About Savelsbos

The size is approximately 240 ha.
The forest has very steep, often eroding slopes with height differences of 70 meters to 125 meters with many steps. Savelsbos is a nature reserve and classified as a Natura 2000 area. Common trees include the pedunculate oak, slippery elm, beech, maple, acacia and horse chestnut. Savelsbos is further known for the spectacular massive flowering of wild garlic.

In 1881, Marcel de Puydt, a Belgian archaeologist discovered the first traces of prehistoric flint mining in the Savelsbos. He found a large number of utensils. The mines consist of hundreds of shafts with galleries, from which people extracted flints about 5.500 years ago to make tools.