Tour of RivierPark Maasvallei and tree monument Molenplas

Your route starts at Koffiehuis & Brasserie het IJzerenbos. The Maas forms the border between Dutch and Belgian Limburg for approximately 40 kilometers: the Grensmaas. This area has been renamed RivierPark Maasvallei. Both Limburgs hope to be able to better protect nature in this way. The landscape consists of a beautiful series of agricultural fields, river arms, levees, channels, gravel ponds and floodplains. From the saddle you can fully enjoy the peace and quiet and the beautiful views over the Maas. The Molenplas was created by gravel extraction. There is now plenty of natural beauty to be found along the banks. You will see shrubs such as hawthorn, but also small forests of willows and alders. Stop for a moment at the tree monument: black oak trunks that were buried by Maas gravel 2000 years ago and emerged during gravel extraction!