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Pairi Daiza

Marc Ryckaert · CC BY-SA 4.0

15% trees around it and 282 species recorded.

33Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km15%
  • wild within 10 km40%
  • species recorded282

The forest around

15% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 21%Grassland 9%Water 1%Cropland 45%Built-up 24%Trees 15%Grassland 18%Water 0%Cropland 62%Built-up 4%Trees 15%Grassland 21%Cropland 61%Built-up 4%Trees 20%Grassland 23%Cropland 51%Built-up 6%15%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km21%
  • 1–3 km15%
  • 3–6 km15%
  • 6–10 km20%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees15%
  • Grassland18%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland62%
  • Built-up4%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

282 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Rose of Sharon
Rose of SharonHibiscus syriacus18 recordsWilhelm Zimmerling PAR · CC BY-SA 4.0
False spiraea
False spiraeaSorbaria sorbifolia15 recordsTaken by Fanghong · CC BY-SA 3.0
Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera13 recordsGuptaele · CC BY-SA 4.0
Common ninebark
Common ninebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius13 recordsJean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ivy-leaved Toadflax
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis12 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Hedgerow Crane's-bill
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum10 recordsKurt Stüber [1] · CC BY-SA 3.0
Large field Speedwell
Large field SpeedwellVeronica persica10 recordsStrobilomyces · CC BY-SA 3.0
Butterfly-bush
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii10 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Sweet-amber
Sweet-amberHypericum androsaemum10 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Giant Knotweed
Giant KnotweedReynoutria sachalinensis9 recordsVelocicaptor at en.wikipedia · Public domain
Dogwood
DogwoodCornus sanguinea8 recordsFrank Vincentz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Reed-grass, reed-canary grass
Reed-grass, reed-canary grassPhalaris arundinacea8 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

33out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 15%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 40%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 282Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking in May and in September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan5°0°66 mm
  2. Feb6°0°59 mm
  3. Mar10°2°56 mm
  4. Apr15°4°41 mm
  5. May18°8°59 mm
  6. Jun22°11°63 mm
  7. Jul23°13°70 mm
  8. Aug23°13°76 mm
  9. Sep20°10°52 mm
  10. Oct15°7°63 mm
  11. Nov10°4°70 mm
  12. Dec6°1°76 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Pairi Daiza.

Zoo and botanical garden in Cambron-Casteau, Brugelette, Wallonia, Belgium

Pairi Daiza is an arboretum in Belgium.

Seen from space, 15% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 40% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

282 species have been recorded around it: 205 plants, 1 fungi, 72 birds and 4 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Rose of Sharon, False spiraea and Himalayan Balsam.

The best time to walk is in May and in September.

Cambron Castle R03
Marc Ryckaert · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Guided forest walks and tours near Pairi DaizaGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near Pairi DaizaBooking.comSee prices Car hire at CRL airport (Charleroi)Discover CarsSee prices 

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Pairi Daiza seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 4marked trails within 5 kmDe Bruxelles à Bon-Secours, GRP 123 Tour de la Wallonie Picarde (parcours principal), GR 129, Ellezelles - Grand-Reng and 1 more
  • 2named and notable trees within 6 kmChêne à Clous
  • 14picnic sites within 4 km
  • 25shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 4viewpoints within 5 km
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmOffice du Tourisme Chièvres
  • 37car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmMotorhome area of Ath
  • 43places to stay within 10 kmLogement Manchots, FarmHouse Lodges, Logement Morses and 40 more
  • 15restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Pairi Daiza.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas21 mountains within 25 km
Mont de Mainvault120 m · 16 kmMont Panisel114 m · 18 kmBosberg105 m · 21 kmOudenberg21 kmParikeberg23 kmCôte de les Hauts23 kmMont de Rhodes141 m · 23 kmLa Houppe148 m · 23 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Grand Large0.4 km² · 13 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyComing soon
Sille18 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

2009-07-26 Paradisio 17
Szilas · CC BY-SA 4.0
Paradisio Indo 2
Daniel71953 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cambron-Casteau (Brugelette) - Edenya, serre tropicale de Pairi Daiza (B039)
Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Pairi Daiza

Belgium

  • 33Forestyas Score
  • 15%Trees
  • 40%Wild
  • 282Species

Forêt de Mormal

France · 44 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 76%Wild
  • 1,164Species

See the guide

Sonian Forest

Belgium · 45 km

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 80%Trees
  • 71%Wild
  • 1,917Species

See the guide

Forest of Bonsecours

Belgium · 21 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 56%Trees
  • 65%Wild
  • 1,479Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q2154395) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species2,576 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Lakeyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

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riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Coming soonVisit
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