• Come by train, not car: the farm is car-free and the village car park is tiny, so take the S14 to Aathal and walk 15 minutes up a steep paved path
• Apple mazes, May to October, with the easiest maze at the front and the hardest at the back; kids under 6 go in with an adult
• Autumn pumpkin exhibition brings paid entry and the biggest crowds of the year, so come on a weekday if you can

Juckerhof is a working farm above Lake Pfäffikon, with a farm restaurant, a farm shop and views across the lake. Kids get a playground, a goat park, a straw bouncy castle and play tractors.

The ÖpfelGarte grows nearly 6,000 apple trees into two mazes and a labyrinth, beside a barefoot trail. Each autumn the farm fills with giant pumpkin sculptures.