De Hamert

Details: Parent Category: Limburg province; Category: Limburg - Walks; Last Updated: 03 October 2023; Hits: 821

Walking tour through the Hamert estate, along the Gelderns-Niers canal and through the floodplains of the Maas in De Maasduinen National Park.

Estate de Hamert

Estate de Hamert

Distance: 13 km

Duration: 3h00

Grade: Moderate

Gps track: Yes

Route description: Yes

Type: Circular walk

Height gain: No information available

Way mark: See PDF route description

Wheelchair: Unsuitable

Dog: Allowed on leach

De Hamert estate is a large nature reserve consisting of forests, a large heathland area with striking high drifting hills, peat lakes, fens and a restored old burial mound. From this so-called "Vorstengraf" and the Trappenberg you have a beautiful view over the Pikmeeuwenwater. The Gelderns-Niers canal is one of the most remarkable waters in the Netherlands. It is a dug channel to dewater the German agricultural areas that, due to the great height difference over a relatively short distance, is a powerful flowing water that has cut deep into the hills, making it more like a stream than a channel. In the floodplains, the walk goes over and along Maasduinen, which here are very close to the Maas. The floodplains consist of flowery grasslands that lie in a narrow strip along the Maas, together with wooded higher situated Maasduinen.