Laek valley walk - 5km

Description

This hike takes you through the laakvallei, the largest contiguous green area in Tremelo.

• Follow the arrows with blue rectangles of Natuurpunt from parking Hilstraat)
• This walk is not accessible for wheelchairs or baby carriages.
• In wet weather some paths can be swampy.

The Laak is an unnavigable waterway that was used to relieve the Demer during high water levels and to run the water mill at the Veldonkhoeve. Unfortunately, this connection was interrupted in the 1970s. Nature along the Laak will surprise you with a mix of space, nature experience and tranquility.

The green corridor between Demer and Dijle is a contiguous mosaic of grasslands, fields, trouser forests, pollard willows and wood edges. Walkers come there to relax and enjoy a large chunk of nature. The occurrence of species such as blackthorn butterfly, beaver, rattle, meadowsweet... With some luck you will hear the woodpecker or a roe deer crossing your path.

More info on the Laek Valley: https: //www.natuurpunt.be/natuurgebied/laekdal

• TIP Combine with the Vijverbeek walk (yellow balls) - This makes a nice walk of about 8 km.
• TIP Combine with the Zegbroek Walk (green triangles). Thus this becomes a nice nature walk of 12.8 km. See Laekdal-Zegbroek walk.

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