Biesbosch Museum — Attraction in Altena

What a great experience!The Biesbosch Museum was a pleasure to visit! We’ve driven past the park many times, but since you can’t see much from the road, we were curious to explore it more thoroughly. We’re so glad we did.

We took the boat tour and visited the museum itself. The boat ride was very generous in length, lasting about an hour, and took us through the beautiful natural surroundings of the park. The guide was both funny and knowledgeable. Along the way, we spotted several bird species and even saw the paths where beavers live. Honestly, beavers should be the national animal of the Netherlands, given that they are the ideal example water management.

After the boat tour, we enjoyed lunch on the lovely terrace overlooking the water. On warm days, it’s a great spot to relax and watch children play in the water feature that creatively demonstrates the effects of tides and water control.

The museum was also very well done. It starts with an introductory film (only in Dutch), followed by an engaging exhibit about the history of the Biesbosch. It explains how the area was formed, the people who once lived there, and the animals that now call it home. The collection is thoughtful and informative.

Overall, it’s a fantastic destination and well worth a visit. Since the wildlife and scenery change with the seasons, it’s definitely a place we plan to return to at other times...

The Biesbosch MuseumEiland is a very good place to rest and enjoy the national park, also you can buy the tickets for museum and boat tour visit €22 for adult. The boat tour last around for 1 hour 15 minutes, where the captain will lead you to explore the beautiful views of Biesboch National park. Meanwhile explaining the history of the national park and introducing the knowledge of the wild animals here.

For the boat trip the captain is nice and friendly , the route is great, leading us the explore the beautiful scenery of the national park and the wild life bird, it’s a very relaxing way to enjoy the nature of this national park. However one of failure is that he explain all the way with Dutch even though he can speak fluent English. Besides us the ship also have some British visitors, it turns out we can’t know well what he is explaining. Although there was a pdf English version information in the boat, we didn’t know which page he was referring to.

For the museum, the design is so cool, inside you can relax enjoying a cup of tea while watching the beautiful scene ofthe national park. The museum shows the history of this national park, but the common failure is that the museum only contains Dutch in its explanation, we can only refer to the images and videos to figure out what it means. If there were English it...

The museum is interesting and covers all kind of aspects liked the history, the war, the crafts, the animals and plants etc. When we were there there was a nice exhibition of paintings and sculptures, mainly of birds.

The restaurant is small and the kitchen was closed already when we were there at 1800. Although they did serve us a meat ball with bread which was ok, but not great.

The museum is also the starting point for the boat tours. We did the beaver tour which is Wednesday's at 19:30. And we did see a beaver, and an osprey and had a good time in general with interesting explanations from wildlife experts. Take a jacket and binoculars if you take the tour. The tour by itself would be 5 stars. The restaurant 3 and...