Final-year school trip to Amsterdam and the island of Texel: canals, cycling in the dunes, Ecomare and seals (4 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Amsterdam

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, daytime drive to the Netherlands (about 3 hours, excluding stops).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Arrival in Amsterdam in the late morning, lunch at your own expense, then cruise on the Golden Age canals.
• Walk from Dam Square to the Begijnhof and through the Jordaan district.
• Check-in at the accommodation in Amsterdam for one night, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 2: Amsterdam, then crossing to Texel

• Visit to the Rijksmuseum and Rembrandt's “The Night Watch” (on request).
• Supervised free time in the centre and lunch at your own expense.
• Drive to Den Helder (about 1 hr 15), then ferry crossing to Texel (about 20 minutes), coach included.
• Check-in at the accommodation on the island for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Texel by bike: dunes, Ecomare and the lighthouse

• Bike hire and ride through the dunes of the Dunes of Texel National Park to De Koog.
• Visit to Ecomare, the nature centre for the Wadden Sea and the North Sea, where seals are cared for and sheltered.
• Lunch at your own expense, then supervised free time on the beach at De Koog.
• Ride on to the Texel lighthouse in the north of the island; climb to the top of the lighthouse (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Return by ferry and drive to your school

• Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded onto the coach.
• Last stroll in Den Burg, the island's small town centre, then ferry crossing to Den Helder.
• Daytime drive back to Belgium (about 4 hours, excluding stops) with regular stops.
• Arrival at your school in the late afternoon or evening.