The landscape consists of forests and heathlands on a sandy plateau along the river Meuse close to the German border.

The present characteristics of the park are strongly influenced by an intense interplay of wind, water and humans through the course of time, resulting in a unique pattern of drifting sand ridges or parabolic dunes.

At present drifting sand is rare due to the forestry programs of the state at the beginning of the 20th century.

Among the flora we find several oak species, birch, pine, alder and beech and the very rare marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe) and bog myrtle (Myrica gale).

Responsible for the management of the park are the municipality of Bergen, the provincial private nature conservation organisation Stichting het Limburgs Landschap, Staatsbosbeheer and some private land owners.