Squirrel School Forestry Forest School and Forest House

About us

Sás Valley is situated at the junction of the Mecsek and Zselic mountains, 30 km from Pécs, in the Nyugat-Mecsek Landscape Protection Area. The forests surrounding the ecohouse and the three circular hiking trails of different lengths offer an excellent opportunity to explore nature, exciting hiking and cycling tours and adventures. The rich flora and fauna also offers many surprises for visitors.The Forest House is a sustainable eco-house. It has been designed to minimise the environmental impact of its daily operations. Our guests can relax in the depths of the forest in an environmentally conscious and ecologically friendly way during their stay.

Number of beds: 34 people

Opening hours: 1 January - 31 December

Please note that, in accordance with current legislation, our accommodation is equipped with a document scanning system. To book accommodation, you must be 14 years of age or older and have your ID/passport scanned.
Facilities

Facilities of the accommodation:

  • 2 rooms with 15 beds,
  • 1 room with 4 beds
  • 1 well equipped common kitchen
  • Covered outdoor dining area
  • Open-air oven
  • 3 circular trails of different lengths starting from the Forest House
  • Forest Gymnastics Track
  • Football pitch
Programmes
There are also plenty of opportunities for activities in neighbouring towns and villages:
  • Abaliget - cave, Bat museum, Bat trail
  • Orfű - Balázs Hill Lookout, Lake Orfű, Lake Pécsi, Orfű Mines, Orfű Farmhouse and Kiln Yard, Vízfő Nature Trail, Cave of the Sources of the Lard-Burning Springs
  • Kővágószőlős - Mining and local history exhibition, Árpád-era church, hiking to Jakab Hill, where you can admire the unique sandstone rock formations found only here in Hungary, the Babás rocks, the Zsongorkor offers a magnificent view of Szársolymó, on top of Jakab Hill you can walk among the ruins of the monastery of the Pauline monks
  • Cserkút - Árpádkori-templom
Contact

The Forest House can be reached from Hetvehely by road and rail. From the railway station in Hetvehely, you can reach it on foot by a forestry road 1,8 km away.

Address:
  • South Transdanubia, Baranya county, 7681 Bakonya, Sás Valley (from Hetvehely)
  • GPS: 46.120603 18.069894
  • NTAK identifier: EG20017296 - other accommodation
Prices

Valid from 1 January to 31 December 2022:

  • Minimum accommodation fee: 67 500 HUF/night
  • Accommodation rate for 15 persons or more for 1 night: 4 500 HUF/person/night
  • Accommodation fee for 15 persons for min. 2 nights: 4 250 HUF/person/night
  • Tourist tax (IFA): none
  • Use of infrastructure without accommodation - for events: individual price
  • Bicycle rental with full equipment for 1 day (visibility vest, rain jacket, bicycle lock, pump):1500 Ft/bicycle/day
Contact
Name
Mókus Suli Erdészeti Erdei Iskola és Erdő Háza
Address
7675 Bakonya - Sás-völgy
Phone number
+36 72 508 269 ; +36 30 6630 936
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