Cycling Route in Duivendrecht, North Holland, Netherlands

Netherlands - Natural Parks route

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1426 km
Distance

1517 m
Ascent

1517 m
Descent

-:-- h
Duration

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Avg. Speed

104 m
Max. Elevation

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This cycling route is ideal for: MTB City bike

You will cycle on the following surfaces: Paved Unpaved Gravel

This route is based on bikepacking - Netherlands - Natural Parks .

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Highlights Along The Route

Point of Interest

3 - Oosterschelde National Park ***************************** The biggest national park in the Netherlands is also the wettest. The Oosterschelde is an ever-changing tidal zone at what used to be the estuary of the Scheldt River. Big patches of the landscape are completely submerged at high tide, only to dry out when the tide goes out. Coming to the Oosterschelde means putting on a pair of wellington boots and seeing what wildlife you can find on the mudflats and in the marshes. There are designated spots where you can actually go and pick up your own periwinkles, oysters and mussels (10kg limit). All that shellfish attracts rich birdlife, while seals and harbour porpoises make their homes in the Oosterschelde. On sunny summer days you can kick back on the sand or take a dip in the water at one of many beaches.

Point of Interest

6- De Groote Peel National Park ***************************** An immense and peaceful tract of water-rich moorland, De Groote Peel National Park is in North Brabant and Limburg. The park’s great value comes from its mostly uncultivated expanses of raised bog, sheltering lots of birdlife. There are hints of distant human activity here, in the ponds and lakes caused by peat-cutting. Raised footbridges conduct you over this swampy landscape, and a three-kilometre red route will lead you to a viewing tower. More than 200 bird species make a habitat in De Groote Peel, or visit the bog on migrations. The black-necked grebe may be the star; this water bird is rarely spotted in the Netherlands, but makes regular appearances at this park. Late-Autumn you’ll be treated to the spectacle of migrating cranes, stopping for a breather on their long migrations.

Point of Interest

9- Veluwezoom National Park ***************************** The first national park in the Netherlands is on the southeastern cusp of the Veluwe and dates to 1931. One of the hillier parks on this list, the Veluwezoom gets up to 110 metres above sea level, and these peaks are pushed moraines sculpted during the Saalian Glaciation some 150,000 years ago. The best view is from the Posbank, at 90 metres above the park and with a stirring view when the heather’s purple flowers are in bloom. The southern portion of the park, outside Arnhem, is taken up by sprawling country estates. You can visit two, Heuven and Beekhuizen on the Henrikhuizen-Veluwezoom walking route. Try to be in the park in autumn, which is mating season for the red deer, when you can head to special observation posts to hear the males roaring to attract a mate.

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