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Hiking Duin & Kruidberg (black route) Konikroute

Roderick Burger — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 12:48:39 +0000

Walking through the estate Duin and Kruidberg and Middle Herenduin (black route)

The landscape changes from farmland to forest and dune area. Duin and Kruidberg has a history of splitting and merging. The double names are merges of the old homesteads Duin and Berg and De Kruidberg. The name Herenduinen is descended from the owners of the Heren van Brederode. The dunes are about 800 years old.

Difficulty: Intermediate walk

Length: 8 kilometers

Duration: 2 hours

Marking: Follow black arrows

Starting point: Parking Duin- and Kruidbergerweg next to Landgoed Duin and Kruidberg. (Entrance opposite Hoeve Eigenwijs, Duin- and Kruidbergerweg between house number 72 and 74 turn right into the narrow road. Parking Herenduin: Entrance is located at the Duin- en Kruidbergerweg in Driehuis, south of the Westerveld Cemetery, opposite ‘Lijn 5’ entering the road .

Access: By train to station Santpoort-Noord. There you walk through the tunnel under the railway to the other platform (arrival from the direction Uitgeest). You walk across the platform and take the footpath to the right. Then turn left to the Kennemergaardweg and then turn left to the parking lot.

Free access

Catering: The adjacent Landgoed Duin and Kruidberg or Hoeve Eigenwijs, Duin- en Kruidbergerweg 89

Directions:
At the parking lot we turn right along the information sign. We follow the black arrows. Soon we climb up and descend the Koepelberg. We now walk past the Landgoed Duin and Kruidberg to the entrance of the Midden Herenduin. We are now in the Big Forest. After some time we will end up on the bike path. We follow this a little bit and than we take the Verbindingspad. We still follow the black arrows and then return to a cycle path that leads to the sea. We turn left here and now walk back to the parking lot together with the blue arrows.

On the way we can encounter deer and roe deer. Pony’s and Scottish Highlanders also run in the grazing area. These animals provide for changes in the dune area due to their grazing. With their hooves they release the sand and sometimes make the start of a sand drift. Some plants benefit from this. Several plants grow here for instance the water mint, parnasia, slender gentian and orchids.

Worth seeing
We walk through a grazing area of Koniks horses and Scottish Highlanders. They are used to open the soil and eat the vegetation. This creates an open dune landscape. The mosses, herbs and flowers get another chance to grow. The animals are not dangerous. However, it is advised to keep a distance and not to feed the animals.

At the “Grote Vlak” you see many bushes and few trees. The grassland is unique in Europe. Because the soil is nutrient-poor, there are many rare species of plants such as, smooth and real walstro, dune violets, broom, lunar, eyebright and reed orchids. You can also see rare insects such as dragonflies, glass cutters, brown winter damselflies, dune pearl fowl and orange tips.

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Walk through Duin & Kruidberg (green route) Route Koepelberg

Roderick Burger — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 12:15:34 +0000

Walking through the Landgoed Duin and Kruidberg

Difficulty: Easy walk

Length: 3.1 kilometers

Duration: 1 hour

Marking: Follow green arrows

Free access

Catering: The adjacent Landgoed Duin and Kruidberg or Hoeve Eigenwijs, Duin- en Kruidbergerweg 89

Directions:
At the parking lot we turn right along the information sign. We follow the green arrows. Soon we climb up the Koepelberg. After some time we can turn left to a viewpoint. After this we continue our path and turn left onto the Stroperspad. After some time we arrive at the bike path. Here we can follow the green arrows to the left, but we make now a little detour [alternative route]. We turn right and take the first path, the Brederodepad, on the left. At the end of this path we turn left and follow the blue arrows to the parking lot.

In the forest area, hardwood predominates. Corsican and Austrian pines have been planted by the former owner and form a minority. Formerly this forest area served for hunting. There are deer and roe deer.

Worth Seeing
At the ‘Grote Vlak’ you see many bushes and few trees. The grassland is unique in Europe. Because the soil is nutrient-poor, there are many rare species of plants such as, smooth and real walstro, dune violets, broom, lunar, eyebright and reed orchids. You can also see rare insects such as dragonflies, glass cutters, brown winter damselflies, dune pearl fowl and orange tips.

We walk through a grazing area of Koniks horses and Scottish Highlanders. They are used to open the soil and eat the vegetation. This creates an open dune landscape. The mosses, herbs and flowers get another chance to grow. The animals are not dangerous. However, it is advised to keep a distance and not to feed the animals.

