Final-year school trip to Texel and Amsterdam: cycling in the dunes, the Wadden Sea, seals and canals (5 days)
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Reference RTO-05-493
- Duration 5 days
- DepartureFrom the place of your choice
- GroupFrom 20 participants
- DateOn the date of your choice
Three days cycling on the island of Texel among dunes, beaches, seals and the Wadden Sea, then a final stop on Amsterdam’s canals.
This outdoor, active final-year trip takes pupils to Texel, the largest of the Wadden Islands. By bike, they explore the dunes national park, the North Sea beaches and the island's villages, watch seals and discover the Wadden Sea, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, before ending with a day in Amsterdam and its canals. The departure date and time are set with your school in the quote. The journey is made in daytime, with a 30-minute break every 3 hours on the road, and the coach stays with the group on site, including on the island, crossing over with it by ferry.
Programme
Day 1: Departure from your school and crossing to Texel
- Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to Den Helder (about 4 hours depending on the departure point, excluding breaks).
- Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
- Ferry crossing from Den Helder to Texel with the coach (about 20 minutes).
- Bikes handed out and a first ride to the beach at De Koog and the North Sea dunes.
- Check-in at the accommodation on the island for three nights, dinner and a quiet evening.
Day 2: Dunes, beaches and seals
- A day by bike in the Dunes of Texel National Park, as far as De Slufter, a vast plain flooded by the sea at high tide.
- Free picnic on the beach.
- Visit to Ecomare, a seal sanctuary and Wadden nature museum (on request).
- Ride back through the villages of De Koog and Den Burg.
- Dinner and supervised evening.
Day 3: The Wadden Sea
- Bike ride to Oudeschild, a small fishing port on the Wadden Sea, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Visit to Kaap Skil, the island's maritime museum (on request).
- Trip on a shrimp-fishing boat to see the seals on the sandbanks (on request).
- Walk on the mudflats at low tide with a nature guide, depending on the tides and the season (on request).
- Dinner and last evening on the island.
Day 4: Back to the mainland and Amsterdam
- Bikes returned, rooms vacated and ferry crossing to Den Helder.
- Drive to Amsterdam (about 1 hour 15 min) and free lunch.
- Canal cruise: the Herengracht, the Keizersgracht and the Prinsengracht, lined with Golden Age merchants' houses.
- Walk from Dam Square to the Begijnhof and through the Jordaan.
- Check-in at the accommodation in Amsterdam for one night, dinner and supervised evening.
Day 5: Amsterdam and return to Belgium
- Rooms vacated after breakfast.
- Visit to the Anne Frank House (on request) or supervised free time at the Albert Cuyp Market.
- Departure in the early afternoon, daytime drive back to Belgium (about 3 hours, excluding breaks) with regular breaks.
- Arrival at your school in the evening.
The price includes
- Coach transport from your school, with the coach at the group's disposal throughout the stay
- The services of one driver
- 3 nights in a hotel, youth hostel or group centre on the island of Texel and 1 night in or around Amsterdam, rooms for 3 to 8 pupils and separate rooms for the accompanying staff
- Half board (breakfast and dinner), from dinner on day 1 to breakfast on day 5
- The return ferry crossings Den Helder–Texel with the coach
- Bike hire during the stay on Texel
- The Amsterdam canal cruise
- Free places for the accompanying staff (their share is included in the price per pupil)
- Accommodation for the driver
- Road costs, parking fees and tolls
The price does not include
- Visit to Ecomare, the seal sanctuary
- Visit to Kaap Skil, Texel's maritime museum
- Trip on a shrimp-fishing boat to see the seals
- Guided walk on the Wadden Sea mudflats
- Visit to the Anne Frank House
- Lunches (not included; hotel packed lunches on request), and drinks
- Admission to museums and monuments not mentioned
- Tourist tax
- Cancellation and refund protection (optional)
- Pocket money and personal expenses
Good to know
- Valid identity card or passport, signed parental consent form for each pupil under 18 and European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), to be requested from your health insurance fund a few weeks before departure.
- Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
- Supervision is provided by the accompanying teachers; each pupil signs a code of conduct based on the school rules (no alcohol for minors or on the coach, no drug use, punctuality and compliance with instructions during free time, respect for cycling rules and the guides' instructions, no venturing onto the mudflats alone or swimming without supervision, coffee shops excluded from the programme and prohibited for under-18s).
- The pupil list and rooming list are entered in the school's online area (Excel import possible); rooms are allocated according to your instructions.
- Recommended period: May to September; mudflat walks only take place in the warmer season and depend on the tide times, so the programme is adjusted day by day. The wind blows hard on the island: bring a windproof jacket, a raincoat, sun cream and sportswear. The Netherlands uses the euro and the same electrical sockets as Belgium; lunches are not included, allow around €10–15 per pupil per day (hotel packed lunches recommended for the cycling days).
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- 25 →+125 paying participants: 1 free place(s)
- 50 →+350 paying participants: 3 free place(s)
- 75 →+475 paying participants: 4 free place(s)
- 100 →+6100 paying participants: 6 free place(s)
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Final-year school trip to Texel and Amsterdam: cycling in the dunes, the Wadden Sea, seals and canals (5 days)
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