It is one of the most bird-rich areas in Western Europe, with resident black-necked grebes and sometimes migrating common cranes in October/November.

The terrain is varied with inaccessible peat swamps, lakes, heath land and sand ridges.

There is a 3 km-long route guided by red poles with a tower that provides visitors with a view of the wasteland.

De Groote Peel National Park is one of the last, largely raised bogs that remains uncultivated.

De Groote Peel offers a varied landscape of inaccessible peat swamp, lakes, open moorland areas, plains and sand ridges with purple moor.