Leiden City Center Windmill Cruise: Explore Amsterdam Lakes and Dutch Polder Landscape

Embark on a Leiden City Center Windmill Cruise and discover the breathtaking Amsterdam lakes and Dutch polder landscape. Marvel at historic windmills, vibrant bulb fields, and charming sailing boats.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Kagerplassen - Once everyone is on board, the journey begins from the historic city of ‘Leiden’ for a delightful cruise through the Green Heart, known for its shallow lakes and islands. These islands are polders, continuously drained by 18 restored polder mills that are still operational. Many of these mills are visible during the cruise. This is…
What's Included
  • On-board restrooms
What's Not Included
  • Food & drinks
Additional Information

In less than half an hour from Leiden’s city hub, we’ll transport you to the stunning ‘Amsterdam lakes’. Relish the quintessential Dutch polder vistas upon your arrival. The defining features of this area include its flat lakes and scattered islands. These islands are actually polders that are continually drained by 18 functioning historical polder…

Location
Haven 14
Haven
You can find our ship in the harbour of Leiden. Address: Haven (opposite nr. 14)
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Veggievagabond
Jul 2, 2023
Relaxing and Fun - The cruise is relaxing, informative, and fun. The staff was welcoming and friendly. We enjoyed our trip and recommend it!
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Annaojeralcsdeerb
May 11, 2023
A few Days in Netherlands - Lovely place would have liked to explore further but stopped there on route from a fantastic day in Keukenhof to The Hague for dinner. Loved the windmill on the canal so Dutch! Stopped and had our first Kapsalon ( loaded fries) delious! Well worth stopping and having a wonder.
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Leenicholson2402
Oct 31, 2022
Windmills and open fields - This was a really great cruise as we had family visitng from South Africa, they really wanted to see windmills and thats what was delivered.
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Jkoger
Aug 10, 2022
Lovely way to see The Netherlands from the water - Gorgeous day on the canals. Clean boat with nice indoor and outdoor seating options. Really enjoyed seeing more of the Netherlands from the water and talking with folks from around the globe.
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Elaine_l
May 27, 2022
Leiden visit - Amazing trip well worth it. Great crew, good commentary. Bonus was them negotiating the Lake with 300 boats full of scouts having a regatta, well done 👏
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V3775pgrobertv
Aug 6, 2021
Wonderful! Simply wonderful! - I went on several canal cruises during my two weeks in The Netherlands, and this was my favorite. It is different because you get to go through lakes, get a fascinating history on polders and the beautiful windmills, and the crew were so accommodating, welcoming, and friendly. The boat itself was incredibly clean with a nice bathroom, a spacious open deck area in the back, and the bar was clean pouring fresh Heineken on draft. Also had a slice of apple pie with a cup of coffee. I loved it, will recommend to all my friends back in America, and let my local friends in Den Haag know it's a great tour for them and their kids.
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Michaels7106
Aug 18, 2023
Pleasant ride - Being on a boat in always fun. We saw wide open fields and a few windmills. Canal tours will generally bring you through the city but this cruise takes you out near the farmlands and beautiful house boat communities. Would have preferred English speaking guide but you can listen on your phone so battery up before departure. On board service was excellent and friendly- love the hard working ladies. They put their soul into to the tour
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Crodenator
May 27, 2023
Low level boat cruise around the Leiden lakes - The boat was lovely, clean and well piloted, the weather was chilly but bright. Sadly the guide only spoke dutch (the majority of passengers were very nice Dutch). Truth is we found it a bit boring, Leiden is a lovely town but being so low in the water meant there was'nt much to see- an hour would have sufficed.
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Beers
Jul 2, 2022
Tour is NOT in English even though it says it is - The description is purposely misleading. For the language of the tour it says “English - tour guide” which leads you to believe that the tour will be spoken in English. It was only spoken in Dutch. And I did ask the captain and he said that we can connect to the Wi-Fi and there’s an audio tour in English. That was correct however you can barely hear the audio tour because whenever it plays/speaks in English the boat guide is speaking over the loud boat microphone in Dutch….So you can’t even hear the audio your anyway. This was disappointing.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).