A unique place, in the middle of nature, where children and boy experience challenging activities together on and around the water and in nature. Scouts, Scouting groups, families, schools, (youth and youth) associations and events are very welcome at the Horsterwold.
Team building, training, school camps, everything is possible at Scouting Estate Zeewolde! On this page you can see an overview of all activities that are offered at Zeewolde Scouting Estate.
Activities that are offered at Scoutinglandgoed Zeewolde can be booked via reserveringen@scoutinglandgoed.nl.
Your own campfire place
All camping fields at Scouting Estate Zeewolde have their own boiler room where it is possible to light a campfire and organize activities such as outdoor cooking. Of course you can also build a table fire on the estate (You can borrow pioneer wood from the service staff for free.) You can also borrow a (mandatory) fuel barrel from the service staff. For a small fee you can get firewood by wheelbarrow. It is not allowed to gather the flowers yourself.
Check in advance the camp rules that exist around the heating and inquire with the service staff if there is a drought if a heating warning or prohibition applies.
Campfire pit
Do you want to use the campfire pit? Arrange this in advance with the service staff, so that all campers have an equal opportunity to use the campfire pit.
Campfire evenings
A nice drink, cozy music and plenty of other scouts: in the high season, the service staff regularly organizes campfire evenings in the large campfire pit. We are happy to inform you about this upon arrival at the site.
Challenging hikes
From Scouting Estate Zeewolde you can walk beautifully through the polder and the forests around Zeewolde. You will pass the most beautiful places through nature reserves such as the Horsterwold and the Stille Kern. There are many different routes and techniques you can use: from intersection route to cross bearing and from oleate to staff map.
Ask the service staff about the possibilities!
On the water!
Barrels, ropes, pioneer wood and plenty of water at your doorstep. They are the ingredients for a group activity. You can borrow all materials free of charge from the service staff at the Scouting Estate. Do you want to make sure that the materials are available when you want to build rafts?
Reserve the items you need on time with the service staff. You can do this during your stay or in advance by email. Have fun on the water!
Treasure Search
Geocaching is an adventure game for GPS users. Participating in treasure hunting, in English ‘cache hunt’, is a good way to learn the benefits and the wonderful possibilities of a GPS. The basic idea is that people and organizations hide caches around the world and share the locations of these caches by reporting their exact position on the internet. Other GPS users use these coordinates to find these caches. Once the cache is found, the cache, or treasure, reveals its secrets. Two caches are hidden on the Scouting estate. Use your own GPS.
Landgoed Scouting Nederland “De Traditional” (GC6311Y)
A traditional cache on the Scouting estate. Stay on roads and paths, the cache is right next to the path. You can find the cache on this page.
Landgoed Scouting Nederland “De Multi” (GC6310F)
This short multi runs over Scouting Estate Zeewolde. Remember the values found, you need a part to calculate the end location.
Starting point (N52o17.096 E005o31.532). Here you will find a number of trees with signs in front of them, on these signs you will find the information you need to calculate WP 2. Find the entire cache on this page.
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Are you completely loose? Go to Walibi Holland! Exciting and spectacular rides, cool attractions and the best entertainment ensure a successful day out. Especially for visitors to the Scouting estate, Walibi has an interesting discount of more than five euros per person on your tickets. You can reserve in advance, but it is not necessary.
• Entrance Walibi per person from € 28.00 (regardless of age or group size)
• The above price does not include parking.
Where can you find the nicest playmates you could wish for? With whom you always have the most exciting adventures? Exactly. In the Dolphinarium! Dolphins, sea lions and many other aquatic animals: in the Dolphinarium you can see them all and learn a lot about them at the same time. Take a look at the explanation of the caretakers and visit the shows. You can only book tickets via the service staff or prior to your stay at activities@scoutinglandgoed.nl
• Entrance Dolfinairum per person from € 10.95 including an animal passport with information about the animals.
