🎵 Dinant hike + jazz rally [25km] 🎵

The wooded area in the municipality of Dinant receives many walkers every year. The wide range and the beautiful nature ensure great popularity. The beautiful area around the river Maas provides a unique landscape, with a nice balance of wide fields and green forests. While following this walking route you will also see the village of Waulsort. 🏞️

The hike is brought to you by Krisztina, I have imported it into Alltrails for convenience:

https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/dinant-211ed78?u=m&sh=4kcjgp

Nothing more than an average 25km hike with about 🔺 800m 🔻 elevation overall everybody can do it.

There will be also a jazz festival during the event for those who are interested:

From Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 July 2025 -> Music lovers can listen to their favorite artists in the city where the saxophone was invented. The Dinant Jazz Festival will enjoy the beautiful setting of the Leffe Abbey. Magic awaits.

IMPORTANT: Only buy ticket for this if you are coming with your own car, don't rely on other "possible" drivers. The tickets will probably sell out by next week.

https://www.dinantjazz.com/en/event/ticket-dinant-jazz-samedi-26-juillet-11/register

This starts at 18:00 so we should ideally start the hike around 10:00, with a comfortable 4km/h pace and half an hour lunch-break we can finish by 17:00 easily.

IMPORTANT: Drivers wanted! This area is inaccessible with public transport. The only way to get there is with car therefore I have setup a carpool.

https://groupcarpool.com/t/4y0fph

I set an RSVP date to next Thursday noon. Please only sign up as a driver or passenger if you are 100% certain that you will participate! In case of there are no drivers this event WILL BE CANCELLED and replaced by Mullerthal D.

The route is 141km, about 1,5 hours: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FGRnP9ANoYLmX9Z5A

The drivers should indicate the pickup point, but the usual Glacis (for the North) and Bonnevoie cactus (for the South of Lux city) are convenient. Recommended pickup time is 8:30 or earlier. In case of traffic jams, road closures we will wait for everybody to arrive before we start +-1hr is still acceptable, we might shorten the lunch-break and cut off some parts of the hike.

It is a small town add to that there is the jazz rally so be prepared for difficulties for finding parking spot. Those who are not interested to finish at Dinant can find a parking lot anywhere around the loop and wait for us to get there.

This is a joint hike 3 groups together, the weather is NOT a constraint, the 2 week forecast shows a rainy week ahead but it should clear out by next weekend 🌞. Regardless the weather if we go this far we will do the hike anyway.

Disclaimer

This is not a guided hike. All participants are expected to have some hiking experience and must assess their own fitness and ability to complete the route safely. The organizer assumes no responsibility for any injuries or their consequences. Generic info for newcomers: http://luxoutdoors.cloudns.ch/