This was my first time staying in a Reka! Each one has different specialties. We watched several…read moreYouTube videoes of each Reka and picked Lenk because of the location and the cool spielestrasse (translated as play street). There are large buildings with apartments inside. Our apartment had 2 bedrooms, one with 2 twin beds pushed together and a crib, and the second room with bunk beds and a twin bed. There is a large room with a small kitchen, dining table and then living room with another bed that doubles as a sofa (it's got a hard back which is kinda weird, and 2 arm chairs. We were on the ground floor but still have a patio with table and chairs.
You book the Reka from a Saturday to a Saturday. We arrived at 6 pm, and then reception had closed. But there was an envelope on the counter with paperwork and key. At 6:30 they had a meeting to explain about the Reka. We had gone to the apartment and my husband started reading and said, Quick! We need to go back they are having a meeting to explain everything! There is a whole schedule of activities that they give you when you arrive. Most of the written material is in German. There are signs that are sometimes in French. We have heard other people speaking French, Swiss and German.
We have two boys ages 3 and 6 years old. One of the greatest activities that is included in the price is a kids club (Rekalino). Every morning from 8:45 am to 11:45 you can drop off the kids at the kids club. There are also 2 hours in the afternoon you can do this too usually with a special craft. The time seems to vary a little in the afternoon.
On Tuesday you could leave the kids from 8:45 to 3 pm. You could pay extra to have the kids stay for lunch and eat pizza. My husband asked if we could provide a lunch (one of our kids doesn't like pizza) and she said it was fine. So we were able to do a long hike by ourselves! It didn't seem that they took the kids outside was was a shame because the playground was only a few feet away. It was usually only one adult female, and for the first 3 days it was a different woman. So each time my husband to to explain that our kids understand Swiss but speak back in English. Only one out of the 3 ladies said she spoke English. It's not a big deal to us because we wanted our kids to speak Swiss. However, if you were only an English speaker this might be difficult. I wouldn't let it deter you though, it's such an amazing program to be able to leave your kids for a couple of hours and go hiking!
There is an indoor pool, goats, playground, and of course the spielstrasse which the kids LOVED! Perfect for our kids ages. We saw some older kids there and they seemed to like the pool and the trampoline. We borrowed some board games too. There were all kinds of bikes to rent, which we ended up not renting. We often went on hikes. There is a special pass to get where you only pay one price and then can ride all the gondolas all week. It was confusing at first but my husband asked about it.
I should add about the apartment, ours was in Rittersporn on the ground floor. If you want more of a view get an upper floor apartment. If you want a clear view of the mountains and the sunset, then Rapunzel or Aurikel would be better. We liked the ground floor because we would sit outside to eat dinner and then after the kids would play on the grass or this rope merry go round thing.