On the golf course
Pitch & Putt is a golf game that can be played by anyone without a golf proficiency certificate. As with golf, a golf ball with a golf club is intended to be played in a hole, but the holes are shorter and only two clubs are used, one to pitch and one to play.
wells. A pitch-and-putt course basically consists of 18 holes of par 3 that are 30 to 90 meters long from the turn to the flag. The sport is especially popular in Western Europe and Australia. The game can also be played in teams (up to 4 players).
You can choose from different packages:
• 9 holes of golf or foot golf, duration 1.5 hours, € 8.50 per person
• 18 hole golf or foot golf, duration 2 hours, € 12.00 per person
Prices include instruction and materials. Booking in for morning hours has the best chance of being available (between 10 am and 1 pm). Parking costs € 4.00 per car (parking at Strand Horst), but you can also cross the ferry from Zeewolde (on foot or by bicycle).
Playing tactically or just full rambo?
Equipped with a sturdy coverall, a protective mask and of course your paintball gun (or laser gun) with a full magazine, you enter one of our challenging arenas. After the starting signal, the paint balls immediately fly around your ears. You sprint and dive behind one of the many objects. Hide
behind a real sailing ship, huge tractor tires or under car wrecks. Crawl through huge sewer pipes or climb into a lookout. With ideal coverage, you take out one opponent after another.
During the Xperiences on Paintball Beach, paintball and laser tag get an extra dimension. Take on a SWAT team or win The Golden Gun!
The Paintball Beach also offers space for relaxation in our cozy bar, for a snack and a drink.
• Until 14 years € 16.50 per person. 1000 bullets for 8 participants, duration 1.5 hours
• 14-17 years – Airsoft € 18.50 per person. Unlimited bullets. Duration 1.5 hours. Number of participants to be determined by yourself.
• From 18 years – Paintball € 20.00. 200 bullets per person. Duration 1.5 hours. Number of participants to be determined by yourself.
Closed on Sundays. Special opening hours can be arranged for large groups. Parking costs € 4.00 per car (parking at Strand Horst), but you can also cross the ferry from Zeewolde (on foot or by bicycle).
On the water!
The province of Flevoland is characterized by a lot of open space and a sleek layout, but the Flevopolder has much more to offer. Namely the Blue Diamond and the Silent Core, the ideal destination for the canoe enthusiast who loves nature. Paddle for miles through a varied landscape: the largest hardwood forest in Western Europe – the Horsterwold and the beaver’s habitat. Thanks to nature-friendly sustainable banks with reeds and water plants, countless birds and amphibians have found their home in and around the water. A true paradise for the nature lover!
Rental costs Canadian canoe: € 8.25 for half a day, € 13.35 for a full day. The canoes can be rented via the service staff.
The prices for the 1-person kayaks are the same as the canoes.
The most playful zoo in the Netherlands
Discover Amersfoort Zoo during your day out, because Amersfoort Zoo has plenty to do. You can climb over, under, behind, above and between the animals via the exciting Klim Alles route. SnavelRijk is the largest walk-through aviary in the Netherlands, where you can wander among different birds in the enormous enclosure of three thousand square meters. In the Great Wilderness you sail in your own bicycle boat along the island of the ring-tailed lemurs and capuchin monkeys. Winding across the river you get close to the giraffes and zebras. You will discover the most playful zoo in Amersfoort, an hour by bike from the estate and easily accessible by public transport.
• From € 20.00 per person if booked in advance; Dierenpark Amersfoort has a discount scheme for groups of 20 people or more.
• Parking by car costs € 8.00
Eco safari in Zeewolde
From June to October, Staatsbosbeheer, in collaboration with “Puur Zeewolde, Puur Plezier”, offers safari excursions with the unique eco-car through the Stille Kern. An excursion through a 900 hectare nature reserve where natural processes are given plenty of space. The area is grazed by a herd of Konik horses, which provide a varied flora and fauna. The Staatsbosbeheer nature guide will show you the highlights of this special nature reserve and experience the silence and untouched nature of this new wilderness. Get in and join the search for the wild horses, roe deer and fallow deer. Listen to the many birds and try to discover the sound of the golden oriole. A two hour safari that you will not soon forget.
