This tour is recommended if map-reading is not your strongest suit. Getting lost is impossible while experiencing the ultimate get-away-from-it-all feeling.
If you don't have much canoeing experience yet, this round trip is really for you. You can paddle quietly and easily spend half a day on the road. You start at Fort Bakkerskil and while paddling between reeds and a nostalgic hand-pull ferry you head south. You pass islands, hamlets, meadows and a jungle-like ditch in one of the Bakkerskil's tributaries. Don't let overhanging branches stop you here, but sail under the overgrown bridge until you reach the wickerworkers' hut. This spot is the icing on the cake. Such fairy-tale and quiet spots should be looked for with a lantern, but we are happy to reveal this one. Here you can stretch your legs and rest.
The out-and-back on the Bakkerskil is a beautiful route for true nature lovers. Although the little waterway flows through the Oostwaardpolder, you also experience the Brabant jungle here. Especially make the forays into the dead-end arms marked on the map. The one halfway along the route brings you to a fairytale spot where you can also moor and picnic in peace.
