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Pleasure tour 12 – The big fen loop

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East Belgium Tourist Agency

Wandern im Hohen Venn
Photo: HIKE&trekking Magazine Lex van den Bosch, CC BY-SA, East Belgium Tourist Agency

Starting from Signal de Botrange, we walk to the viewing platform of Walloon Fen, from where you can enjoy an incredible view out over the heath and moor landscape.

easy

Distance 8.7 km

2:22 h

73 m

699 m

629 m

We follow the path on the left which winds its way along the fen, using the wooden footbridges built on piles above the moor: the heritage of a construction technique which was already being used in the early Middle Ages on a route that led through the Fens, the via Mansuerisca. At Les Wez we're in the middle of nowhere, right in the heart of the nature reserve. What vastness!

A place at which travellers surely shuddered, only to breathe a sigh of relief when they discovered the inn at Baraque-Michel. You return via Poleur Fen, where traces of human activity from more than a hundred years ago are still visible today. The discovery tour continues at Neur Lowé, a microcosm in itself which is home to all the plant species from the plateau of the High Fens.

Please note: Dogs are not allowed in the nature reserve. However, a diversion is planned to avoid the restricted area.

Author’s recommendation

You can stop off for some refreshment at the Nature Park Centre or the Signal de Botrange.

Author

Tourismusagentur Ostbelgien

Update: March 20, 2024

Difficulty

easy

Technique

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Highest point

699 m

Lowest point

629 m

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Dirt road

0.2 km

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2 km

Path

3.8 km

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2.7 km

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Safety information

A long hike with many sections on wooden footbridges.

Please note: Dogs are not allowed in the nature reserve. However, a diversion is planned to avoid the restricted area.

Tips and hints

East Belgium Tourist Agency npo

Hauptstraße 54

4780 Sankt Vith

+32 80 22 76 64

info@ostbelgien.eu

www.ostbelgien.eu

BE 0715 454 578 - RJP/RPM Eupen

Start

Signal de Botrange - Visitor car park

Coordinates:

50.501648, 6.093517

DMS

50°30'05.9"N 6°05'36.7"E

UTM

32U 293892 5598444

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Destination

Signal de Botrange - Visitor car park

Turn-by-turn directions

Signposting: blue rectangle, 'blueberry' logo

Public transport

By train: www.belgianrail.be

By bus: www.infotec.be

Directions

From Brussels - Liège - Maastricht or Aachen (BAB 44) via motorway E 40, exit Eupen N 67 to Eupen N 68 direction Malmedy, at the Mont-Rigi junction direction Botrange

From Verviers or Trier (B51) via motorway E 42, exit Malmedy, N 68 to Malmedy, N 68 direction Eupen - Baraque Michel, at the junction Mont-Rigi direction Botrange

Parking

Large parking lot at the Signal de Botrange.

Coordinates

50.501648, 6.093517

DMS

50°30'05.9"N 6°05'36.7"E

UTM

32U 293892 5598444

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Get there by train, car, bike, or on foot!

Equipment

Hiking boots recommended. Dogs are not allowed in the nature reserve.

Similar routes nearby

Vennwanderung am Naturparkzentrum Botrange
At the top of Belgium
Educational trail 'The Colours of the Fens'
The Poleur Fen
Naturlehrpfad Poleur Venn

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Difficulty

easy

Distance

8.7 km

Duration

2:22 h

Ascent

73 m

Descent

73 m

Highest point

699 m

Lowest point

629 m

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