Recumbent bike route 2 Kruibeke-Bazel-Rupelmonde 15.8 km

Recumbent bike route 2 Kruibeke - Bazel - Rupelmonde 15.5 km

Departure L. Poodtstraat Bazel

Kemphoekstraat-Ringdijk-Barbierbeeksluis inlet G.O.G. (Controlled flood area)

Jaagpad north towards Scheldelei

Scheldelei: Polderstone, Cosmogolem: km 3.2

Kortbroek: Nature reserve, retention basin for surface water Kapelbeek, Ringgraben, Stenenbeek, birdwatching hut, amphibian pond, fish ponds

Jaagpad along the Schelde: Pyramid 17.45 cm high: km 4.4

Waterfalls: Outlet sluice Meivis, inlet sluice Meire: G.O.G. and G.G.G.: km 4.6 Jaagpad along the Schelde: Overflow dike lowered to 6.80 m

Heirbeeksluis: Mouth of the Old Barbierbeek: far view over the 150 ha meadow breeding area: km 6.2

Kallebeekveer: Lange Gaanweg: drainage: the Fassaat: 10 ha area km 8.7

Blue Gaanweg: fish-passable lock: km 9

Blue Lime Tree: km 9.7. Here the route can be shortened (-3.5 km) by turning right and staying right and driving the Ringdijk to the Arcade. Otherwise:

At the Blue Lime Tree, continue straight on Zand Gaanweg and follow the Jaagpad on the right until the lock of the Rupelmondse Kreek. (°1715) Km 11: Carp House, alluvial Alder swamp forests on old peat bogs are very rare in Western Europe, beavers, kingfishers, martens, ospreys (migrants)

Dijkstraat Rupelmonde: Roundabout: The King of Kingabwa. (Lieven D’Haese) refers to the colonial role that C.N.R (Chantier Navale De Rupelmonde) played in shipbuilding. (Ikea system)

Follow the Jaagpad along the Ringdijk: indicating the entrance of the Beaverpad (gate) and a little further to Koningshofke at the Kreek.

Arcade

Turn left down the Ringdijk to Lange Gaanweg and over the Lindendreef, past St Jorisschool, enter Kemphoekstraat on the left and on the left the Kruibeke street, 200 m further, enter the L. Poodtstraat on the right.