Continuing towards Essing, the route leads past the Felsenhäusl and the Blautopf, an azure-blue karst spring. With a view of the massive Jura walls above Essing, you cross one of the longest wooden bridges in Europe, the so-called Tatzlwurm, the Altmühl one last time and soon reach the entrance to the Celtic Wall, which leads over the mountain into the Danube valley. Once you reach the viewing plateau, you can see the famous Weltenburg Abbey on the other side of the Danube, which is definitely worth a visit. From the Celtic Wall, the Jura Trail continues through the forest down to the Danube. On the last few kilometers towards Kelheim, the Weltenburger Enge nature reserve offers hikers a natural river landscape with beech forests and a rocky backdrop that is second to none. So it is hardly surprising that peregrine falcons and dormice, eagle owls and beavers still have a home here. The Jurasteig ends at the boat landing stage in Kelheim, at least for those who have laced up their boots for the 230 km long Jurasteig circular trail.
An attractive alternative is to take the boat from Essing to Kelheim.
