Vlietlanden route

Explore Midden-Delfland with this cycling route, which is offered to you by the South Holland Tourism Board. You cycle through really old-fashioned Dutch nature: you can expect open water, swamp forest and reed and hay meadows with rare plants in the De Vlietlanden nature reserve. What is special about this area is the fact that it has not been reclaimed, so that the peat has not settled and the area is therefore higher than the surrounding polders. The hay meadows are beautiful in spring and are full of yellow marsh marigold and purple cuckoo and cuckoo flower, but the animals also like to live in this area. About eighty pairs of blue herons, but also Egyptian geese, crested ducks, lapwings, black-tailed godwits and various birds of prey breed between the trees and in the shrubbery on the waterfront. The presence of the Northern vole, an endangered mouse species, makes the area extra special. When you cycle the route and start at TOP Maasland, don't miss the Foppenplas. A marshy area has formed behind the islands in the pool. Reeds, yellow iris and cattail grow here. The water is full of fish and amphibians and the many sailing boats that you see in the summer provide extra atmosphere.