Discover Deurnsche Peel and Maria Peel

You cycle through Kwakvors, a nature reserve of wet grasslands and ponds rich in birds. Then you drive along the back of National Park De Groote Peel. The raised moor area originated on a sandy plain with impermeable clay layers underneath, as a result of which sphagnum peat formed in the area. The peat bog, of which National Park De Groote Peel is a remnant, used to cover about 30,000 hectares. The 4,000 hectares that remained intact retained their natural ruggedness. The Deurnsche Peel and the adjacent Mariapeel around the peat colonies Griendtsveen and Helenaveen are also remnants of this once vast high moor area. Via the Galgenberg and Dennendijkse bos - also beautiful nature reserves! - cycle to Deurne, where you can get off at Bijzonder Brabants. Here they grow forgotten vegetables.