The cross-border family trip

The hike starts in the village of Ourthe, not far from the source of the river it is named after. It is here that the Eastern Ourthe originates from four small streams flowing down from the surrounding hills.

You reach the village of Gouvy via the Gouvy station (63) and then the old part of Gouvy (66). You leave the village in the direction of the Cherapont lake and follow the Eastern Ourthe from the heights to Rettigny (34), a small Ardennes village with many traditional quality farms.

The route then meanders through the valley alongside the Bistain rock formation and climbs up to Cetturu to reach the grassland plateau and the village of Steinbach (33). You gradually climb back to the ridge (which also corresponds to the border between the Meuse and Rhine watersheds) and return to the RAVEL. Then towards the Belgian-Luxembourg border (27) which you follow to Wathermal to return to your starting point.