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Congo Hill

Name: Congo Hill
Rating: 2

Recommended by 38 hikers

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Location: Galmaarden, Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Robijnbos – Achter Den Bos Path loop from Vollezele

8.23km

02:14

120m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Robijnbos – Path Along the Mark River loop from Tollembeek

14.9km

03:57

150m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Robijnbos – Congo Hill loop from Vollezele

5.22km

01:24

60m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Dominiek Van Dooren

October 12, 2025

Congo Mountain is 100 meters high. If you leave Vollezele and head to the summit, you'll have to overcome a 62-meter elevation gain.
(Wikipedia)
The panoramic views along the way are magnificent.

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Jeff S

September 3, 2023

At the top of the mountain, you can see how the landscape here undulates...

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

September 19, 2021

A sofa with a beautiful panoramic view of the rolling landscape below. Enjoy the grazing Brabant Draft Horses.
Also an ideal location to muse on the name explanation of the Congoberg. A special history of fossemen (miners) who in the 19th and 20th centuries started to mine black gold from the villages of South Pajot in the Walloon coal mines. Near the mountain were a few shabby mud houses whose inhabitants were mainly miners who commuted every day to the mines of the Borinage by train. On their way home they looked black and filthy from the mining dust, making them 'called 'of the Congo' by passers-by. Perhaps the comparison was made between Congolese huts and the rather poor mud houses on this somewhat remote mountain.

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Location: Galmaarden, Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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Congo Hill

1. Robijnbos – Achter Den Bos Path loop from Vollezele

2. Robijnbos – Path Along the Mark River loop from Tollembeek

3. Robijnbos – Congo Hill loop from Vollezele

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