- Destination: Voorne-Putten
- Kind of trip: Self-guided walking trip on the island of Voorne
- Duration: 6 days (5 nights)
- Difficulty trip:
- Inclusive: Five overnight stays in comfortable 3 star hotels including breakfast, luggage transport, maps and English route directions, GPS tracks, free parking, VAT, tourist taxes, Guarantee Foundation, a contribution to the Foundation for Zuid-Holland's landscape (www.zuidhollandslandschap.nl)
- Exclusive: The outward and homeward journey, lunch, and travel and cancellation insurance
- Dog: Not allowed
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Price:
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Due to the high inflation, we unfortunately cannot give fixed prices. If the price is higher after booking, you have the possibility to cancel your trip. The prices quoted here are an approximation as good as possible.
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€ 550,- per person based on 2 people
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€ 795,-per person when travelling alone
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Are there more of you please contact Hike in Holland for pricing
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If you don't need luggage transport, there is a discount of € 70,- per person by 2 persons
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If you don't need luggage transport, there is a discount of € 140,- by 1 person
Description:
The island of Voorne (often mentioned together with neighboring island Putte), can be found just south of Rotterdam, and is one of Holland’s isles. The isle is a transition zone between city, sea and land. It connects the urban area of Rotterdam with the rural islands of Zeeland. It is a border between then and now, tradition and future, with a natural border made of water. Come to this wonderful area of water, nature, history and harbors where you can both relax and strain yourself, where you can both discharge and charge yourself. On the island are many natural areas and reserves, like the (in Holland) well known dunes of Voorne. On this island we created a beautiful trip, where you can get to know this island in 6 days (4 walking days), and see both the wonderful nature, but also historical towns like Brielle and Hellevoetsluis.
Unique:
The island of Voorne is especially well known for its unique coastal areas. The dunes here are very different from most dunes in Holland. There are a lot of lakes in the dunes. There are many rare plants and animals, and the character of the scenery changes very often. On top of that, there are some wonderful mudflats, many places to watch for rare birds, there are some old towns on the route (where Brielle is one of the best kept fortresses in Holland). And then you get to see some of the typical Dutch polders, and you get a glimpse of the waterworks (the Delta plan), that were built after the big flood of 1953. To know more about this disaster, visit the Watersnoodsmuseum. So this really is a unique area in Holland that is certainly worth visiting.
Mudflats near Rockanje
Day 1 Arrival in Rockanje
Today you’ll arrive in the seaside town of Rockanje. After parking your car, or after arriving by bus, you can relax in and around the hotel, or walk to the North sea beach in 10 minutes with some really nice beach pavilions. Rockanje is a relaxed little town, where you’ll leave the everyday stress behind within minutes. The town is in the western part of the island of Voorne, and it is surrounded by the nature reserve of the dunes of Voorne.
Dunepath between Rockanje and Oostvoorne
Day 2 Rockanje - Rockanje(19 km)
The first hike offers a wonderful walk through from and to Rockanje. The nature area Voornes Duin is your goal for today. This an area with lots of variation with relatively young dunes. There are wet areas and dry areas, open areas and more forest-like areas. You’ll find many rare plants and animals which are attracted by this wonderful area. You’ll enter the area straight after the start and after meandering through it for a while, you’ll find another nature area, the mudflats of Voorne. An area where lots of (migratory) birds come to feed, especially at low tide. You’ll pass the popular recreation lake Oostvoornse Meer, after which you’ll head back into the dunes. You’ll pass the visitor center for the area, next to the beautiful small lake Tenellaplas after which you’ll slowly head back towards the hotel.
Brielle
Day 3 Rockanje- Brielle (17 km)
The second day has a lot of variation. You’ll start off along the edge of Voornes Duin, where you’ll alternate woods and meadows. You’ll walk on some old estates with stately tree lanes. Also you’ll find some mor dry dune areas further inland. After a possible break in the small town of Oostvoorne you’ll walk along a big lake for a while in order to get to an old watchtower. This is on the river Brielse Maas, which you’ll follow further in the direction of Brielle. The town of Brielle is a wonderful old fortification, which is still fully intact. It is a good idea to take some time to have a look around this town with it’s characteristic church tower and it’s many places to have a drink in the sun.
Dike in the polders between Brielle and Hellevoetsluis
Day 4 Brielle - Hellevoetsluis (21 km)
This is the longes walk of the tour. This day takes you across the island from the north to the south. It runs mostly over small roads and cycle paths trough the rural polders of Voorne. You'll start along the lake of Brielle for a while, after which you turn inland on small polder roads and old dikes. You'll cross the canal of Voorne and continue through the polders until you arrive at the other side of the island. Then you'll walk along the river Haringvliet for a while, until you arrive in the center of Hellevoetsluis, where we make a small detour through the fortress until you arrive in your hotel.
Path to the sea
Day 5 Hellevoetsluis – Rockanje (16 km)
The last day of this tour brings you back to Rockanje. You'll start along the river Haringvliet but will end up near the North sea. On your way you'll walk along the mudflats of the Quackgorzen and through the dunes of Voorne, where there are some wonderful lakes, where you can watch for spoonbills and other rare birds, and there are many strange forests. Your walk ends in Rockanje where you can pick up our luggage and return home.
A seagull at the Northsea
Day 6 Journey Home
After a good last night's rest, a relext breakfast and perhaps a last walk to te sea, you leave for home or else where.
There’s plenty of room for extending this tour. In Rockanje you are near the beach, where you can unwind and relax, or maybe hire a bycicle and cycle around the island. Oostvoorne has beaches as well, lake beaches instead of the sea. In Brielle you can wander around the monuments, the fortress and the nice squares. You could maybe rent a boat for a while or visit a museum. Old town Hellevoetsluis is small but interesting. The atmosphere is good in town, and the fortress is really nice. In summer it is possible to take a ferry (which is a sailboat) across the river Haringvliet to the village of Middelharnis and to the small island of Tiengemeten.
Prices extension:
| Town |
2 persons |
1 person |
| Rockanje |
€75,- |
€117,50 |
| Brielle |
€75,- |
€125,- |
| Hellevoetsluis |
€60,- |
€95,- |
Price is per person per night and includes breakfast and tourist taxes (dinner excluded).
This offer is covered by the STO Garant guarantee. You can find the conditions for this guarantee scheme on STO Garant’s.
