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Achelse Kluis Abbey – De Bever Nature Reserve loop from Achel

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Achelse Kluis Abbey – De Bever Nature Reserve loop from Achel

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Achelse Kluis Abbey – De Bever Nature Reserve loop from Achel

03:01

11.9km

20m

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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: April 8, 2026

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Bosreservaat De Zoren

Vlaams Natuurreservaat Achelse Kluis

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2.26 km

Beverbeek Castle

Highlight • Castle

Cobbled, oak-lined driveway. On the street side, guard's house from 1936 and wall with fence from the 1950s (?). Situated in a spacious, somewhat neglected park of just over 3 hectares in English landscape style with, among other things, chestnut trees and oaks; pond with island in front of the castle.
(Inventory of Immovable Heritage)

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5.62 km

Vlaams Natuurreservaat Achelse Kluis

Nature Reserve

6.44 km

Achelse Kluis Abbey

Highlight • Religious Site

The Achelse Kluis is a real highlight. Hermits lived here in the 17th century and cleared the sandy soil. In 1846 the Westmalle Trappists founded a new settlement here, following the strict rules of the Cistercians: prayer, study and silence.
In 1850, King Leopold I granted Achelse Kluis a brewing license. During the First World War, the German occupying forces confiscated the brewery. As a result, beer was no longer brewed until 1998. With the help and knowledge of the Trappist Abbeys of Rochefort, Westmalle and Westvleteren, the abbey then began to brew again.

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7.47 km

Bridge Over the Warmbeek

Highlight • Bridge

The Tongelreep is a tributary of the Dommel, which rises in Belgium on the Kempisch Plateau near Erpekom, a village in Peer. During its 25 km on Belgian territory, the river is called Warmbeek. The Warmbeek runs from its source due north, approximately parallel to the Dommel.
(Wikipedia)

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8.15 km

De Bever Estate

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

The Beverbeekse Heide is a nature reserve between Hamont and the Achelse Kluis in the De Groote Heide nature border park.
There is a former heathland that is mostly planted with Scots pine and covers 134 ha.
(Wikipedia)

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10.3 km

De Bever Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

The Domein De Bever in the Warmbeek valley was already an attraction for young and old in the 1960s. But an aggressive intruder threatened to destroy the idyll. Sounds like an alien invasion, but it wasn't that bad - but it was still dangerous.

The Brazilian milfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum), an invasive exotic species from South America, slowly overran more than half of the water surface, threatening the remaining flora and fauna. In order to give native animals and plants more chances again, the pond and heath landscapes were renatured in 2018 and 2020 to get rid of this exotic species.

On an adventurous adventure trail you can get to know the beautiful nature in this area in a playful way.

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10.4 km