Amsterdam Light Festival: Canal Cruise Highlights

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Experience the magic of the Amsterdam Light Festival on a luxury covered boat cruise. Enjoy light artworks, hot chocolate, and snacks while exploring the theme of ‘Technology and Artificial Intelligence’. Limited availability, book now!

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Amsterdam Light Festival - Join us for a journey through the spectacular route of the 13th edition of the Amsterdam Light Festival. This year’s theme is Rituals, and you’ll encounter stunning light artworks along the way.
Magere Brug - Discover Amsterdam’s most iconic bridge, gracefully spanning the Amstel River.
The Amstel - As the…

What's Included

Carbonated beverages
Alcoholic beverages
Snacks

Additional Information

Welcome to the 14th edition of the Amsterdam Light Festival! This year’s theme is ‘Legacy’. Delight in the illuminations of the Light Artworks on our cozy covered canal cruise through the city. Discover the stunning masterpieces in the heart of Amsterdam and learn more about the sculptures. Our tour is led by a friendly and knowledgeable guide who…

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Ben

Jan 19, 2025

Nice night trip through the canals. - Nice boat trip along the Amsterdam Light festival. Well taken care of with free drinks, soft drinks and wine. Various hot snacks were also served. Excellent explanation by the guide. Although it was very cold there was still very nice. A few windows were open to take good pictures.

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J8625mhsamd

Jan 12, 2025

Good tour! - It was very fun and the tour guy had very fun facts! The snacks were also good and there was a good amount of different drinks to choose from

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Timothys1439

Jan 3, 2025

Light/Design and personal Route-Canal - This was the masterpiece of our daytrip to Amsterdam. The Skipper and tourguide of this were such lovely amazing people. They gave wonderful insights to all the pieces of the lightdesign sculptures through the town. Highly recommend their tour. Best part of our trip! :)

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Mirjam

Dec 31, 2024

Highly recommended! Very friendly and small scale! - Very friendly host and mate. Beautiful trip along the light objects. Delicious hot snacks. Small scale. Really super fun!

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637amilcarh

Dec 30, 2024

Great tour - Great guide guy and nice explanation, good choice. The snacks are very decent and warm and that is nice considering a cold weather. The artworks are lovely, we would do it again - thanks

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661phile

Dec 31, 2024

Great Evening Cruise down the River - Great evening cruising down the river with excellent host informing us about each piece of art. It was cold so wrap up well. But it’s well worth it.

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Diane_k

Dec 30, 2024

lovely trip - When I initially booked the boat ride, it said it included hot chocolate but when I paid for it, there was no longer any hot chocolate. Otherwise, the boat ride was great and we got to see the light exhibit. The boat was a little late and there was so confusion as to whether our names were on the list but I had the printout and the emails confirming the trip.

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E1463frerikam

Dec 30, 2024

Christmas Break with Friends - The boat environment was was friendly and food hot and delicious, the food is key!! The boat employees were very friendly. I would recommend it

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D283fhians

Jan 9, 2025

Avoid this at all costs - Where to start? We arrived at the requested time to find a dimly lit walkway and no boat. Two other similarly uncertain passengers arrived shortly after us. The “fun boat” arrived 10 minutes later, a tiny runaround with a plastic covered roof. Getting onto the boat from the walkway was hazardous with no real support. The roof of the boat leaked, and the only open window was at the front which we had to keep clear for the captain to see. There were no real seats, only benches around the side with plastic cushions that slipped around. The catering involved helping yourself to a cool box with several wine bottles most of which were already open (but for how long who knows?). There was no service as such. The hot snacks were just OK, again help yourself from a plastic dish on top of the cool box. We had to use the lights on our phones to find the drinks and snacks as the lights in the boat didn’t work which also contributed to the sense of hazard getting in and out of the boat. The boat hit one of the bridges at one point and the commentary didn’t mention the light features until we were right on top of them so no real opportunity to prepare to try to take photos through the plastic sides or by crawling forwards to the one open window. In short a terrible experience and we were surprised to find a shonky trip such as this promoted by Viator / TripAdvisor. This is definitely not up to the standard we expect and have become used to.

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Paygon

Jan 2, 2025

Was no cruise, scammed. - This cruise was not at pick up point. Arrived 20:00, found pick up point on the email around 20:10/20:15 waited and nothing. Be careful when booking. Went to alternative ‘blueboat’ having to pay for alternative company as they have never heard of this cruise.

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From $44

up to 15 guests

1 - Adult