Fort route Westeinder Plassen and Drecht

After a cup of coffee at Café Op de Hoek in Kudelstaart, put on your walking shoes. You first walk along 'de Poel', as the people of Aalsmeer call the Westeinderplassen. A lot of peat was found in the area, which led to large-scale peat extraction from 1600 onwards. There is plenty of recreation and there are about 50 marinas along the banks. Yet pike, eel and the rare European catfish swim here. Two of the two fort keeper's houses and the mountain shed of the Fort at Kudelstaart are still present, as is the moat. Further on you will discover Fort bij de Kwakel, after which you walk south via the winding Drecht. The Tolhuissluis from 1823 connects the Amstel-Drecht Canal with the Drecht and the Aarkanaal, here you turn again towards Kudelstaart.