From 8 years old. Not suitable for the disabled (due to short sections of the road). Bring your binoculars, camera, sturdy footwear and long pants Dogs are not allowed. For more information, visit the Staatsbosbeheer website.
There are various cycling routes around Zeewolde. The cycle path runs from the Nijkerker lock to Zeewolde right through the Scouting estate. The cycle path is part of the intersection and long-distance cycle route. This way you can make a beautiful trip with the distance that suits you.
Cycling to the estate
Looking for a beautiful route to Scouting Estate Zeewolde? Or a route where you cross the estate for an overnight stay? Then choose the LF9 NAP route. This route has a special theme: the NAP (Normal Amsterdam Level). This long cycle route broadly follows the coastline that arises when all dikes and dunes disappear. View the entire route here.
Rent bicycles at Scouting Estate Zeewolde
At the service staff, you can rent city bikes all year round for half a day or a day. Are you coming with a large group? Please let us know in advance so that we can ensure that there are enough bicycles.
• City bike for a whole day: € 8.00
• City bike for a week (7 days): € 32.50
Nice step in the polder!
Through the forests, the polders and along the water: this is a completely different experience while stepping! Combine the scooter with fun activities or a lunch on the way and fully enjoy the surroundings. Ask the service staff for fun route tips. At the service staff you can rent scooters all year round for half a day or a day.
The steps are not standard on site, so let us know at least 7 days in advance if you want to use this activity.
• Step for half a day: € 4.00
• Step for a whole day: € 7.50
• Step for a week (7 days): € 25.00
Afterwards you return the scooters clean. At the service staff there is the possibility to spray the steps clean.
Splash!
Large water features characterize the Scouting estate like no other. Here it is wonderful to swim and play. Looking at the water from a different angle? Step into a water ball for a unique experience. And … you just stay dry! In the water balls you can walk across the water to the Adventure Island. The water balls can be rented from the service staff for group activities.
The use of the water balls is free for scouts. For non-scouts it costs € 25.00 per session.
There are 6 water balls available.
Three-hour challenge!
In collaboration with Even Buiten, we offer you a three-hour package, where you have the choice from three parts from the list below. How about activities like:
a 10 meter high climbing tower rappelling | trapeze jump | the zip line of 80 meters archery shooting rifle | mega slingshot | obstacle course adventure route
Price per youth member (management takes part for free): € 18.00 and for larger groups the activities are offered in circuit form.
Food and drink
Each package comes with standard lemonade with some goodies and baking a sandwich over the campfire. Coffee and tea are available for managers. The package can be extended with a meal. For example the campfire meal, the chili meal “taco in a bag” or pizzas from a wood oven. All these meals are prepared in and around the campfire and are based on self-motivation. This means that help is expected from managers and scouts in preparing and cleaning up the meal. Meal costs are from € 5 per person
In addition, there are all kinds of specials to book: bushcraft activities, Expedition Robinson, outdoor cooking and much more! Ask for the possibilities!
Nice to float
In the Aqua Mundo of De Eemhof you can swim in the wave pool, descend into the white water course and slide down the 11 meter high spectacular Turbo Twister! The pool is suitable for all ages. Outside there is a spacious sunbathing area and in the Aqua Mundo you will also find several slides, rapids, cold water bath and much more!
Swimming from € 21.00
Parking car € 7.50
Tickets are available from the service staff. Having a swimming diploma is mandatory for this activity.
Just swim
If you just want to swim laps, the swimming pool at Sportcomplex Het Baken is a great location. Check the website for the correct opening hours and prices. Het Baken will be renovated in mid-2020.
Het Baken sports complex is located at Horsterweg 25, 3891 EV Zeewolde.
For small and large
Scouting Estate Zeewolde is also the place to stay (during your camp) for a day and to do all kinds of fun small activities. We have equipment to build rafts (or bring your own rope), we have Levend Stratego ready for you, you can do green activities, but also play as KUBB and what about big Mikado.
Book before your arrival via reservations@scoutinglandgoed.nl or drop by the colleagues of the service staff.