For on your greener list is this nature outing with kids: The Nature Game at De Hoge Veluwe. Saskia went before you and had an awesome day in nature! The autumn colours were beautiful, but this interactive adventure is actually a tip in any season. The Nature Game is especially for families with children aged nine and up. It's exciting, it's educational AND you're out and about. Sounds like the perfect family activity? It is!
The Nature Game: treasure hunt on De Hoge Veluwe
The Nature Game is a kind of scavenger hunt 2.0 through a beautiful part of the Netherlands: De Hoge Veluwe. You start at the Museonder, the museum about everything that lives under the ground, where you immediately see cool things like a complete root system of a tree. There, or in the Park Shop opposite, for 2 euros you get a card with QR code, which opens the game in the app. And then? Then the adventure begins. You follow a 2.1-kilometre route and along the way solve riddles, search for animals and discover hidden stories about the Park and the Kröller-Müller Museum. It took us over two hours.
How does this scavenger hunt go?
The children hold the map and take you in tow. In the app, you will be shown videos and questions in different places that you use to solve a riddle. Each correct answer you write on the map, and from each answer you extract one letter. By the end of the route, you will have formed a secret word. The route ends at the Kröller-Müller Museum. If you still have the energy, you can visit this museum. Otherwise - as we did - grab a White Bike and cycle back to the Museonder via the cycle path. That's where your adventure ends. We thought such a solved puzzle was worth a hot chocolate and pancake. We scored those at Restaurant De Hoge Veluwe right opposite the Museonder!
An interactive nature outing: The Nature Game at De Hoge Veluwe.
Practical info: this is how The Nature Game works on De Veluwe
This scavenger hunt costs 2 euros, but you do need an entrance ticket to the National Park. Check current prices on the website. This also gives you access to the Museonder, the White Bicycles, the playground, toilets and other facilities. Do you want to enter the Kröller-Müller Museum afterwards? Then you do need a separate ticket for that.
You start The Nature Game at the Museonder or the Park Shop. Both are located at the central square of the Park. You get here via entrance Otterlo. From this entrance, you have two options to reach your starting point (navigate to Houtkampweg 9c, Otterlo).
- Park your car at the entrance, buy your entrance tickets and grab a free White Bike. In about eight minutes, you cycle through the forest to the central square with the Museonder, Park Shop and restaurant.
- Drive your car into the Park (charges apply) and park directly on the square near the Museonder.
One card per family is enough. And with the free app, you play the game on your phone. So make sure you have a well-charged smartphone. This scavenger hunt is also a fun tip for a family day or a children's party!
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