Boardwalk near Boundary Marker N485 – View of De Wulp Nature Reserve loop from Hageven

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Boardwalk near Boundary Marker N485 – View of De Wulp Nature Reserve loop from Hageven

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Boardwalk near Boundary Marker N485 – View of De Wulp Nature Reserve loop from Hageven

01:42

6.72km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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567 m

Hageven Birdwatching Hut

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The hut is built on the edge of a large pond, surrounded by reed fields and forests. This provides an ideal habitat for many water birds, such as ducks, geese …

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821 m

Viewpoint over the Provincievijver, Hageven Plateau

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Nice bridge along the walking path. You look over the Provincievijd or the other overgrown side of the Hageven Plateau.

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1.45 km

Observation Tower De Wulp

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The lookout tower is approximately 30 meters high and offers a beautiful panoramic view of the De Wulp nature reserve and the surrounding area. The De Wulp nature reserve is …

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2.36 km

Wooden suspension bridge over the Dommel

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Nice wooden footbridge, a real suspension bridge, nice to take pictures or just to stop and enjoy.

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2.73 km

Knuppelpad at border post 185

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There is no boardwalk here at all (anymore?). You walk past a fen.

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2.86 km

Boundary Marker 185 (Four Municipalities Point De Plateaux)

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Boundary stone 185 at the four-municipality point of Neerpelt, Lommel, Bergeijk and Valkenswaard in the De Plateaux nature reserve.

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3.01 km

View of De Wulp Nature Reserve

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Here you walk along the border, just inside Belgium, and you have a beautiful view of the nature reserve and its grazers.

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6.49 km

Walk in Het Hageven

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6.72 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.49 km

2.06 km

181 m

Surfaces

2.92 km

2.32 km

828 m

465 m

186 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 18 October

16°C

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Comments

July 25, 2023,Wandeling @Hageven Pelt

It's still beautiful here... a lot is allowed again 📸
2 mute swans that sat right in front of the bird hide (I was just sitting safely to shelter from the rain), blue herons, white hole, yellowhammer, stonechats, tree pipit, young white wagtail with mom (or dad), small fire butterfly, orange sand eye, brown sand eye , heather blues, heather …

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January 29, 2023,Wandeling hageven de wulp 6 km

Started again at nature reserve "de Wulp" on Grote Heide Neerpelt and then sponsored nature point afterwards 🙂🙂 🍺🍺🍺🍺 no pictures taken, because enough have already been taken 🙂🙂

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June 17, 2024,Wandeling @Hageven Pelt

Take advantage when the sun shows itself.
And saved a dragonfly from drowning 😅🙏🏻

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July 10, 2023,Wandeling @Hageven Pelt

@Hageven remains nice for walking. In front of the lens today: the barn swallow that was sunbathing on the footbridge, wild cows that blocked the road, caterpillar of the Saint Jacob butterfly, brown blue, heather blues, lemon butterfly, tree blue, atalanta, peacock eye, small fire butterfly, chopped aurelia, orange sand eye, pied sandeye, blue heron, large tadpole, wild ducks that …

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March 27, 2025,Wandeling @Hageven Pelt

Take advantage when the ☀️ shines! Enjoyed the surroundings in peace. The bluethroat that came a bit closer to the lens was a top moment 🤩
At the end of the walk, still enjoying the afterglow on the bench at the visitor center, I got a private concert from a robin 🥰

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