Cycling through the 'Brabant Sahara'

The network of bicycle junctions allows you to travel the most beautiful routes, such as this 47-kilometer tour from Natuurpoort Van Loon in Loon op Zand. A beautiful route full of natural beauty that you can admire in peace and quiet. You cycle through fresh-smelling forests with coniferous trees and along streams and marshes. Just follow the node numbers on the posts from one to the other and feast your eyes.

The Loonse De Loonse en Drunense Duinen National Park is also known as the Brabant Sahara thanks to its enormous areas of drifting sand. The drifting sand still has free play in this nature reserve, which creates a constantly changing landscape. Besides the special and photogenic sand plains, you will find forests, fens, marshes and breathtakingly beautiful (purple) heathlands De Loonse en Drunense Duinen

Halfway along this cycle route you will find the hamlet of Giersbergen. A hamlet whose history dates back to the Middle Ages. Here you will see some beautiful old thatched long-gabled farmhouses. At Herberg De Drie Linden you can relax.

DISTANCE 47,5 KM - 2,5 hours Download GPX

You start and end your route at Natuurpoort Van Loon. From the spacious parking lot you cycle straight into the nature reserve. After your tour, enjoy a drink and snack in the café with its spacious terrace. Staying for several days? The inn offers a choice of hotel rooms, cabins or a cozy cottage.

The route is completely plotted based on the bicycle junction network. Simply follow the node numbers on the posts, from one numbered node to another. You can also download the gpx file and cycle the route using your smartphone or navigation system.