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Rantum Basin Nature Reserve – Rantum Basin and the Wadden Sea loop from Westerland

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Schleswig-Holstein

Rantum Basin Nature Reserve – Rantum Basin and the Wadden Sea loop from Westerland

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Rantum Basin Nature Reserve – Rantum Basin and the Wadden Sea loop from Westerland

03:32

14.0km

10m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 28, 2026

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Rantumbecken

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4.96 km

Rantum Basin Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

Huge and great bird sanctuary

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5.29 km

Rantum Basin tidal sluice

Highlight • Structure

The salt content in the Rantum basin is kept at 3% via the Watt lock.

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5.46 km

Rantum Basin and the Wadden Sea

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Wide sky, wide sea. In the south of Sylt you can walk for miles along the dam that separates the Rantum Basin (a brackish water lake) from the North Sea. …

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Rantumbecken Bird Sanctuary

Highlight • Natural Monument

For example, see de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rantumbecken for the Rantum basin

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7.36 km

The Rantum basin is a nature reserve in the middle of the island of Sylt, south of the towns of Westerland and Tinnum. It is named after the place Rantum. This protected area is looked after by the Jordsand association.

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7.99 km

Birdlife at Rantum Basin

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You can observe a lot of birds.

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8.76 km

Rantum Basin Dike

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When visibility is good, the view goes as far as Westerland or Keitum or in the other direction as far as Hörnum.
In between there are many water birds.

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9.13 km

Start of the Rantum Basin Dike

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From here it goes into nature and the bird paradise

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Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

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8.81 km

4.33 km

876 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.12 km

4.65 km

3.90 km

380 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 14 July

24°C

17°C

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March 9, 2024,☀️💨💨💨 Fast endlos um das Rantumbecken 🦆🐦‍⬛🪿

Unfortunately few birds despite the flood. The circumnavigation today was a bit of a struggle with the 💨.

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February 16, 2023,Rantumbecken und me(e)hr

The coastal fog keeps us captive today.
Despite everything, we decided to hike around the Rantum basin.
We started our tour at the Eidum Vogelkoje and walked around it in a clockwise direction.
Surprisingly few birds and even fewer people!
A few years ago we even saw an albatross here.
After the circumnavigation we went through the fog-shrouded southern grove …

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October 16, 2023,Syltrunde um das „NSG Rantumbecken“ 👫🌿🦆🌤️

... the "Rantum Basin Nature Reserve" ... always included in sections on bike tours ... finally "hiked around"!!! ... through the small "Sylter Wäldchen" past the "Eidum Vogelkoje" around the seemingly endless "NSG Rantum basin" ... absolute peace and an indescribable view are the reward on a great tour!!! ... changed to the promenade side via the "beach crossing 49 …

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March 29, 2025,15/25 Iron Lake Challenge Rantumbecken

What a beautiful walk in perfect weather. It was especially nice to see a black swan and a sea eagle.❤️

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July 17, 2024,um das Rantumbecken

Today's tour went around the Rantum Basin with its unique bird life 🦤🪿🦆🦢🐑
then at Hafenkiosk 24 we had a delicious currywurst and fries 👍😋😀Café Wien in Westerland is always worth a visit 🍰☕🍦

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May 11, 2024,Sylt: Eine Runde um das Rantumbecken

Today we went to the harbor in Rantum to walk around the entire Rantum Basin. 🥾

The Rantum Basin is an artificial saltwater lake created by building a dike. It was originally intended as an airfield for the Wehrmacht's seaplanes, but was renaturalized in the 1960s and is now a worthwhile seabird sanctuary. 🐦

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August 11, 2022,Rantumbecken - Das Vogelparadies auf Sylt

The temperatures were already very warm and I walked from Westerland to the Rantum basin nature reserve, which was placed under nature protection in 1962. Originally the area was part of the Wadden Sea until it was separated by a 5 km dike in the 1930s. The water level and salinity can be regulated through the sluice in the southern …

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August 29, 2024,Wanderung 29.08.2024 Runde um das Rantumbecken. 🚶🚶‍♂️

Rantumbecken
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rantumbecken#

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Rantum Basin Nature Reserve – Rantum Basin and the Wadden Sea loop from Westerland

Rantum Basin Nature Reserve

Rantum Basin tidal sluice

Rantum Basin and the Wadden Sea

Rantumbecken Bird Sanctuary

Rantum Basin Nature Reserve

Birdlife at Rantum Basin

Rantum Basin Dike

Start of the Rantum Basin Dike

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