Sliding your feet through the slush of the Wadden Sea, saunter through the mire if you can. You can hear and watch the cockles clamp up: they crackle under your feet. The lugworms give away their hiding places by leaving piles of ooze. Food is plentiful and in the distance, the spoonbills are devouring it. Yelp with excitement as you lose your boots in the mud or travel serenely in a meditative state: the mud flats have it all!

You can’t come to Texel and not go on a hike over the mud flats

Walking across the bottom of sea is a very special feeling. An experienced guide will teach you all about life in, and at the bottom of, the sea. We recommend that you wrap up warm and wear sturdy shoes.
Ecomare, the centre for the Wadden and North Seas, organises mud-flat excursions on Texel. Book now