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From Leiden City: Kaag Lakes Windmill Cruise

1. From Leiden City: Kaag Lakes Windmill Cruise

Embark on a scenic boat cruise on the Kaag Lakes from Leiden and discover the beautiful landscape, known for its shallow lakes, islands, polders, and many windmills. Sit back and relax as you enjoy the views and get to know the Green Heart of Holland.  Sail from the historical city of 'Leiden' for a beautiful cruise through the Green Heart, characterized by shallow lakes and islands. The islands are polders and are still being drained by 18 restored polder mills in operation. Most of these mills can be seen during the cruise. This is Holland in its entirety: polders, cows, windmills, lakes, beautiful views and beautiful Dutch villages. The different areas within the Green Heart of Holland have their own character and appearance.  The captain informs you about all the sights during the trip and in good weather you can of course also enjoy the deck where you have a wide view of the surroundings. Drinks, snacks, and simple lunch items are available to purchase. 

From Katwijk: Kaag Lakes Cruise

2. From Katwijk: Kaag Lakes Cruise

This area is characterized by shallow lakes and islands or 'polders' that are still being created by 18 restored and operational mills that can be seen during the cruise. Sit back and experience views and get to know the Green Heart of Holland. The Kaag Lakes are a popular area for boating, watersports, fishing, camping and walking. Windmills, waterfront pasture land with grazing animals, quaint Dutch boats and buildings and (in season) flower fields are all part of the charm of boating and walking in this area, it couldn't be more Dutch.

Amsterdam: Day Trip Keukenhof Gardens with Windmill Cruise

3. Amsterdam: Day Trip Keukenhof Gardens with Windmill Cruise

Keukenhof is the most beautiful Spring garden in the world and is well-known all-over the world. It’s one of the world's largest flower gardens, situated 40 minutes in the south of Amsterdam. The Keukenhof Park covers an area of 32 hectares (79 acres) and approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted in the gardens annually. Enjoy a scenic boat cruise offering spectacular views of the Dutch Countryside and working windmills. Our tour includes a 60 minutes windmill cruise. We start with the windmill cruise in Warmond, one of the lowest places in the Netherlands (5 meters below sea level). Discover the low-lands of Holland. The Dutchies created about 60% of Holland by themselves. Our tour from Amsterdam brings you the lowest parts of our country, You’ll see working windmills during our unique windmill cruise. The windmills are still working to give the Dutch and you dry feet. Hop on Hop off Holland is a proud partner of Keukenhof and offers a great tour to the most beautiful spring garden in the world. Jump on our luxury coach from Amsterdam, discover Keukenhof on your own and stay as long as you like in the Keukenhof gardens. Take any Hop on Hop off bus back to Amsterdam (every 30 minutes). Schedule Our tours leaves every day at 08.30 / 09.30 / 10.30 / 11.30 / 12.30 hours 08.30: Departure Amsterdam 09.30: 60 minutes windmill cruise 10.30: Transfer to Keukenhof with a tour through the flower region 11.00: Arrival Keukenhof / Stay as long as you like in Keukenhof, last bus back at 18:30 09.30: Departure Amsterdam 10.30: 60 minutes windmill cruise 11.30: Transfer to Keukenhof with a tour through the flower region 12.00:Arrival Keukenhof / Stay as long as you like in Keukenhof, last bus back at 18:30 10.30: Departure Amsterdam 11.30: 50 minutes windmill cruise 12.30: Transfer to Keukenhof with a tour through the flower region 13.00: Arrival Keukenhof / Stay as long as you like in Keukenhof, last bus back at 18:30 11.30: Departure Amsterdam 12.30: 60 minutes windmill cruise 13.30: Transfer to Keukenhof with a tour through the flower region 14.00: Arrival Keukenhof / Stay as long as you like in Keukenhof, last bus back at 18:30 12.30: Departure Amsterdam 13.30: 60 minutes windmill cruise 14.30: Transfer to Keukenhof with a tour through the flower region 15.00: Arrival Keukenhof / Stay as long as you like in Keukenhof, last bus back at 18:30

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I use a wheelchair and wanted to take a boat trip from Leiden with my wife. On Monday we bought the tickets for Wednesday online. It also said on the "getyourguide" website that the ship is barrier-free. To be on the safe side, we drove past the port in Leiden on Tuesday, where the ship was parked. Unfortunately, this ship was in no way barrier-free. I then called the shipping company, who confirmed this to me. The nice lady spoke German very well and rebooked our trip from Leiden to Katwijk. This ship had a hydraulic wheelchair lift "hidden" under the stairs, with the help of which the captain got me into the passenger compartment very well.

Great value for money. Two hours and many beautiful typical Dutch sights on the way: windmills, lakes, boathouses, etc. The personnel was also lovely and they serve some refreshments on board too which is great. Finally, the ship was clean and roomy, which I appreciated a lot.

This was super cool!! BUT make sure they put you on the right bus as I was directed to the wrong one so I didn’t get to do the cruise.. however keukenhoff is absolutely beautiful and an amazing experience!!

Nice day out in Leiden and we really enjoyed the Dutch landscape on the cruise

It was a great way to see the windmills staff were friendly and welcoming