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| Date opened | 1964, re-opened 5 April 2014 |
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| Coordinates | 49°57′46″N06°37′03″E / 49.96278°N 6.61750°E Coordinates: 49°57′46″N06°37′03″E / 49.96278°N 6.61750°E |
| Land area | 750.000 m2 |
| Annual visitors | 162,000 [1] (2014) |
| Owner | Nadine Löwenthal, Alexander Goetzke |
| Website | Eifelpark Gondorf |
The Eifelpark is a wildlife and leisure park in Gondorf near Bitburg in the Eifel mountains of Germany.
In 1964 the Eifelpark was first opened under the name, Hochwildpark Eifel ("Eifel Mountain Wildlife Park"), as the first open-air wildlife enclosure in Germany. With the introduction of brown bears in 1969, Berlin took on the sponsorship of the bear gorge. In 1975 the then Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate, Helmut Kohl, opened the new mountain wildlife park in the Eifelpark. In the following years other attractions were added (such as the Slide Paradise, roller coaster, Eifel Express, Hüpfkissen, all weather rodelbahn, etc.). Since 2004 the Eifelpark, which had hitherto been run together with the Kurpfalz Park and the Panorama Park, has been managed from Haan (near Düsseldorf).
In early 2009, six Canadian timber wolves were introduced to the enclosure next to the renaturalised bear gorge. [2]
In December 2012 the operator filed for bankruptcy. [3]
Since 16 October 2013 the park has had a new owner [4] and was reopened on 5 April 2014.
In the 2014 season, the family ride, Eifel Blitz, a Big Apple roller coaster, was opened along with various bumper car rides, a merry-go-round and other attractions. In addition everything was thoroughly renovated and the zoo was invested in. In 2015 more rides were added: the Gondorf Pirate Fight (a splash battle) and the Eifel Water Hunt (a jet ski with a crocodile theme by Heege). [5]
Different shows are put on in the woodland theatre and the event grounds:
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