ドレンテの山小屋＆キャビン・トップ9

The route is no longer cycleable. There are many trees on the path, and the paths are closed.

Small quiet cabin overlooking a large part of the lake. Lots of birdlife to see.

Super nice view. In September many geese.

Step off and admire the heathland from above from the viewing hut. Especially in late summer with the blooming heather this is a beautiful place for a short break.

The bird hide offers a beautiful view of the Diependal and can be reached via a 162-metre-long tunnel. From the bird hide you have a beautiful view of the area. The bird hide can be visited by everyone, even if the photo hide, below the bird hide, is rented. A maximum of 3 people can use the photo hide at the same time, there are 3 chairs available. You can use the photo hide all day. It is not possible to rent the photo hide for a half day.

Via an underground passage of approximately 162 meters you reach the elevated birdwatching hut via a spiral staircase. This is the best place in the Netherlands for the red-necked grebe. You also have a chance of good photos of all kinds of water and marsh birds such as eared grebe, little grebe, garganey, common teal, gadwall, bittern, shoveler and in the autumn osprey. Below, at the entrance of the spiral staircase, there is a sunken photo hut - at water level - for three people from where you have a beautiful view of the nature reserve.

Because several species of bats hibernate in the tunnel, it is closed for four months. However, the area around Diependal can be viewed during that period. For example, you can turn right from the tunnel and after another 400 meters on foot you will come to a viewing wall that offers a view over an enormous lake that connects the Diependal with the Hijkerveld. In this lake, a hundred meters from the viewing wall, there is a large (bare) tree where sea eagles regularly rest. In the months of September and October, the osprey also regularly comes to catch fish here.

You reach this bird watching hut via a spiral staircase at the end of a 180 meter long tunnel. The hut offers a beautiful view over the flow fields of the former Avebe potato starch factory in Oranje.