Courses for kids
Swimming, horseback riding, cooking, skiing ... Fun learning while on holidays
Riding Lessons
Video of the Habachklause farm and pony riding
Pony run for gallop!
Pony riding lessons are bookable daily at the hotel reception from April until November and take place at the paddock besides the hotel. In winter the riding lessons are possible on demand. Our experienced riding instructors Erika, Doris and Laura are there for your wishes. Kids can also saddle the Pony yourself and make a round if you are in company of your parents.
One free round pony riding is included in the Happy-Club programm, 2 to 3 times a week from April until November, kindly check the timetable from the Happy-Club programm. In the wintertime you are most welcome to combing, caressing and cleaning our ponies. You are also welcome to helping our riding instructors by feeding the animals daily.
Professional courses
Saddle up! Know how to ride a horse or pony. Kids riding courses with pony Sarah or Amor take place at the hotel’s own farmland.
Horse rides for advanced riders are possible by arrangement. Erika and Doris will gladly discuss your wishes with you. Those rides can also be booked directly at them, price depending on the duration.
Lunge line riding and single lesson ½ hour Euro 26.-
Saddle and lead the pony yourself, accompanied by your parents - ½ hour Euro € 10,-
Kids!
Get the Pony Star Card at the reception. You will ride 5 x ½ hour and for the sixth time our riding instructors Erika and Doris invite you to a free ride.
Our tip:
Save the best riding times for you and book riding lessons early. Cancellation or changes can be made one day before the booked lesson. Please be punctual at the paddock, it would be best to be 10 minutes early. The Ponies can be found directly behind the chapel-hill.
Swimming Course
Baby- and toddler swim course in the Kinderhotel
Be part of the weekly swimming course. Through playful interaction you will learn easily how to swim in a small group. Age-appropriate groups, a well-trained swimming instructor and modern training methods encourage the learn and fun effect.
| Courses: | Winter: Monday to Friday, afternoons between 1 to 3 pm Summer: Monday to Friday, mornings between 8 to 9.30 am |
| Registration: | immediately when booking or at the reception till Sunday 7 pm |
| Costs: | babies and children from 4 months to 4 years - 5 x 1/2 hour € 68.00 children 4 years and above - 5 x 1 hour € 112.00 Private lessons - double the price |
| Trial days: | babies and children up to 4 years - € 18.00 children 4 years and above - € 28.00 |
| Number of participants: | 4 – 7 children |
Our tip:
To guarantee your space at the course, call us or send us an email in advance. Tel: +43-6566-73900
Swimming badge "Seepferdchen"
Advanced swimmers have the opportunity to receive the “Seepferdchen” swimming badge at the Baby- & Kinderhotel Habachklause.
You have to succeed in:
- jump from the pool edge
- 25 m swimming
- get an item from the ground of the pool with water as high as your shoulders
Our swimming instructor is very excited to meet you. The exam inclusive badge and certificate is EUR 10.- and you proudly present your achievements to your friends.
For more information, contact our swimming instructor or the front desk.
Cooking Class
Video of cooking for Kids
Habachklause “Little Chefs Academy”
Fancy cooking? Are you at least 8 years old? Come and pay a visit at the Habachklause “Little Chefs Academy” - an exciting cooking class for children.
Program:
On Tuesday you will receive a "Little Chef" apron and a hat and get an introduction in kitchen hygiene. Prepare a delicious hors d'oeuvre and cook the main course using your own cooking spoon, while on Thursday you will create a yummy dessert. Taste all those self-made treats yourself!
At the end of the cooking class you receive a certificate and are called the “Habachklause-Star-Chef”. The recipe booklet with tips and tricks from our head chef Thomas will help you to recook those dishes at home.
Please not, at the moment these cooking courses for kids cannot be performed because of Covid-19.
The "Little Chefs Academy" cooking class is 2 days á 2 hours for Euro 65.- inclusive cooking spoon, certificate, recipe booklet. When booking the 2-day-cooking class, you will receive the “Little Chef” apron and hat (Euro 12.-) complimentary. Cooking classes can be booked per day for Euro 35.-.
Reservations one week before arrival, last minute cooking class requests only upon availability and at least on Sunday before the class starts.
Minimum number of participants: 3 children. This course takes place in the summer holidays.
Our Tip:
To guarantee your space at the cooking course, make are reservation while doing your hotel booking.
By the way: You will learn from the best. Thomas Maier has successfully mastered the Austrian Head Chef Title in June 2014 and is part of the young elite Chefs.
Magic Courses
Learning how to conjure at Habachklause
Simsalabim and hocus-pocus!
Learn how to do magic while beeing on a family vacation in the Kinderhotel Habachklause.
Our wizard master is already waiting for the next sorcerer's apprentice. Cards, rings, safety pins, string, dices ... everything gets enchanted by us. A lot of little Harry Potters will be at Habachklause afterwards.
The magic kit can be bought, of course including a magic wand.
120 minutes of instruction including the magic kit for € 65,-
For children from 7 years on
Minimum attendance: 2 children, maximum 10 children.
Single lesson - double the price.
Ski courses for kids, teenies & adults
Baby skiing courses "Windel-Wedel" in front of the hotel Habachklause
When Clown Happy puts on his skies, parents and kids are getting excited alike: starting from 3 years onwards, the little ones learn through play, how to plough and turn.
