イクセル-Elseneのおすすめウォーキング＆ハイキングルート

Known for its distinctive shape with three protrusions that resemble the toes of a goose foot.

A solid wood bridge crosses the Horseshoe Pond, which is thus divided into two parts.

Just rest...

one of the most beautiful trails in the Soignies forest

Any time of year... here with goldenrod. Bosvoorde pond, Vuursteenweg near IS. Just review it.

A 1600m long racecourse ideal for interval training. It has a fine gravel surface.

Here we see a watercourse, which is enough for a beaver. If the beaver builds a dam here, it can become a pond or a lake in two or three years. The animal can change an entire ecosystem, simply because its dam retains water and rain. These natural beaver dams are very efficient in combating floods and droughts, because they regulate the flow of small watercourses. Locally, they can shape the forest through flooding by flooding parts of the forest, causing the tree vegetation to die. When the beavers leave their dam and their beaver pond, a succession from pioneer forest to climax forest can start again after the reservoir has drained.

A beech tree likes shade in its youth. They can establish themselves in the shade of other more light-loving tree species. Conversely, no tree is able to establish itself under a closed canopy of beeches. We therefore call the beech the climax tree species. It closes off the natural forest succession and can maintain it for a very long time, provided that no large-scale and brutal disturbances disrupt its kingdom. This place is very typical of the forest management of the Sonian Forest: all the trees are the same age and of the same species. In this part you see monospecific forest management, they are all beeches.