Tour of the Kampina fens

Your route starts at De Rozephoeve. From here you can walk straight onto the Kampina. The name is derived from the Roman word campina meaning wasteland. Over the centuries, many of these wastelands have been converted into agricultural areas, but in the Kampina you can still see the echo of the distant past. In August you can see a beautiful color mosaic in shades of purple through the blooming heather. You will come across many fens, such as the Belversven, one of the most species-rich fens in the Netherlands. From its north-south location you can immediately see that it was created in a different way than most fens here, which run southwest-northeast due to wind erosion after the last ice age. It is probably an old river bend of the Maas, which ran much further south a long time ago.