World Heritage

Skallingen is a peninsula located in the northernmost part of the National Park. Here you really get to experience nature's creativity. The peninsula is one of Denmark's youngest landscapes, formed by wind, water and sand over the course of about 350 years. When visiting Skallingen, you can experience marshland, dunes and beaches. You'll also be able to experience the dynamics of nature, as the tides and wind can mean that access to the peninsula is limited. You can also stop by the old rescue station, where you can take shelter from the wind and weather and eat your packed lunch. In Ho Bay, off Skallingen, lies the small island of Langli. To protect the island's birdlife, access is only open from 16 July to 15 September. But if you stand on Skallingen and look towards Langli, you may be lucky enough to see seals lazing on Langli Sand.

On Fanø, wind and weather have created great vantage points on the island - here you can get a fantastic view of the World Heritage Site and the national park's mosaic of landscapes. For example, at Kikkebjerg in the north, Pælebjerg in the centre of the island and Mosedal Bjerg in the south. Fanø is also an ideal place to experience the dynamic landscape - the island's coasts are constantly changing. Sand drifting is commonplace and on Søren Jessen Sand you can experience the desert and the North Sea in unison. You can also visit Grådyb and get a sense of how much water flows in and out of the Wadden Sea every day. On the southern tip of Fanø, called Hønen, you may be lucky enough to spot seals and during the migration period you can see some of the Wadden Sea's largest concentrations of birds, including Icelandic kittiwakes, whitethroats, curlews, and oystercatchers.

Mandø is a small but unique island in the Wadden Sea. You can't sail to Mandø and access to the island is via Låningsvejen, which is about 75 cm above the seabed and is flooded by the tide twice a day. It is therefore important that you check the tide table at DMI before you set off. You can also get there by tractor bus. Mandø's salt marshes are home to a wealth of different salt-tolerant plant species, which are at their most beautiful in late summer - especially the densely flowered cuckoo fern, which blooms in a breathtaking pink colour. The island is also one of the places in the Wadden Sea that harbours the most species of both migratory and breeding birds - and even some of the rarest, such as the Little Tern and the White-breasted Pratincole. Mandø also hosts some of the largest populations of barnacle geese in Denmark - so don't forget your binoculars when you visit.

On Rømø you'll find a landscape dominated by sand, where dry dune heaths alternate with moist depressions and lakes, bogs, salt marshes and diked marshes. You'll also find Denmark's widest sandy beach, Sønderstrand. On the eastern side of the island, next to Juvre Enge, is a good place to experience the island's dynamics. Here, the tidal channel has largely removed the old dyke. In the south-west corner of Rømø, from the dike around Stormengene you can get a great overview of the meadows and a fine view of the southern part of the island. If you want to take a closer look at the island's birds, the dykes and car parks on the Rømø dam are ideal places. In spring and autumn, thousands of wading birds migrate - you can often see more than 20 different species in one day. Along the west coast of Rømø, you can also see large flocks of black ducks and eider ducks, especially in autumn.

Tøndermarsken is Denmark's largest marshland. As the only place in the Wadden Sea, the World Heritage Site here extends behind the Advanced Dyke at Højer. Behind the dike is Margrethe Kog, which is one of Denmark's important bird areas. Here you can see impressive flocks of birds all year round - Icelandic red grouse, white-breasted dabbling ducks, pintails and gadwalls, to name a few. Margrethe Kog is reserved for nature and there is generally no access for visitors. However, outside of the birds' breeding and resting times, you can watch from the old sea wall or the 4 kilometre stretch behind the Advanced Dike.