Cross-border nature reserve Kempen-Broek: forests and Smeetshof

Forests, the remains of a vast border swamp, nice boardwalks: the list goes on with this beautiful and varied route!

Smeetshof
With this route you will explore the cross-border nature reserve Kempen-Broek, which is partly in the Netherlands and partly in Belgium. All kinds of smaller areas are part of it, which ensures a huge variation. You can see that clearly when you walk from the Laurabossen to Smeetshof. This marshland is one of the last parts that remain of the vast border marsh that used to be here. A beautiful primeval area, just across the border in Belgium!

Laura forests
The swamp was reclaimed on a large scale at the end of the previous century. Now the swamp is being restored to its former state. The walking paths in Smeetshof fit in nicely with the surroundings, for example, in addition to sand paths you will also find boardwalks: wooden paths in the swamp. You walk back through the Laura forests. You will mainly see conifers here, but also birch and oak trees.