The Stapper Observation Tower – Pluisven loop from Kalmthoutse Heide

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The Stapper Observation Tower – Pluisven loop from Kalmthoutse Heide

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The Stapper Observation Tower – Pluisven loop from Kalmthoutse Heide

01:23

5.48km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 1, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Grenspark Kalmthoutse Heide

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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275 m

The Stapper Observation Tower

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The tower is ten meters high and offers visitors not only a fantastic view of the Stappersven, one of the largest fens in Flanders, but also of the rest of the Kalmthoutse Heide.

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559 m

Pluisven

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One of the most special places on this heath: the pluisven.

Here you can hear countless frogs croaking in the summer. Please note: the path along the fen can be very soggy!

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1.70 km

Heather Fields at Stappersven, Grenspark Kalmthoutse Heide

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Expansive heathland on the Stappersven...

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1.88 km

Stappersven

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The beautiful Stappersven. One of the latest acquisitions of the nature reserve 'Heide - Kalmthout'!

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2.42 km

Stappersven

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Walking between beautiful views, heathland, fens and forests, that's what you do in the Stappersven-Kalmthoutse Heide nature reserve.

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3.20 km

Bench by the Stappersven

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Rest bench with a nice view

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3.32 km

View of Stappersven

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This place is located along the yellow connecting route of the MTB network Grenspark de Zoom-Kalmthoutse Heide with a bench to enjoy the view.

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4.31 km

Pond with Frog Chorus

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I have never seen and heard so many frogs together. A deafening and super concert of non-stop croaking

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5.48 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.28 km

1.18 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.09 km

1.35 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 3 November

10°C

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Comments

January 11, 2024,Winterwandeling Stappersven

This afternoon we took a walk around the Stappersven in Kalmthout, enjoyed the beautiful natural phenomena of the ice, dangerous for the skaters who could not resist putting on their skates and sliding over the singing ice with its dangerous air bubbles... .........

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