{"id":25607,"date":"2026-01-12T14:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/?p=25607"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:36:33","slug":"landal-de-vers-jouw-uitvalsbasis-voor-gravel-in-noord-brabant-en-noord-limburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/en\/verhalen\/nederland\/noord-brabant\/landal-de-vers-jouw-uitvalsbasis-voor-gravel-in-noord-brabant-en-noord-limburg","title":{"rendered":"Landal De Vers: your base for gravel in North Brabant and North Limburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Limburg. The Land of Gravel and Sand. At least, if the North Limburg gravel cycling routes website is to be believed. After all, it is called \u2018Land of Gravel and Sand\u2019. That the title matches reality, we do agree. You have beautiful routes through the sand and gravel excavations there. On our recent visit to Landal De Vers<\/a> we tested out one of these routes and came to a striking conclusion. Not only the routes in northern Limburg are finger-licking good. The gravel routes in the eastern part of Noord-Brabant, too, are what you'll love coming to Overloon for!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brabant gravel with 66 kilometres of off-road fun<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As we drive the car on the Friday of our weekend the park<\/a> send up, we immediately notice something: we are in the middle of the forest. That means you can be on dirt tracks in no time. That bodes well. Our accommodation, a little further up the park also promises a lot: with a BBQ, plenty of space and a shed for storing the bikes, we can get away with it here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We unpack the bikes, get ready and Thomas (of The Cycling Code) and I set off. Ahead of us is a 66km route over the unpaved paths of Brabant country. This should be something! The route leads us from the park into the forest and country within a few hundred metres. Endless gravel paths, with even gravel crossings fall to us. We are both from the Randstad and you just don't see much of this there. It has to be said: some paths were quite boggy (it was late November) and that did make for some serious ploughing through the mud. But, never mind, that was only for a few kilometres in total. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So the route starts from De Vers and you first dive through the Helderse Duinen. I have to say you don't see much of that on the route, but it is nice graveling. Then you go via Zwartwater and the diversion canal running there towards the forests of Sint Anthonis. That is really pure enjoyment. We make a kind of loop through the whole forest there, which puts a broad smile on our faces. A little later, we pass Strandbad \u2018De Bergen\u2019. There we briefly catch ourselves on the mini-motorbike track that is there. The owner quickly corrects us: this is not the intention! We did laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nice variety<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wide paths along the water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The forests around The Fresh are lovely<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then it's on towards Molenheide. There Thomas can't hold back (again) and by the little lake he is an accomplished crosser, but also one who has to do the walk of shame. Smiles all over. THIS is also about the halfway point of our route. A little further on, at the Hoge Raam, we have to get off our bikes and use the tow ferry. Again, this is hilarity all round, if only because of the somewhat unstable ferry itself. Fortunately, we stay dry. From then on, it's delightful again through the farmlands of North Brabant. It is now mostly farmland with only a bit of forestation around Hondsberg. That's a stone's throw from our finishing point. The route totals more than 50% of gravel. That's not bad for the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n