31
May
Meeting
10:00, Saturday
In front of train station Castricum
Castricum dunes
Join us to explore the dunes and forest at Castricum. Discovering the Noordhollands Duinreservaat nature reserve.
The walk will be around 12 km. English language only
From Castricum station you can walk straight into the North Holland Dune Reserve. Nature lovers will be in their element with forest, dunes. High dunes, deep valleys, the sun on dunes and crests, what more could you want?
The area is an open natural reserve. We will follow the route as shown below the green line.
Click here to open it in Google Maps
This is a social event. The only language that we will use during the hike is English.
Feel free to chat with the others in the group!
The North Holland Dune Reserve is one of the largest nature reserves in the country. The area extends from the Tata Steel site near Wijk aan Zee to the Schoorlse Dunes. It is approximately 20 kilometres long and on average 2.5 km wide, with a surface area of 5,300 hectares. The area includes dunes, beach, inner dune edge forests with a lot of relief and several smaller nature reserves.