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Wandern im Hohen Venn
Photo: HIKE&trekking Magazine Lex van den Bosch, CC BY-SA, East Belgium Tourist Agency
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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
Duration2:22 h
Ascent73 m
Descent73 m
Highest point699 m
Lowest point629 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.
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Tourismusagentur Ostbelgien
Update: August 16, 2024
Difficulty
easy
Overall difficulty
easy
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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 Verviersor 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
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50.501648, 6.093517
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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.
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