OYSTER SAFARI

Pick oysters with the best local nature guides

Based at Marskgården Højergård, we take hundreds of Danes on oyster safaris in the Wadden Sea every year. There are many tours to choose from, whether you want to pick oysters for a single day or combine oyster picking with one of the Wadden Sea's other attractions, black sun, or you want to take a few days out of the calendar and mix oysters with yoga, gastronomy or historical city walks.

Join Wadden Sea Experiences on an oyster safari

There are many wild culinary experiences in Denmark. However, there is one that surpasses them all - one that goes way back in Danish history. Standing in the endless landscape of Tøndermarsken with your feet in water, opening and consuming a completely fresh oyster under the high sky of the Wadden Sea. It's an experience all of its own.

Join one of our unique tours where the tides and the forces of nature are in control. Here, the oyster beds at low tide abound with Pacific oysters, ready to pick and eat straight from nature's own larder. The sky and sea are one, the birds, the wind and the Wadden Sea are a unique landscape that sets the stage for this unique nature and flavour experience.

So, whether you are interested in the beautiful nature, the culinary experience or the unique history, oyster safaris with Wadden Sea Experiences are for you!

Oyster safari with Wadden Sea Experiences

Experience the Wadden Sea, the National Park and our World Heritage at its most generous with an oyster safari tour with Wadden Sea Experiences!

As far back as the Middle Ages, oysters were shucked right here in the Wadden Sea, and from 1759 they were packed and stored in the oyster warehouse at Kiers Gård in Højer before being sent to the Russian court, among others. In recent years, Pacific oysters have taken over the banks of the Wadden Sea, and our experienced nature guides will take you out to the oyster beds at low tide to pick all the oysters we can eat! We pick plenty of the coveted delicacy to take home to Højergård and you are of course welcome to take oysters home too.

From the oyster beds, the bus returns to Højergård, where you will learn how to open, prepare and eat oysters in exciting and tasty ways in the kitchen or over an open fire with a dedicated food guide.

Oyster Safari with Wadden Sea Experiences is a unique opportunity to see the unique Wadden Sea in a whole new way and taste the amazing Pacific oysters right where they are born.

Oyster season

The oyster season extends from October to April, as it is recommended that you only harvest oysters in the cooler half of the year. We therefore kick off the oyster safari season when the sea temperature drops in October and organise trips until the end of April, when the sun starts to warm the sea again. The reason why it is best to collect oysters in the colder months is to minimise the risk of the warm sea water developing toxic plankton algae inside the oysters. In any case, we only collect oysters from the cleanest parts of the Wadden Sea.

Besides the weather and water temperatures, the tides also have a huge impact on our oyster safaris. The tours can only take place when the tide is low, so we can get out over the mudflats to the oyster beds with the many fresh Pacific oysters. Therefore, the tides are in control on these trips, and huge differences in weather, light and season mean that every oyster safari tour is different.

Nature is never predictable, which is what makes oyster safaris with Wadden Sea Experiences completely adventurous and unique.

Oyster recipes

Looking for recipes to cook oysters? See all our best ones recipes for oysters here