Your future ski-aces and champions are in excellent care with our certified ski instructors.
| Ski courses: | From Monday till Friday, 9:30 till 11:30 am |
| Registration: | Directly while booking your stay or at the hotel’s reception till Sunday 7pm before the course begins |
| Prices & Hours: | 5 x 2 hours instruction, Euro 180.- in front of the hotel |
| Trial day: | 1 x 2 hours Euro 45,- |
| Number of participants: | Minimum 7 kids, one Habachklause-Kidsclub-Ski-Course-Animateur pro 7 ski school kids |
| Ski-Kids-Package: | Package price inclusive 1 x 5-day Kids ski course for beginners in front of the hotel. |
| Bookable: | From 21. December 2020 till 12. March 2021 only if there is enough snow |
| Kids-Ski-Rentals: | Need to be rent at the day before ski course starts. We recommend Sport Herzog or Intersport Harms in Neukirchen. Book online and save. |
| Kids ski course in front of the familotel Habachklause with the “Magic carpet” |
| Ideal for children between 2 1/2 and 5 years Own ski slope with exciting figures |
| Care by state-certified ski instructors Break with fruits, cookies and warm tea |
| After the ski course the fun continues with a joined meal at the Habachklause Kids Club Race at the end of the course with a certificate and medal |
| Free rope lift for skiing and sledging besides We make our own snow with the Habachklause snow cannons if its cold enough |
| Lunch is served in the Habachklause Kids Club and afterwards playtime starts. Dreamers can sleep in the Babyclub-Lounge or in their own hotel rooms, if requested with the baby monitoring via Siemens telephone system. |
Snow conditions: The baby skiing course in front of the hotel only takes place if there is enough snow. The rough period is from 21. December 2020 till 12. March 2021.
If the course can't be organised, the "Skischule Neukirchen" will do the course on the top of the Wildkogel Ski Arena Neukirchen and the prices will be according to their price list. The signing in to the alternative ski course at the Skischule Neukirchen has to be done independently, Habachklause doesn't organize this course.
Private lessons with Skischule Neukirchen: 2 hours, 48 hours booking in advance required. Fee conditions of the Ski School Neukirchen 1 Person for 2 hours approx. Euro 169,- in the morning and approx. Euro 149,- in the afternoon.
Video of the ski course in front of the hotel and on the ski arena Wildkogel
Skiing like the professionals
Where can children between 2 1/2 and 5 years learn to ski directly in front of the hotel? Right - in the Baby- und Kinderhotel Habachklause. After 2 hours of course in the morning we will go to the Kid's Club to have Lunch. In the afternoon there will be a lot of things to do like playing insides, build a snowman outsides ...
Advanced Children will be brought to the Skiarena Wildkogel to perfection their skillls by bus and the Smaragdbahn cable car in bramberg.
Advanced children’s and adults ski courses on the mountain
For children aged 6 and over, ski school beginners & experts, as well as adults, a ski course can be booked with our ski school partner der Ski School Neukirchen, managed by the Dreier family. Located next to the Wildkogel Skiarena valley station in Neukirchen, or conveniently in the sports shop Herzog Sport2000 and online too.
| Morning course on the mountain: | ca. 10:30 – 13:00 Uhr |
| Lunch break on the Wildkogel: | ca. 13:00 – 14:00 Uhr |
| Afternoon course on the mountain: | ca. 14:00 – 15:30 Uhr |
| Ski school office Neukirchen: | Office hours: 08:30 - 11:30 & 15:00 - 17:30 |
| Telephone: | +43 6565 21 444 |
| Online booking: | Book your ski course online a minimum of 7 days before and save 5% |
| Payment: | Online by credit card or cash + card payment available on site |
| Cancellation: | Covid-19 cancellation conditions 100% refund 72 hours before the start of the course |
| Group assignment: | On the first day please come to the mountain 15 minutes earlier. Please watch the video on the ski school site so you can find us easily. |
| Lift tickets: | Free carriage for children up to the age of 5. Lift ticket required for those aged 6 and over. |
Ski bus transfer Ski course for children on the Wildkogel:
Day 1: On the first day of the ski course parents are to accompany children to the mountain and meet the ski instructor, when groups will also be allocated. Meeting point on the mountain: 10:15, start of ski course: 10:30.
Day 2: Ski bus children will receive a Habachklause identification gilet with a name badge at Reception. Parents are to bring children to the ski bus for 09:20, right outside the hotel. Staff from the ski school will be waiting to collect the children at the bus station in Neukirchen, take them to the gondola lift, where there will be one adult per gondola travelling with the children up the mountain to take them to their respective group. Then fun in the snow with Kogel Mogel & Kogel Mia can get started!!
Collection:
At the end of the ski course a ski instructor will take the children back to the valley and see them on to the ski bus, which will take them direct to Habachklause. The children will be met there either by their parents, or by supervisors from the children's club. Children may of course also be taken direct to the collection point area at the Wildkogelbahn mountain station in Neukirchen, then collected again after the end of the ski course. Please let the ski instructor know!
Lunch break:
Lunch time supervision can be booked as an additional service via the ski school, with ski instructors looking after the children and everyone eating together as part of a group. Advantage – lots of fun and no waiting on meals. Price for lunch and supervision per day and child is ca. Euro 13.
People in charge of the ski school:
Habachklause recommends Ski School Dreier Neukirchen specifically for all courses that take place on the mountain (Wildkogel Arena). Ski buses to the Wildkogelbahn have a priority stop from Hotel Habachklause to the valley station for the Smaragdbahn in Bramberg and to the valley station in Neukirchen. Mr Hans and Marco Dreier and the team are in charge of running the ski school. Requests, suggestions and complaints are to be communicated directly via Ski School Neukirchen.
Ski bus connections:
Wildkogelbahn, as the service provider, is solely responsible for the punctuality of the ski bus system. Habachklause assumes no liability for accidents, breakdown or delays to ski bus services.
Hire of skis & ski equipment
Children's and adult's ski equipment
The day before your ski course is due to start, we recommend that you hire skis, poles, helmets and ski shoes at Sport Herzog or Intersport Harms in Neukirchen. Book ski equipment online and save money.