Tour of Galder, Rijsbergen and the Mastbos

Discover the beautiful surroundings of Galder and Rijsbergen. You start at Het Wapen Van Galder, near the Galderse Meren and the Mastbos. Enjoy various lunch dishes, dinner or just a nice cup of coffee here. You then cycle straight through De Pannenhoef, a beautiful nature reserve in Brabant that lies between Zundert, Etten-Leur and Rijsbergen. Because the gigantic area of heathland was reclaimed from the fifteenth century and farms, villages and towns sprang up like mushrooms, a large part of the Brabant landscape has changed. In the twentieth century, a lot of hard work was done to restore the nature reserve and with success; several old fens were excavated and rare plants that had disappeared due to peat extraction returned. Forest, fens and flowery meadows characterize the Pannenhoef.