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Fagne de Fraineu
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A hike where you can discover many different ecosystems of the Venn plateau.
difficult
Distance 15 km
Duration3:55 h
Ascent220 m
Descent216 m
Highest point625 m
Lowest point479 m
After just a few hundred meters we enter the Venn area. In front of us lies the wonderful and still pristine Fraineu-Venn. Thanks to the LIFE project, more than 300 hectares of heath and moorland areas have been freed from spruce plantations elsewhere, and the open spaces have been visibly expanded again. In these moor-containing heathlands springs the Trôs-Maret, a true mountain stream.
It will be our constant companion on this hike. After some wooden footbridges we come to the remains of the "Cabane du Négus". Here lived a hermit in the years around 1950. We leave the heath areas and enter the forest to the "Six Hêtres" (6 beeches), a place where shepherds used to rest in earlier times. Another remarkable place is the wetland of the "Chôdires", stocked with birches, alders and trembling aspens. A little further the wild foaming Trôs-Maret bubbles beside us, enhancing the wild character of this beautiful hike.
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Tourismusagentur Ostbelgien
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East Belgium Tourist Agency
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Difficulty
difficult
Overall difficulty
difficult
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Experience
Landscape
Highest point
625 m
Lowest point
479 m
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Safety information
A long hike through various landscapes, rather for experienced hikers. Dogs must be kept on a leash.
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