Tour of Loonse Drunense Duinen and fortified town of Heusden

From here you cycle through the Loonse and Drunense Dunes. In this national park you will find extensive heathlands and quiet forests. And of course the famous drifting dunes to which this area owes its nickname: the Brabant Sahara. Then you arrive in Heusden, a beautiful fortified town. In the polders near the Maas you pass the Fort Hedikhuizen from 1862. Further on you drive past the Haarsteegse Wiel, which was created in 1610 when a dike was breached. Via the Heidijk you drive through the Nieuwkuijkse Bosje, a former coppice forest. You cross the canal, after which you cycle past the meadows again. Time seems to have stood still a bit in Giersbergen, the hamlet consists almost entirely of thatched, long-fronted farmhouses.