Explore the biodiversity of the Wadden Sea mudflats on this guided walking tour from Pieterburen. Connect with nature as you follow your guide an an adventure through this unique landscape through salt marshes, sandbanks and channels.   Meet your guide in the parking lot of the Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre and begin your walking tour of this intertidal zone for the North Sea. Keep a lookout for vibrantly-colored birds in this area which attracts breeding and migrating birds.  Have the chance to spot sunbathing harbor and grey seals. View the slow-flowing Noordpolder and Zijltocht canals. Capture pictures of the sun reflecting off the salt marshes. Feel confident navigating this tricky terrain with a local guide. Return to your meeting point at the end of your tour. 

Sealcentre Pieterburen is the place where you can see the care of the seals and their habitat, the Wadden Sea. Every day, a team of seal nurses, vets and volunteers from all over the world look after these animals. They are sick, wounded, disturbed by humans or entangled in plastics. With your visit, you support our work. A healthy seal can’t live without a healthy sea. That is why we let you see beyond the individual animal. In our centre, researchers are studying the connection between animal, sea and ourselves. So that we continue to improve not only our centre, but also ourselves. And you can play a part in that, too. You will get a unique look at the sealcare during your visit. Walk around and learn all about how seals are taken in, cared for and released again. Besides our colleagues from the visitor centre, you will also meet seal guards, seal nurses, vets and, of course, volunteers from all over the world. Ask your questions directly to them. They would love to answer them.