Pleasure tour 13 - 15 km
PlaceXhoffraix
Toprecommended route
Pleasure tour 13 – In the land of the Négus
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/ Trôs Maret BachPhoto: Pierre Pauquay, CC BY, East Belgium Tourist Agency -
/ Les ChodiresPhoto: Pierre Pauquay, CC BY, East Belgium Tourist Agency
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/ Les Chodires torrentPhoto: Pierre Pauquay, CC BY, East Belgium Tourist Agency
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/ Monument FrédéricqPhoto: Pierre Pauquay, CC BY, East Belgium Tourist Agency
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/ Fagne de FraineuPhoto: Jörg Weishaupt, East Belgium Tourist Agency
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/ Les 6 hêtresPhoto: Pierre Pauquay, CC BY, East Belgium Tourist Agency
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/ Les ChodiresPhoto: Pierre Pauquay, CC BY, East Belgium Tourist Agency
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/ Fagne de FraineuPhoto: Pierre Pauquay, CC BY, East Belgium Tourist Agency
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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Safety information
A long hike through different landscapes, rather for experienced hikers. Dogs must be kept on a leash.Tips and hints
East Belgium Tourist Agency
Hauptstraße 54
4780 St.Vith
Tel. +32 80 22 76 64
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Getting there
Motorway E42 exit Malmedy to the centre of the town, then in the direction of Xhoffaix.Parking
At the level of the N 68, at the crossing from Xhoffraix to Hockai.Coordinates
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Hiking boots recommended. Clothing adapted to the weather.Statistics
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