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Fagne de Fraineu
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A hike on which you can discover the many different ecosystems of the fen plateau.
difficult
Distance 15 km
Duration3:55 h
Ascent220 m
Descent216 m
Highest point625 m
Lowest point479 m
After just a few hundred metres we enter the fen territory. In front of us lies Fraineu Fen, wonderful and still pristine. Thanks to the LIFE project, it was possible in other places to rid more than 300 hectares (740 acres) of heath and moor of spruce trees, thus increasing the open areas by a considerable amount. In this boggy heathland, the Trôs-Marets, a genuine mountain stream, rises.
The Trôs-Marets will accompany us throughout this hike. After a few wooden footbridges we come to the remains of the 'Cabane du Négus'. A hermit lived here in the years around 1950. We leave the heathland and come to the 'Six Hêtres' (Six Beeches) in the forest, a place at which shepherds rested in former times. Another astonishing place is the marshland of the 'Chôdires', populated with birch, alder and trembling poplar. A little further on, the wild, the foaming Trôs-Marets effervesces along beside us, emphasising the wild character of this beautiful hike.
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Tourismusagentur Ostbelgien
Update: June 30, 2025
Difficulty
difficult
Overall difficulty
difficult
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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Landscape
Highest point
625 m
Lowest point
479 m
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Safety information
A long hike through different landscapes, rather for experienced hikers. Dogs must be kept on a leash.
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