Equipped tent
Do you want to explore Leuven, but would you rather stay in nature? Or do you just want to get away from it all? Do you like to seek some peace and quiet with your children? Or would you like to come as a couple? Or whatever... You are more than welcome on our meadow. The surroundings are beautiful and it is simply wonderful to fall asleep at night or wake up in the morning with grazing alpacas around you. Watching the hopping goats makes you instantly happy. And soon there will be pigs walking around here too! Moreover, you can easily get here by train! For example, if you take the train from Leuven to Pécrot, you will be there in about ten minutes. Brussels is also not far, you can get there in just under an hour. The meadow, where the tents are really among the animals, is 1 kilometer from the station. So simple. If you come by car, you can easily park it.
But you don't have to go far away, Sint-Agatha-Rode is beautifully situated in the Dijle valley with several nature reserves nearby where you can enjoy walking or cycling. I would be happy to give you tips about this. Hiking points, but also cycling junctions can be found here. (Meerdaalwoud, Doode Bemde, Ijse valley, Grootbroek, Rode forest ...)
What can you expect as a camper at our place, besides the beautiful nature and the soothing alpacas? You will certainly find some luxury in the tent: good beds, wonderful blankets, beautiful furnishings and the necessary space so that you can also sit at the table inside! You can prepare food on an outdoor gas fire, barbecue (available) or you can grill on a campfire. (fire bowl available) Each tent has outdoor seating and a picnic table. If you sit outside your tent, you have a beautiful view of the meadows and forests near the Dijle valley, and the curious alpacas will certainly come to you at some point. I will certainly make time for you so that you can meet the soothing creatures.
There is of course a toilet, you do your washing in a tub (there is running water) and when the weather is nice we hang a shower bag.
To conclude, I would like to say that alpacas are curious, but also very sensitive animals. So the idea is to keep it quiet on the meadow. Playing and playing music that is not too loud is of course allowed, but running after the animals is not allowed. I would like to show you how to feed them and gently pet them. The goats are more playful and like a firmer massage. I am personally curious about the arrival of two mini pigs.
Nature lovers, animal lovers, families, friends or couples! People who want to press the pause button and find peace!
Drinking water
Gas stove
Fire basket
Toilet
Hot shower
Picnic table
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An unruly mutt, a pair of white mice with pink tails and a tortoise that crawled into the ground with the first wind… those are the pets I hardly remember, but they cheered up my childhood years. After that, guinea pigs galore followed, my mother told me to choose the fattest one, which would be the healthiest, but after a few days we immediately had about five. And those creatures liked to see each other because there were many, many, so many that I handed them out at the school gate in kindergarten. Our Krulleke, as the name says, had curly hair, it was a small black poodle. Then I must have been about 8 years old, a sweetheart! No, not such a cut-to-shape model, rather one with a wilder look, but so soft on the inside, he was no less than eighteen years old. Goldfish, parakeets, canaries, chickens, hamsters, turkeys, turtles. The latter went with them, they stood in a children's pool on the stove and got steak and became gigantic. And in my room, or rather in the room of a friend, I met my husband Danny and he gave me, besides my two beautiful children, the best gift ever: Marie, a beautiful Dalmatian. With him we made endless walks around the Abbey of the Park, Heverlee and after a few years moved with us to Sint-Agatha-Rode. He was good friends with our blue parakeet who came flying to take a shower as soon as you opened the tap. The latter also picked up the leftovers of the children from their high chair. Two Flemish giants, the rabbits that is to say, were also given complete freedom here. They ran loose in the garden and went to sleep in the garage at night. The dog and rabbits often sent into the garden together, side by side. Chickens, always had. A lovebird has also flown around here. Not only in the house, also around the house and he kept coming back. He was my husband's best friend. When Marie died, a new dog, Louka, arrived soon after, now an eight-year-old dachshund.
In short, a small introduction, a bit big, to say that I love animals. As a child I dreamed of becoming a farmer, the farmer at the end of the street where I lived as a child taught me and my best friend to milk cows one day. I also never forget that we were allowed to pitch our tent with her during the summer holidays and camp on the farm. I always sat outside, preferably in nature: watching insects in meadows, climbing trees in bushes, rescuing tadpoles on wasteland, swimming in ponds, ... And to be honest, this was sometimes to the annoyance of my mother… Why didn't I want to do puzzles or play board games or read a book with my sister? (Late apologies to my sister, sorry, Inneke.) I did not become a farmer, a vet, which I also thought about for a long time, in the end not either. I studied languages (Dutch, French, Spanish) and obtained a pedagogical diploma. All my life I have been teaching with heart and soul. And then I got sick and thought, thought a lot. I am over 50, what would I still like to achieve. Nothing big, nothing special, nothing shocking ... But my decision was made, I wanted more nature and animals back into my life. Moreover, my children are now independent, Michiel is 20 and Anne-Lore will continue studying next year. They no longer need my daily care. And I signed up for a basic alpaca keeping course.
And then the ball started rolling. How nice it would be to be able to keep those animals for yourself. I regularly drove to Gingelom, where I followed the basic course, to learn more about the animals and to organize walks with them. How calming those animals are! I would like to pass on that peace to the campers on the meadow. Welcome!
Paying full attention to the animals on site (alpacas, goats and soon mini pigs and chickens)
Explore the nature reserves in the area by walking, cycling or sailing (kayaking).
An organic farm 'apple factory' in Neerijse, a farm 'Hof ter Vaeren' with dairy and ice creams in Terlanen
The tiki bar in Ottenburg, the small resistance in Terlanen
Etny, restaurant 100 meters. In Oud-Heverlee you have the Zoete Waters with all kinds of brasseries and restaurants.
Alpacas
Other, namely
Meadow or plain
River or stream
Urban area
Forest
Hiking
Cycling
Horseback riding
Guests who cancel at least 30 days before check-in date will receive a refund of the amount paid by them (excl. Campspace fees). If they cancel between 14 and 30 days before check-in, they will receive a 50% refund. Otherwise they will not be refunded.
- Dogs are unfortunately not welcome, the alpacas would experience too much stress when an unprecedented dog comes to them.
- The alpacas will often move around you, they are curious animals and especially want to know if you have anything to eat. You can only feed them at fixed times, in my presence.
- Respect these sensitive animals, give them rest and do not chase them. When you are calm with them, they will come to you more often and you can enjoy them more.
- Music is possible, but you shouldn't disturb anyone.
Pets allowed: no
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