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Walk through the Caprera Estate

Roderick Burger — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 20:59:41 +0000

Walk through Caprera estate

Estate Caprera lies on the edge of the inner dune on the “Kopje van Bloemendaal”. This is the highest dune summit in Zuid-Kennemerland. The walking park has different types of forest, a swampy section and beautiful views. On the estate there is an open-air theater where summer performances are given.

Difficulty: Easy walk

Length: 3 kilometers

Duration: 0.45 hours

Marking: none

Starting point: Hoge Duin and Daalseweg 2 in Bloemendaal. (At the cup of Bloemendaal
from May to September. and weekends from 11 am to 4 pm).

Access: by car or bicycle

Admission: 1 euro

Catering: none

Directions:
At the entrance we immediately go right past the house. You follow it straight ahead and you always keep to the right. We now walk past the sports fields. You go right along the path and you pass through the marshy part and a lake. Then we pass a playing field. Then we go up the stairs and take the second path on the left. We come to another staircase and go up. We turn left and arrive at an asphalt path at some point. We now turn right and at the end of this path there are two viewpoints. We keep to the right as much as possible and then we automatically reach the open-air theater. To the right of this we can make a short detour and then walk back to the entrance.

About Caprera
Due to the special location of the forest park on the slopes of the inner dune edge Caprera has a remarkable and very varied flora and fauna. There are 181 plant species found.

In the highest part of the park one sees mainly pine forest. Here one comes across strubs with cardinal’s cap, sea buckthorn and dog rose. In the lower part of the park you can see the oak fern, male fern, bunt grass, smooth walstroo, creeping herbaceous, pimpernel, duinsalomonszegel, snake and the pipe flower elsewhere. In addition, cultivated plants have been planted in the past, such as Taxus, Mahogany, Hydrangea, Juniper and Boxwood. There are many bats because there are many shelters and water available. The nightingale is also brooding there.

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Along playing pond ‘t Wed to viewpoint’ Konijnenberg

Roderick Burger — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:44:13 +0000

Alternate dune walk through forests and open dune landscape

The vegetation on the way is largely planted. It is intended to prevent the dusting for agriculture in the first half of the last century. But today the dunes are again overgrown with marram grass, pine forests on the dunes and shrubs like buckthorn, hawthorn, cardinal’s cap and creeping willow. They are now using large grazers such as Scottish Highlanders to get the area a little more open. There is now more flowers, herbs and mosses. During the walk you can encounter the Scottish Highlanders. They are benign and not aggressive, but you can not pet them or feed them.

Difficulty: Easy walk

Length: 4 kilometers

Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes

Marking: green posts

Starting point: Entrance Koevlak at visitor center, located along the sea route between Overveen and the Bloemendaal beach.

Public transport: Bus 81 From Zandvoort or Haarlem station. Get off at the Kennemerduinen stop

Catering: At visitor center at the entrance

Access: Free, paid parking. (Only pay with debit card possible)

Directions

At the visitor center we follow the green poles. We walk along the banks of ‘t Wed, a play pond where you can swim from 1 May to 30 September. The beach and the dunes around ‘t Wed is a playground for children. Here you can walk outside the paths. We continue our way along the bank and at some point we walk up along beautiful trees to the Konijnenberg viewpoint. Here we have a nice view over the area. You can see the water tower of Bloemendaal. After the Konijnenberg we walk through a pine forest to opener dune. Here we walk through an area where about 1000 years ago a lot of sand from the sea and the beach has been blown into the dunes. We pass one of the eight monument stones, where in May 1945 the bodies of dead resistance fighters were found. We now walk back to the car park / visitor center via the green poles.

Koevlak

Koevlak owes its name to the farm that stood here. Cows had to cultivate this area. The farm still exists and is on the other side of the Zeeweg. This part of the dunes is part of one of the most varied areas where you can walk in Zandvoort. There are two wide beaches here, where you can enjoy summers.

Hazelworm

There is a special reptile here, namely the hazelworm (a legless lizard, which looks like a snake). Besides the hazelworm you also have the sand lizard walking around. Both are endangered species.

Vineyard snail

The dunes here are young and calcareous. The vineyard snail feels right at home here. The snail uses the lime to build his house. These snails can be up to 30 years old.

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