In the Deelerwoud you will find everything that makes the Veluwe attractive: vast forests and endless heaths in a rolling landscape. The Deelerwoud is much quieter than, for example, the Hoge Veluwe or Veluwezoom, so there is a very good chance that you will see wild boar, fallow deer and red deer. can spot. The Deelerwoud was once a shifting sand area. In 1841 Baron Van Heeckeren-Van Enghuizen bought the site. He planted it with Scots pine and pedunculate oak and put a fence around it. The forest changed hands a few times until it came up for sale in 1966. The asking price of 8 million guilders could not be met. Shortly afterwards, another 200 hectares of the Deelerheide were put up for sale in various lots. The whole area was threatened by fragmentation and construction activities. Shocked, the state and province came across the bridge with subsidies. Through the 'Preserve the Deelerwoud' campaign, Natuurmonumenten was able to collect the rest of the purchase amount required for the nature reserve. She secured the Deelerwoud and made it accessible to the public again after more than a century.