Holiday home Kikker

You don't come across a more versatile environment than the Kop van Drenthe. Primeval forests that invite you to take a brisk walk, marshes and dry sand plains. To then cycle into an open stream valley where the sun shines on the water. Highlanders and sheep on one of the beautiful moorlands and the
cows that still graze outside on the vast farmlands. A small selection of the beautiful nature reserves in the vicinity of our nature house:

Fochteloerveen
Experience what a large part of Drenthe once looked like. Splendid natural beauty, rare raised bogs where many special plants and animals live. Like cranes that breed here in our country for the first time in centuries. Truly a unique area.

Drenthe estates
Idyllic park forests from the 19th century, beech and oak avenues. The Mensinghe estate in Roden has been giving this beautiful area a special appearance for more than 600 years.

norscheveld
While walking, history becomes tangible. The heaths and forests of the Noorscheveld are home to many ancient cultural treasures. Here you will find prehistoric burial mounds and comb fields, which seem to take no notice of the grazing highlanders and goats.

Leekstermeer
In addition to beautiful forests, you will also find plenty of water in the versatile area in the vicinity of "de Norgerberg". Winding rivers and streams alternate with quiet fens, but also more extensive water such as the Leekstermeer. With a whisper boat you can explore this beautiful area where many water birds breed. Surrounded by the Ommelanden Nature Reserve, this is a completely different side of the Kop van Drenthe.

Norgerholt
One of the last primeval forests in the Netherlands, in the middle of a picturesque esdorp landscape. The Boermarke once met here, between four large oaks. This “meeting place” can still be found in the ancient forest.

Dolmens
If you are in Drenthe, you will of course want to see dolmens. Let yourself be transported back to prehistoric times. To the time when the first farmers settled in Drenthe. These farmers built the impressive stone grave monuments, the remains of which can still be admired in the Drenthe landscape. Hunebed D1 is a few minutes away by car, or only 5 km by bike. D1 is located just south of Roden in the Noorder Duinen near the hamlet that owes its name to the hunebed: Steenbergen. It is a beautiful, medium-sized hunebed. Do you want to learn more? Then visit the Hunebed Center in Borger. The Oertijdpark is open next to the museum. There you can experience how our ancestors lived in their farms. You can also take a walk through 150,000 years of Drenthe's history.