From the parking lot you immediately enter the Schrieken nature reserve. The Schrieken are unique because the Kempen landscape has been well preserved. Until the Second World War, almost nothing changed in the appearance of the area. From wet to dry you will find peat bogs with flowery grasslands and brook forests, oak birch forests, fens and heaths that merge seamlessly into each other. The typical landscape was created thanks to the interplay of man and nature because it was important for heathland farming until the first half of the 20th century. The heathlands and inland dunes were intensively grazed, the sheep were washed in the fens, the grasslands were hayed annually, peat was cut and the wood was collected from the forests. You reach the Visbeek valley via wide unpaved roads. The Visbeek valley is one of the most valuable stream valleys in Flanders. You can enjoy a typical Kempen landscape with purple heather, wide sandy roads and flowery grasslands. In wetter places you will find fens, brook forests and gale thickets. The walk continues and takes you to the Achtzaliteitenboom near the Rollekensberg. Then you pass the Warandeplas, an old sand extraction pit. The last part you walk on beautiful forest paths through the forests of Lille to return to the starting point.