Zuiderwaterlinie Walking Path | Visit the Langstraat

DISTANCE 58 KM - 11.8 hours Download GPX

The stages that go through De Langstraat region are stage 10 and stage 11. For more information about the Zuiderwaterlinie Trail click here.

The route starts in Raamsdonksveer, just outside fortified town on the Biesbosch: Geertruidenberg.

During the stages you will pass various nature reserves. On the transition from sand to clay lies De Westelijke Langstraat, also called "Seam of Brabant. The Westelijke Langstraat is a protected Natura 2000 area and valuable landscape with lots of nature and cultural history. Thanks to its location and different soil layers, the Western Langstraat is a unique and wet area. Stage 10 of the Zuiderwaterlinie hiking trail leads you from Waspik to Waalwijk.

The route of stage 11 runs through Waalwijk to the Baardwijkse Overlaat. The Baardewijkse Overlaat is a nature reserve of more than 48 hectares. This area was originally used to hold the water of the Meuse during high water. Then the route heads towards - and eventually along - the Bergsche Maas, a 24.5 kilometer long dug up river.

Then you arrive in the fortified town of Heusden. Heusden grew up around one of the oldest moated castles in northwestern Europe and was one of the first Dutch towns to get a city wall. Thanks to restorations, much of the old Heusden can still be admired.

Stage 11 ends at the Engelermeer. The nature reserve at Engelermeer includes the remnants of a duck decoy, open water, trouser forest (swamp forest), peat moss-poor reed bed and cultivated land. The duck decoy is in use as a counting and ringing station and resting area for waterfowl.

Starting point

Keizersdijk, 4941 GD Raamsdonksveer, Netherlands

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