Hungary's biggest water buffalo herd, interactive exhibition, picnic area, walkway, animal-stroking area, lookout tower
Contact:
+36707065872 (only in opening hours)
+3687555292 (Directorate in Csopak on workdays)
bivalyrezervatum (@) gmail (.) com
How to arrive:
Kápolnapuszta, near Balatonmagyaród
GPS: 46.581816, 17.20314
Opening hours
2025
| 2. January – 26. March | every day 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
| 27. March – 13. May | closed |
| 14 – 31. May | every day 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
| 1. June – 31. August | every day 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. |
| 1. September – 31. October | every day 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
| 1. November – 23. December | every day 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
| 24–25. December | closed |
| 26. December | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. |
| 27–30. December | every day 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
| 31. December – 1. January 2026 | closed |
| 2. January 2026 – | every day 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
The ticket office closes 30 minutes before the closing time of the visitor site.
The Water Buffalo Reserve can be visited without any prior arrangement.
There is an electric fence around the animals, please keep safe distance and do not touch it. Thank you.
Admission fee
2025
| 1. January – 30. April and 1. October – 31. December | 1. May – 30. September | |
| Adult: | 1 900 Ft | 2 200 Ft |
| Discounted*: | 1 600 Ft | 1 800 Ft |
| Child under 3 years: (registration ticket) | 300 Ft | 300 Ft |
| Child (3-14 years): | 1 000 Ft | 1 200 Ft |
| Child (15-18 years): | 1 600 Ft | 1 800 Ft |
| Family ticket - 2 adults and 2 children (3-14 years): | 4 900 Ft | 5 900 Ft |
| Further own child (3-14 years) to family ticket: | 500 Ft | 500 Ft |
| Bicycle ticket (across the Reserve): | 1 000 Ft | 1 000 Ft |
| Registration ticket* | 300 Ft | 300 Ft |
*See at: Related/Discounted fees
The admission fee includes VAT and the fee of accident insurance of visitors.
Jeep- tours:
This service is not included in the entrance fee. Further information can be found at the cashier desk and through the given contact detail (+36308610430). Jeep tours (30 minutes) are available all day, the last tour begins at 3.00 pm.
Capacity: cca 30 persons (2 jeep + trailer vehicles: jeep: 6 persons, trailer: 8-10 persons)
Horse-carriage tours are only available by prior arrangement and from 6 people.
Jeep- tour fees:
| Jeep-tour adult ticket | 2500 Ft |
| Jeep-tour discounted (student or pensioner) ticket | 2000 Ft |
| Jeep-tour child (until 14 years) ticket | 1500 Ft |
For groups we offer discounts!
Water Buffalo Reserve
The visitor 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 at the exhibition on buffalo history. An interactive exhibition displays the flora and the fauna of Kis-Balaton, part of the Balaton-felvidéki National Park. A car park, a snack-bar and a souvenir shop await the visitors.
The Water Buffalo Festival is held in the Reserve every year in May/June. Our guests can stroke tame animals every day, during the opening hours. The entrance ticket of the Water Buffalo Reserve is valid to the site where the tame animals can be stroked. The playground awaits children especially between the age of 4 and 14 years.
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.
Dogs are allowed in the Reserve only on a lead! Please follow the nature trail!
