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Mombeek Valley – Mombeek Valley Nature Reserve loop from Alken

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Mombeek Valley – Mombeek Valley Nature Reserve loop from Alken

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Mombeek Valley – Mombeek Valley Nature Reserve loop from Alken

01:54

7.47km

20m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

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Mombeekvallei

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466 m

Bengelbeemd Nature Area

Highlight • Natural

The Kleine Herk flows with you here and leaves the civilized world for a moment to seek silence...

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919 m

Bengelbeemd

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Here you will find the Bengelbeemd, an initiative of the Regionaal Landschap Haspengouw & Voeren. This is not a birth forest but an alternative to it. The municipality of Alken …

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2.06 km

Wooden Boardwalk in Mombeekvallei

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As in most accessible nature areas in valley landscapes where streams and other waters sometimes cause a lot of mud and wet, you can also bridge parts here and there …

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2.25 km

Mombeek Valley

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The heart of the Mombeek valley consists of the Mombeek and the Oude Mombeek. The second, which is sometimes dry in summer, flows into the first. For a while they …

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3.00 km

Picnic bench

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Located on the hiking trails and on the cycle path from Alken to Sint-Lambrechts-Herk on the bridge over the Mombeek - with information sign for those who would board here or just want to read.

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3.98 km

Mombeek Valley (St.-Lambrechts-Herk)

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The Mombeekvallei nature reserve winds like a narrow green ribbon through fertile agricultural land in the border zone between Alken and Sint-Lambrechts-Herk. It is a typical brook valley of Vochtig-Haspengouw. …

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4.02 km

Natuurpunt Heritage Orchard

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Here you will find a young standard orchard with a hawthorn hedge that was planted by Natuurpunt around the turn of the century on the edge of the Mombeek valley. …

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5.23 km

Mombeek Valley Nature Reserve

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The nature reserve Mombeekvallei is situated between agricultural lands in Alken and Sint-Lambrechts-Herk. You will find bushes and thickets. But also meadows full of flowers and small bushes. The heart …

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7.47 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.14 km

2.43 km

1.33 km

554 m

Surfaces

4.86 km

932 m

865 m

469 m

336 m

Elevation

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Thursday 28 May

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Mombeek Valley – Mombeek Valley Nature Reserve loop from Alken

Bengelbeemd Nature Area

Bengelbeemd

Wooden Boardwalk in Mombeekvallei

Mombeek Valley

Picnic bench

Mombeek Valley (St.-Lambrechts-Herk)

Natuurpunt Heritage Orchard

Mombeek Valley Nature Reserve

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