Organised three-day walking or cycling tour with overnight accommodation

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3- day Walking  trip on Texel

In three days you walk along beautiful nature reserves of Texel . Along dunes, beach, forrest and meadows. You can visit the visitors centre of Ecomare, climb the Eierland light house and get a view on the island Vlieland from the look-out mill in De Cocksdorp. A well varied trip.

You spend one night in the "Iris" on the Bosrandweg in de Koog. The second night you stay in de Eierdop in de Cocksdorp. In both accommodations, the beds are made and towels are included. We will make sure the shopping is done for your diner, breakfast and lunch package, also for a drink at night.
You can choose to go out to have diner, this will be settled in the price with  € 7,50. For the three day walk you need a good rucksack, rain clothing and sturdy shoes.

Day 1 : from the ferry to de Koog ( 17 km )

The ferry from Den Helder to Texel will only take 20 minutes. Salty sea air, screeching seaguls and the mudflats: the island feeling. This is only the beginning of a promising trip. From the harbour you walk through the dunes with a wide view on the Hors, a dynamic area with pieces of mudflat, dunes and the Mokbay. Here Texel gets bigger. But what the sea gives at the Hors, it takes away a bit further near the Westerdunes. Here there is still an ongoing battle between land and sea. The Texel dunes do not only consist of sand and marram grass.Through beautifully grown dunes, forrest and heather you walk to the beach. From there you will come along Ecomare where you can have a look at the visitors centre of the National parc the Texel Dunes. This is for free and will take about an hour.
Eventually you will arrive in your accommodation the Iris, a bungalow which is located on a former bulb field.

Day 2: Along the well known Texel nature reserves De Muy and De Slufter ( 16 km)
From the Iris you walk through the forest along the Maartenshuis with the beautiful butterfly garden.  Then you walk along De Koog. From there you go through forest and dunes to the beach. From the beach towards the dunes. Here you will find a beautiful look out dune. Here you can see the small lake “ de Muy” where a lot off spoonbills breed in the springtime. You bypass the nature reserves De Muy and De Slufter, which were formed after dam breaks. Through the dunes you will arrive at the Krimweg. From there you walk along the ”Krim forest” to De Cocksdorp. Here you can climb the mill which is build from the elms that used to grow along the Molenlaan

Day 3: Over dykes, along sheep and the Wadden coast ( 16 km)
From the top of Texel , where you can climb the light house, this part leads over the Eierlandse Sea dyke, a broad grass dyke with views over the Eierlandsegat, the Wadden sea and Vlieland. Near de Cocksdorp you walk into the  Eierlandse polder, a 19th century polder of marshes and creeks. You walk through a nature reserve of the Forestry Commission, along swampy paths and old creek beds. Across a unpaved path you reach the Eierlands canal where you can cross over with the small pull ferry, to the inner dyke. You follow this sheep- and  change full dyke until the Oorsprongweg. Then you follow the Stuifweg towards the Wadden dyke. At the Wadden sea side  it is nice to walk. Eventually you will arrive in Oost where you can take the bus to the ferry.

You leave your car in Den Helder, and take a day pack with a lunch package for the first day and your clothes. You can also have lunch on the way in one of the restaurants. This will be at your own expense.

Off course it is possible to change, shorten or expand  the route.

Price: for three days ( 2 nights, shopping for 2 diners, 2 breakfasts, walking route, map of Texel, emergency phone number ) you pay with 3 until 6 persons: € 165,- per person
Two persons: supplement of € 15,- per person per night. ( you will have the bungalows all to your self).
Bookings at Friday/ Saturday/ Sunday supplement of € 7,50 per person.
Transportation to the ferry ( instead of the bus) or luggage transportation is € 60,-
Not included is tourist tax.

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