Path straight through the water – Boardwalk Moerdijk loop from Dordrecht

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Path straight through the water – Boardwalk Moerdijk loop from Dordrecht

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Path straight through the water – Boardwalk Moerdijk loop from Dordrecht

03:52

15.4km

10m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

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De Biesbosch

Biesbosch

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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246 m

De Elzen Nature Park

Highlight • Forest

on a drizzly Thursday in November, wonderfully quiet, although a bit swampy ;-)

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2.28 km

From Elzingenweg Through Nieuwe Dordtse Biesbosch

Highlight • Trail

2.57 km

Path straight through the water

Highlight • Trail

In addition to a few decking bridges in this area, there is also a path as a kind of low grass dike. Which is therefore under water during wet periods. Very nice to walk about. If it's possible. So it is level with the water. Lots of birds.

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2.73 km

Boardwalk Moerdijk

Highlight • Trail

Nice to walk so close to the water.

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5.52 km

Hevel Oosthaven

Viewpoint

6.03 km

New Dordrecht Biesbosch

Highlight • Forest

Nice part of the new Dordtse Biesbosch, especially with children (don't forget the boots). Walking through reeds, dense and open forest, many lakes (in April) and some trees with climbing opportunities for the little ones. And of course a beautiful view of the Brabantse Biesbosch on the waterfront.

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8.06 km

The Enormous Willow Forest in De Biesbosch

Highlight • Forest

Never been able to walk in a willow forest for so long. With lots of water lakes. The otter has his fun there, breaking trees and building dams. There are a lot of mosquitoes🦟

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9.38 km

View of the Nieuwe Merwede

Highlight • Viewpoint

There is a bench here to enjoy the surroundings.

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9.83 km

Zuidhaven

Lake

11.0 km

Beach on the Merwede

Highlight • Beach

Sandy beach on the Merwede, it is wonderful to relax here.

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15.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.90 km

5.33 km

1.64 km

429 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.40 km

4.71 km

3.67 km

1.02 km

445 m

135 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 16 October

14°C

8°C

56 %

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Comments

March 3, 2023,De Nieuwe Dordtse Biesbosch

What a nice walking tour.
Car parked at the Viersprong car park.

At the end another tea garden / horse dairy, unfortunately not open today.

Despite the fact that you started near the highway, it was wonderfully quiet around you!

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May 13, 2023,Nieuwe biesbosch

The Nieuwe Dordtse Biesbosch is a new, varied nature and recreation area in Dordrecht. It is a beautiful area to walk, nicer than the Biesbosch island itself (in my opinion) since at least here you don't walk on asphalt all the time. The first part of the hike is a very swampy area. Bring good walking boots. I ended with …

May 11, 2024,Eiland van Dordrecht Nieuwe en Oude Dordtse Biesbosch

During my very first walk through the Nieuwe Dordtse Biesbosch I enjoyed the rich nature and tranquility. This area combines forests, rugged grasslands, water features and various animal species.
Dordrecht, the oldest city in Holland since 1220, lost much fertile land after the Elisabeth Flood of 1421 and was located on an inland sea. The city, once the 'Venice of …

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February 15, 2023,De Elzen-Zuidplaatje-Tongplaat-natuurpad-Nieuwe Dordtse Biesbosch

Nice combination of old and new nature.
Nature trail can be soggy (with walking shoes it was now doable)
Nice:
- spoonbills at bird hide in Nieuwe Dordtse Biesbosch.
Nice in spring/summer:
- tea garden de griendheuvel
- the Harvest Park. (pick your own flowers)

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May 21, 2023,🐸 nieuwe Biesbos

beautiful, very varied walk, thanks to Ainhoa

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March 2, 2025,Eiland van Dordrecht - Nieuwe Dordtse Biesbosch 02.03.2025

Sunday 2 March 2025

Today, under a fresh winter sun, we took a lovely walk on the Island of Dordrecht, bordering the Biesbosch and the Nieuwe Merwede on one side and the city of Dordrecht on the other.
Especially the first part of the walk, along the Zuidbuitenpoldersekade with lots of low water and reed beds, is a perfect place …

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April 7, 2024,nieuwe Dordtse Biesbos

Cut off a section and walked along the cycle path, because some of the paths could only be taken swimming.

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January 18, 2025,De nieuwe Dordtse Biesbosch

It is of course a snapshot. A walk like this in the Dordtse Biesbosch. Our timing to do this in the winter works out very well on the one hand. Due to the very limited visibility, we see nothing of the endless fields of the Biesbosch polder. We walk through a pack of cotton wool completely unpaved through reed land, …

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