Boat trips · AMSTERDAM BOAT TOURS
The canals are the city’s ground floor. These 15 cruises compare hull type, whether the roof opens, how long the loop runs and which ones keep the bar open the whole way.
Cruise Amsterdam’s UNESCO canals on a covered wooden saloon boat with local commentary, Gouda cheese, and unlimited drinks for about $21.
“Excellent customer service! We missed our flight to Amsterdam and couldn't make the boat ride, but we were given a voucher that doesn't expire for when we visit next time. Thank you!”
Review Amsterdam’s electric canal cruise with landmark views, live guides, seasonal boats, unlimited drinks and snack options.
“Chris and Andre were great hosts! It was a really nice canal tour with plentiful wine and some tasty treats. Bonus - if you go in the winter it is enclosed.”
Cruise Amsterdam’s canals on a covered electric saloon boat with live guiding, optional unlimited Dutch cheese, wine, beer, and soda.
“Guides were great and the wine flowed, they never let the glass get empty! They were friendly and knowledgeable and all round great hosts. The boat didn’t look anything like the picture but was fine nonetheless. All round definitely worth it.”
See Amsterdam glowing after dark on a 90-minute canal cruise with multilingual audio, optional wine and snacks, and wheelchair access.
“I felt like the cruise was 5/5 what the description explained it was, the snack box was good but not anything special, if you have dinner planned before the cruise then you won’t need to snack box. The tour shows you the main parts of Amsterdam that can be seen by boat, the tour is lead through headphone audio mainly and there was like 25 languages to choose from! It lasted just over 90 minutes, I like that the check in is very easy. My advice would be to show up approx 20 minutes before your scheduled time so you can get a forward facing seats, we had our backs…”
Review of Amsterdam’s heated electric canal cruise, with live commentary, landmark views, optional unlimited drinks, snacks, and practical tips.
“absolutely brilliant tour guides really knowledgeable and funny around good laugh absolutely awesome would highly recommend if your visiting Amsterdam keep up the good work guys”
Review of Amsterdam’s 75-minute canal cruise, with historic sights, multilingual audio, snackbox options, family extras, and practical tips.
“The experience was a little sad as it was not well attended that particular Sunday morning. I would have appreciated more participants. The audio guide was good. The captain often spoke over what was being offered via the audio which made it hard to follow both. Still, I had a great time being on the water & seeing the city from that vantage point.”
Cruise Amsterdam’s UNESCO canal district for one hour, with multilingual audio commentary, heated boats, historic sights, and evening departures.
“It was really nice to see Amsterdam literally from a different perspective. Some places look completely different from a boat. By the way, the audio guide is available in many languages — they don’t always mention that in the ads.”
Review of Captain Jack’s 90-minute Amsterdam canal cruise with unlimited Heineken, wine, Dutch snacks, historic sights, and practical tips.
“It was not a really cold day but it was quite chilly and there was no heat. Just blankets. The tour guide should have used a microphone so those in the back could hear what was being said more clearly.”
Review of Amsterdam’s 70-minute smoke-friendly lounge boat cruise, with canal sights, heated seats, music, drink options, and practical tips.
“We couldn't have wished for a better evening, Mirna and Stef were absolutely amazing guides, I personally enjoyed the banter with Mirna who delivers genius punchlines. it's definitely only something I recommend to experience in person ❤️🤞🏻”
Review of Amsterdam’s Friendship canal cruise, with open-boat views, live history, blankets, optional drinks, practical tips, and honest value advice.
“Great trip - friendly & welcoming team. Really enjoyed the trip - lots to see and knowledgeable crew.”
Explore Amsterdam by hop-on hop-off bus and canal boat, with multilingual audio, flexible 24 or 48-hour tickets, and major sights nearby.
“audio links did not always work. the optional hoho boat had phenomenal driver, better than audio..”
Cruise Amsterdam’s canals with unlimited drinks, local guides, warm blankets, and sunset views on this relaxed one-hour boat tour.
“Diana and Lucian were amazing. Great hosts. Best boat tour in Amsterdam!”
Review of Amsterdam’s one-hour electric open-boat canal cruise, with UNESCO-listed views, local guides, blankets, and optional unlimited drinks.
“It was a lot of fun and we lucked out and had the whole boat for the six of us. Lovely day and informative captain.”
Review of Amsterdam’s one-hour small-group canal cruise, with local guides, open-boat views, landmark commentary, weather tips, and honest value advice.
“Amazing boat, we had a great time with friends. Captain told us a lof of interesting facts. Overall we had am amazing experiance. Highly recommend!”
Review of Amsterdam’s one-hour luxury canal cruise with cocktails, Dutch waffles, blankets, landmark views, and optional unlimited drinks.
“Fabulous boat ride, blankets provided, very tasty cocktail and really good guides!”
River hour, cave run, whale ground or a deck with lunch on it.
