Amsterdam: Light Festival 90-minute Covered Boat Tour incl. Hot Choco
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From $28.92
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Pricing Info: Per Person
Duration: 1 hours
: Amsterdam, Amsterdam
: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Admire the Amsterdam Light Festival from another angle on this canal boat cruise. See the city's famous canals illuminated by the glow of the unique installations and enjoy a hot chocolate or other drink as you take in the views.
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Amsterdam Light Festival and cruise past the spectacular illuminations on a luxury canal boat. Treat yourself to an evening of glamour onboard this completely electric boat that includes its own extensive bar.
Find out more about the story behind the light show as you watch the lights reflecting off the water and feel free to ask your skipper any questions you may have. Enjoy hot chocolate included!
Covered canal boats for a comfortable experience
Cruise along the most beautiful light artworks
Enjoy unlimited hot chocolate!
Enjoy your free Friendship special winter welcome appetizer drink (ice cold or steaming hot or with lots of whipped cream and sprinkles)
Great 360° view through our large windows
Hear all about the exciting stories behind the art as told by your crew onboard
Heated pillows to sit on and warm blankets to snuggle under
Our bar is always stocked with a dazzling variety of drinks and snacks
Warm blankets to snuggle under
Gratuities (for the team on board)
Snacks and other drinks than the welcome drink are available
INFANT: : 0 -
3
CHILD: : 4 -
12
ADULT: : 13 -
99
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Service animals allowed
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the
experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start
time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to
poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
What To Expect
Amsterdam Light Festival
Experience the anniversary edition of the Amsterdam Light Festival like the locals do, by boat! During this festival during the dark days, the city is illuminated by the most beautiful works of art from the past nine years of the Amsterdam Light Festival, a guaranteed 'best of'!
1 hours
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Admission Ticket Free
NEMO Science Museum
The roof of the NEMO Science Museum building is the highest city square in the Netherlands. There you can find the open-air exhibition Energetica, a large terrace and a restaurant, all with beautiful views of the city of Amsterdam. The roof is open daily from 10 am to 5.30 pm, except on Kingsday (April 27)
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Admission Ticket Free
Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum
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Admission Ticket Free
Old Center
Coffeeshops, Red-light district, and good stories of team Friendship
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Admission Ticket Free
Magere Brug
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Admission Ticket Free
The Amstel
The natural river of Amsterdam
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Admission Ticket Free
Reviews
Atmospheric tour in the dark
MartinS223, 04-12-2022
I've booked the tour in advance via Getyourguide,because it was selling out rapidly.For a reason,as it is very atmospheric although it was freezing cold.But blankets and hot chocolate,with the special shot for those who want some extra warmth,did a very good job.The Captain was Pascal and the tour guide was Valentina,who both did an even better job.
We had a good banter and Valentina ist really knowledgeable about the Light Artwork and their creators,which made the tour worthwhile.
I definately recommend the tour despite the cold temperatures.
Angieeeeee und Rick
marcbbbb1234, 27-11-2022
We were so lucky with our crew. Rick was a nice capitain with lots of knowledge of the city. Angela,our hostess was very good with photos, drinks,history and anedocts. Her humor is from out of this world. For rhe bosses, give her a raise.
Light festival cruise
Romi2122, 13-12-2022
Amazing cruise with very nice, funny and energetic guides. Our guides were Tom & Angela, and they both were excellent
What a lovely night…
susanhathcock, 13-12-2022
…..it was. While some the Light Festivals installations were beautiful—-particularly fire on the water and the brilliant unfurling blossom street lights—-it was the lights from the windows of the lovely, lovely old houses in the narrow parts of the canals that was the most wonderful. The staff were kind, helpful and immensely patient with the more tedious among us.
Would highly recommend!
Lucyhundrup, 09-01-2023
I thoroughly enjoyed this experience! It was a great way to see Amsterdam and the light festival in a cosy and relaxed atmosphere. Pascal and Valen were great hosts and made us feel very welcome. The hot chocolate and blankets were a nice touch too!
Tremenda experiencia!!
josevT6822DR, 09-01-2023
Our group loved the tour and the hospitality of Valentina and Bass. They made the experience very interactive and fun. They know their stuff and know how to explain in a fun way. I highly recommend this experience!
The crew from Puerto Rico
Happiest Boat Tour Ever!
aryaduggal, 09-01-2023
Sara and Ed did a wonderful job of touring us around the beautiful city while giving history on the light fixtures and Amsterdam itself. They were such wonderful people and I hope that others can experience their warmth at some point soon!
A warm and glowing experience.
Delene_B, 09-01-2023
Loved the warm interior of the boat, the entertaining guide and the Hot Chocolate with caramel infused vodka, albeit that if you wanted vodka in your Hot Chocolate it was an extra charge. The light displays were most interesting and unique.
A lovely evening on the water
helene958, 09-01-2023
Delightful, the skipper and his assistant were lovely, fun and informative. The light festival was beautiful and great to see from the boat. We highly recommend it!
Christmas lights
Lorraine B, 12-12-2022
Enjoyed seeing the festive lights on the canals and viewing the more impressive buildings from the water.
Blankets and hot chocolate provided some warmth on a very cold night. The boat was half covered but I’m not sure viewing through the plastic windows would have been very good. We chose to sit in the open as it was a dry night.
Only complaint was it was very difficult to hear the explanations of the lights and artists as the guide had no microphone and no commentary head sets were available.
Great boat trip with a few snagging problems
Richard_M, 05-12-2022
The boat trip was great and very informative but the Viator ticket/booking wasn’t on the operators system. This mean’t it was very embarrassing for us as we was told that our ticket wasn’t valid and we wasn’t on the list. Luckily the guy was very understanding and let us on anyway as he said it wasn’t our fault it was the booking operators.
Questionable
Elaine O, 04-12-2022
Very well organised not many lights unless you include the Christmas trees in the apartment windows.
However we were throughly entertained by a group who were stoned or very drunk so we had an enjoyable trip
Light Festival
maesteg1995, 02-12-2022
The staff on the boat were ok should have offered blankets to every one as it was freezing only had a few available.
The hot chocolate was not the best .
The art works you see was not up to much cannot believe these people were even paid to produce such utter rubbish.
Advertising photo is nothing like you see on the boat.
Not very Christmassy on board
742irism, 13-12-2022
We sat in the open at the back which gave us all excellent views.
It was an extremely cold evening and although a few blankets were offered we had to ask for more, which were provided.
We did not notice any heated pillows where we sat.
Unfortunately, being at the back we could not hear any of the commentary at all.
The Captains boat radio was very loud.
Also we all thought that when ordering the hot chocolate it should have been stated just how much the cost of the shot of rum would cost, as we thought this was quite expensive.
On a festival lights trip last year, with another company at a similar cost, they offered us unlimited mulled wine and played Christmas music which created a lovely atmosphere!
All in all we enjoyed the tour and it was of no fault of the Crewe that the lights were very disappointing.
Could have been soo much more
Philip B, 10-12-2022
Despite the time of year I booked an uncovered boat cruise thinking this would give us the best view of the lights. Admittedly it had rained that day, but not for a few ours before our cruise, I wasn’t surprised that plastic coverings were on parts of boat, however the downside was that it was very difficult to see through. The back of the boat didn’t have any plastic coverings, so they got a great view, but anyone at the front of the boat had a very different experience.
It was also a bit chaotic at the start as they had booked German tourists on an English speaking cruise, it was very fortunate that the captain was able to speak German and could provide a private to them along the way.
