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Hoge Veluwe National Park

TIME : 2016/2/19 2:25:51

A visit to Hoge Veluwe can fill an entire day. The ticket booths at each of the three entrances at Schaarsbergen (south), Hoenderloo (east) and Otterlo (west, the busiest of the three) have basic information and invaluable park maps (€2.50). In the heart of the park, the main visitors centre is an attraction itself, with interactive displays on the flora and fauna and the park's different environments, both above and below the ground. Book guided walks here. There's a restaurant adjacent.

There are myriad bike paths and 42km of hiking trails, with two routes signposted by paddenstoelen (mushroom markers). Substantial populations of wild boar, rams and red deer roam wild here and can best be spotted at observation points south of the Kröller-Müller Museum. At the north edge, Jachthuis St Hubert is the baronial hunting lodge that Anton built, named after the patron saint of hunting.

Cyclists in particular will be interested in the camping ground , which is located at the Hoenderloo entrance. There are 100 sites; you can’t reserve but you can call and see what’s available.