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Le Belvédère Viewpoint – Han-sur-Lesse Village Center loop from Han-sur-Lesse
03:09
39.0km
570m
Mountain biking
Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 19, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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71 m
Cave of Han-sur-Lesse
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14.6 km
Rader Hütte Gate
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23.0 km
Archéoparc de Rochefort
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31.3 km
View of the Ardennes
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31.5 km
Le Belvédère Viewpoint
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This area is protected for both its beauty and its flora and fauna. At your feet lie the exceptional 'dry valley' or 'chavée', or more simply, the former bed of the Lesse River, as well as the wooded Boine massif, which is dome-shaped and in which the river has carved the Han Caves.
Until 100,000 years ago, the Lesse followed this wide meander before finding an easier underground path, thus creating the Belvaux chasm, where it plunges into the limestone of the massif through a vertiginous siphon some fifty meters deep. This is 'the river's disappearance'. It reappears 2 km further on at the exit of the caves. The chasm fills up as soon as the water flow exceeds 25,000 liters per second, the river reclaims its old meander and once again bypasses the Boine massif, flooding the surrounding villages. The inhabitants of Han then say that 'the water is turning'.
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35.3 km
Forest Path
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36.8 km
View of the Lesse Valley near Han-sur-Lesse
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38.9 km
Han-sur-Lesse Village Center
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As its name suggests, the locality is located on a river, the Lesse, a tributary of the Meuse, which has caused the partial erosion of the Calestienne limestone massif in the surrounding area, so that caves have appeared. These caves, known worldwide as the Caves of Han, are the main attraction of the village. A wild animal park was opened in 1970. This park brings together various species of wild animals: wild boars, fallow deer, tarpans, European bison, ibexes, large Poitou donkeys, reconstituted aurochs, brown bears, as well as wolves and Eurasian lynxes. The animal park can be visited aboard a small road train. There is also the Museum of the Underworld, where the visitor can see how the caves were formed and how they are explored. This museum houses a collection of archaeological finds over a period ranging from the Neolithic to the present day. Everything is gathered in the domain of the caves of Han.
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39.0 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
21.6 km
10.1 km
2.67 km
2.08 km
1.69 km
758 m
116 m
Surfaces
13.8 km
9.42 km
5.87 km
5.04 km
4.65 km
116 m
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Elevation
Highest point (310 m)
Lowest point (140 m)
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Thursday 2 July
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