The Netherlands · AMSTERDAM LIGHT FESTIVAL CRUISES
Good amsterdam light festival cruises fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
See Amsterdam’s Light Festival from a cozy electric boat with art stories, blankets, and optional unlimited drinks during a 75-minute canal cruise.
“One of my favorite activities from my trip to Amsterdam. Elzo, the guide was excellent.”
Review of Amsterdam’s 75-minute heated Light Festival canal cruise, with drinks, snacks, guide commentary, route details, value, and practical tips.
“Amazing experience and great boating company! The crew was super friendly, knowledgeable and funny. Highly recommended!”
Cruise Amsterdam’s Light Festival in a heated saloon boat with canal views, art, city history, drinks, snacks, and an English-speaking host.
“Absolutely a top notch experience! This was my third canal cruise in AMS over the years. All have been good but this one stepped up. Highly recommended!”
Cruise Amsterdam’s illuminated canals on a heated electric boat, with live commentary, art, drinks, and views of winter landmarks.
“loved the art work as we went round the canals. lovely way to see more of amsterdam”
Review of Amsterdam’s 75-minute Light Festival canal cruise, with Amstel views, hot drinks, guides, pricing, comfort tips, and honest drawbacks.
“We had a great time. The guides were entertaining and knowledgeable, and the gluhwein was warm and yummy.”
Review of Amsterdam Light Festival’s 75-minute heated canal cruise, with light art, live guides, hot drinks, snacks, and practical tips.
“The boat was basic and cosy but Philippa and Andre made it beautiful. The cheerful atmosphere and the drinks kept coming… the light festival itself is a disappointment… thanks to Andre and Philippa for making everything happy and memorable… definitely recommend them…”
Review of Amsterdam Light Festival’s 75-minute saloon boat cruise, with canal views, live commentary, hot drinks, snacks, value, and practical tips.
“Really bad weather, but the staff were really friendly, and made the trip worthwhile. The canal lights were lovely”
Review of Amsterdam’s heated Light Festival canal cruise, with hot drinks, snacks, guide quality, crowding, views, timing, and value.
“When choosing a heated tour, keep in mind they have to enclose the space. it was very very difficult to see anything through the encloser. Therefore, I was left disappointed. Especially when there was a light structure on the other side of the boat; the view was obstructed by other passengers. They would stand up to see and those of on other side couldn’t see. The tour guide was good. Very informative and kind. He’s the only reason I’m giving this 3 stars. It was warm as promised. But remember there is a trade-off. If I had it to do again, I’d book a tour that promised a warm blanket…”
Amsterdam Light Festival canal cruise review covering boat comfort, light displays, drinks, guides, value, timing, and practical tips.
“Unfortunately there weren’t many memorable moments. The onboard team was friendly and very attentive. There was a steady flow of drinks. There were many silent moments in between the location of the art installations. It was difficult to see some of the installations especially the hanging ones as there were no windows on the top of the boat. The regular canal cruise was so much better and so much more informative. Even in similar weather and in the evening we could see outside. Very disappointed. Tour company really appears to have been too greedy with this one with wrong choice of boat. The onboard team unfortunately wasn’t able to make…”
Review the Amsterdam winter walk with canals, Light Festival sights, WWII history, hot chocolate, and a hands-on stroopwafel workshop.
“The tour stated "meet in Dam square". There were several thousand people protesting in Dam square that day, the tour group was nowhere to be found. I never heard from them.”
Cruise Amsterdam’s Light Festival by covered boat with canalside art, optional unlimited drinks, snacks, and a cozy 75-minute evening ride.
Cruise Amsterdam’s Light Festival in a heated electric boat with unlimited drinks, blankets, canal views, and live stories for $49.
“Hele leuke tour gehad! Olivier wist veel te vertellen over de kunstwerken en de stad zelf. Ondanks dat ik al 10 jaar in amsterdam woon heb ik toch veel nieuwe dingen gehoord. De boot was erg mooi en lekker warm ondanks dat we maar met een klein groepje waren. Volgend jaar weer!”
Cruise Amsterdam’s Light Festival by open boat with blankets, warm drinks, and live stories about the city’s winter art.
“I saw the famous Light festival and it was amazing! Our captain Dule was very knowledgeable and interesting, we heard lots of great and fun facts about the city and the festival itself. 10/10 would recommend!!!💖”
Cruise Amsterdam’s glowing canals aboard a heated boat with light art, live commentary, and optional unlimited drinks and snacks.
Cruise Amsterdam’s Light Festival by heated canal boat with English commentary, photo pauses, flexible evening departures, and optional drinks.
“a very nice boat with some Christmas lights, the boat is also heated inside so that is very nice. In the boat the crew served us with some drinks, we had gluhwein and tea, but there is also other alcoholic drinks and soft drinks. During the tour we had an English audio tour. The tour itself took around 75 minutes, on certain points of the canals the captain drove as slow as possible so we could make enough good pictures. I recommend this boat tour to everyone it was really nice, when i come back to Amsterdam I will book for sure again with Kinboat.”
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