Sailing in a special landscape

The Nieuwkoopse Plassen area consists of lakes, swamp forest, wetlands with reed beds, peat meadows and countless wide and narrow ditches. Due to the increasing demand for peat as fuel in the 16th century and thanks to the peat miners and later the reed cutters, this particularly varied nature reserve was created. You will sail here in a very special landscape. It almost feels like a fairytale on the ditches. On the open lake you can enjoy the enormous expanse and the impressive views. Somewhere, often without you noticing, just an otter is swimming around, a fox is walking or a bald eagle is flying! The Netherlands is beautiful…