Walking around the Reindersmeer

At De Wellsche Hut you can enjoy a coffee with Limburg pie before you set off. The rolling landscape in the Maasduinen National Park is a remnant of the last ice age. People planted trees here to protect the surrounding agricultural areas from the drifting sand. You will now mainly walk between Scots pines and larches. Their wood was used in mining from the nineteenth century onwards. As you walk across the Bergerheide, you may see the flock of sheep grazing in this national park. Further on you will walk a good distance along the wooded banks of the Reindersmeer, a lake that was created by gravel extraction. You can take a bench here to enjoy the peace and the beautiful view over the rippling water.