Kanocentrum Boerderij Berg, located at Langesteeg 2A in Leusden, serves as the starting point for a popular canoe route on the Valleikanaal. Paddlers can rent various types of canoes here before setting out on the water.

The Valleikanaal itself was dug between 1934 and 1941, originally intended to improve water drainage from the Gelderse Vallei and to create a waterway connection toward the IJsselmeer.

During World War II it became part of the Grebbelinie defensive line, and the surrounding meadows could be flooded as a military measure. Remnants of that era — including bunkers and armored emplacements along the Grebbeliniedijk — are visible from the water.

A circular route leads paddlers along the kanaal, through a small lock, and onto a narrowing stream that winds across landgoed De Boom before returning via the Bruinenburgersluis back to the kanocentrum.