Rantum Basin Dike – Rantum Basin Nature Reserve loop from Baakdeel-Rantum/Sylt

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Rantum Basin Dike – Rantum Basin Nature Reserve loop from Baakdeel-Rantum/Sylt

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Rantum Basin Dike – Rantum Basin Nature Reserve loop from Baakdeel-Rantum/Sylt

01:16

5.06km

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 19, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Rantumbecken

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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777 m

Sylt Coffee Roastery Christian Appel

Highlight • Cafe

Directly at the small sailing port at the Rantumbecken, the smell of freshly roasted coffee blows from a distance away. Since the small roastery is also a café at the …

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885 m

Rantum Basin Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

A 4 km long dam, initially still concrete slabs, but mostly gravel runs through the water here.

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896 m

Rantum Basin — Harbor and Coastal Views

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1.13 km

Rantum Basin Dike

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When visibility is good, the view goes as far as Westerland or Keitum or in the other direction as far as Hörnum.
In between there are many water birds.

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1.43 km

Historic Sluice and Pumping Station at the Rantum Basin

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The pumping stations (2) were used to keep the water level.

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1.89 km

Rantum Dam View

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From Rantumer Damm you have a beautiful view of the basin.

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1.90 km

Birdlife at Rantum Basin

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You can observe a lot of birds.

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2.53 km

The Rantum basin is a nature reserve in the middle of the island of Sylt, south of the towns of Westerland and Tinnum. It is named after the place Rantum. This protected area is looked after by the Jordsand association.

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5.06 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.28 km

1.44 km

334 m

Surfaces

2.16 km

2.02 km

877 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 28 October

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Comments

April 28, 2025,Sylt - Rantum Hafen/Rantumbecken

After enjoying more mussels in Hörnum, our feasting continued in the afternoon at the harbor in Rantum..😏😅
In addition to a distillery, a wine shop, and a Zanzibar outlet, there's a café/roastery with delicious cakes - the star here, however, is the excellent coffee! 😋👌 Of course, a few beans from this also went into the "beautiful backpack" (you know …

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