The Kootwijkerzand and De Hoge Veluwe National Park

Your route starts between Hoog-Soeren and Apeldoorn. Take a break at't Koffiehuus in Ugchelen! A little later you cycle through the quiet, dense forests for which the Veluwe is known. You take a nice tour through and around Wekerom. You continue through a varied landscape of forests, heathlands and an enormous sand plain: the Kootwijkerzand. An unexpected desert-like sandy plain in the middle of the forest of about 700 hectares. Suddenly the horizon seems miles away. Plants here reach full maturity under harsh conditions, despite the drought. A beautiful path through nature leads you to this funny little village. You can quickly pass it by on a bike, but special plants such as heather spurry, rough maidenhair and sand sedge grow here.