unusal present or great to have for picnic. 

The Great Crested Grebe Nature Trail near Balatonmagyaród can be visited for free during the whole year. Interpretive boards give information in Hungarian and in German. Names of species are written in Latin as well. Two other interpretive sites of the National Park are the Tilted House in Vörs and the Matula Hut and István Fekete Memorial Site, where the Egret Nature Trail awaits the guided groups.

Ecotourism at Kis-Balaton, services of the National Park Directorate in Hungarian, English, German and Russian - download

Management:
Tel.: +36-87/555-260 | Fax: +36-87/555-261 | E-mail: bfnp@bfnp.kvvm.hu 

Department of Tourism and Education:
programmes, stage, press: +36-87/555-289 dr. Annamária Kopek
guided tours in English, English website: +36-87/555-281 Anna Knauer knauer@bfnp.kvvm.hu
education, open-air school, nature trails: +36-87/555-290 Szilárd Somlai