Private Punting Tours

Book one of our traditional private punting tours of Cambridge. Tours can be purchased for up to 2, 6 or 12 passengers lasting approximately 50 minutes. A private chauffeured punt tour is the ideal way to see Cambridge's most iconic sights in comfort and style. Your chauffeur will expertly punt you along the River Cam whilst regaling you with fascinating historical facts and stories.

Book Your Private Punting Tour

Online bookings: Max 2 boats. For larger bookings please contact us.

Private Punting Tours

Our Private Cambridge Punting tours are perfect for groups who prefer not to share. The boat is exclusively yours as you glide along the College backs in Cambridge. Sights include the majestic Kings College Chapel, the Bridge of Sighs and The Wren Library.

50-minute return trip.
Book for up to 2, 6 or 12 people.
A maximum of 2 boats can be booked online – for larger groups please contact us.
Book online for the best rates and to aviod long wait times.
Specific departure times and live availability online, book up to 30 minutes before departure time.
SMS departure alert – no queuing!
Our award-winning guided tours are top-rated on Trip Advisor & Google.

Book with the Best Rates Online

Our traditional private punting tours remain a popular option with our customers – the entire boat to yourselves whether you are 2 or 12 people. Our tours begin on the corner of Jesus Green near Magdalene College and turn at Silver Street Bridge near Queens College returning to Jesus Green 50 minutes later.

We use dynamic pricing meaning prices vary throughout the day, week and season. We offer our best rates when the river is at its quietest – before 11am and weekday evenings with tours at this time from £79 for 2 people.

Once you have selected your date the prices for all available departures times will be shown on the screen.

Excellent

Based on 2393 reviews

Rosalind Yeatts

28/11/2023

Great punt and punter(Matt H). Let’s Go are located opposite the tennis courts (no obvious signage)!

Luigi Di Fiore

28/11/2023

Amazing experience - and the guide was super nice!

Alexandra Braga

27/11/2023

Such a lovely experience. The tour guide tailored the tour to our wants and needs was funny and charismatic. Made everything great. Super easy to book

Brandon Chong

23/11/2023

Well…overall, the punting experience was nice. However, we find the Hong Kong law student who is the team lead for 20th Nov didn’t provide sufficient information for us. He just tried to hard sell the ticket. We arrived Cambridge at 11.10am, he suggested us to go for 11.45am slots without telling us that the walk to the punting area is so far away. We repeatedly asking him how far is the distance? He said just find them in google map and try to give good review. We asked again how far is the place, then he said it is just five minutes away from king’s College, which is super misleading. End up as we started to walk, we realize it was 35mins walk! We ran there like crazy in order to catch the session. It was horrible! He was supposed to advise us properly or book us to a later slot to give us ample time to go there! It was supposed to be a relaxing trip at Cambridge, end up we were so rush, tired and stress. The staff at the jetty were also quite unfriendly, stood there without bothering us…should at least tell us it is the correct place, where should we go wait etc…not very pleasant….

tina barrand

21/11/2023

Loved this experience!! Our guide was informative and great sense of humour!! Beautiful day and nothing better than a punt down the river . Thankyou

Dalia Mac

20/11/2023

We loved our punting experience with Ryan. He was very knowledgeable and and we enjoyed his sense of humour! I definitely recommend.

Seyfullah Taşdan

19/11/2023

We were a group of 4 friends and wanted to enjoy River Cam and its views. Our punter Ryan was very informative and also funny, really enjoyed the ride. We got to see historic places and learnt a lot about Cambridge in general. I would absolutely recommend anyone who visits Cambridge to go for punting.

Krina B

19/11/2023

A great spur of the moment shared tour. Friendly staff made booking easy and we had a brilliant tour with Ryan, informative yet funny. Really enjoyed it and would recommend.

Select season below to see prices

Low Season (Oct-March)
High Season (Apr-June &Sept)
Peak Season (Easter, June-Sept)

Private Tour	Weekday	Weekend
Up to 12 people	£89-£99	£89-£119
Up to 6 people	£79-£89	£79-£99
Up to 2 people	£79	£79-£99

Weekday
Up to 12	£89-£99
Up to 6	£79-£89
Up to 2	£79

Weekend
Up to 12	£89-£119
Up to 6	£79-£99
Up to 2	£79-£99

Select early departures for the best rates.

Low season dates: 1st October – 31st March.

Private Tour	Weekday	Weekend
Up to 12 people	£99-£119	£119-£149
Up to 6 people	£89-£109	£109-£129
Up to 2 people	£79-£99	£99-£119

Weekday
Up to 12	£99-£119
Up to 6	£89-£109
Up to 2	£79-£99

Weekend
Up to 12	£119-£149
Up to 6	£109-£129
Up to 2	£99-£119

High season dates: 1st April – 15th June (excluding Easter holidays) & 16th – 30th of September.

Select early & late departures for the best rates.

Private Tour	Weekday	Weekend
Up to 12 people	£109-£139	£129-£169
Up to 6 people	£99-£119	£119-£159
Up to 2 people	£89-£109	£109-£149

Weekday
Up to 12	£99-£119
Up to 6	£89-£109
Up to 2	£79-£99

Weekend
Up to 12	£119-£149
Up to 6	£109-£129
Up to 2	£99-£119

Peak season dates: Easter Holidays and 16th of June – 15th of September.

Select early & late departures for the best rates.

Low Season (Oct-March)

Private Tour	Weekday	Weekend
Up to 12 people	£89-£99	£89-£119
Up to 6 people	£79-£89	£79-£99
Up to 2 people	£79	£79-£99

Weekday
Up to 12	£89-£99
Up to 6	£79-£89
Up to 2	£79

Weekend
Up to 12	£89-£119
Up to 6	£79-£99
Up to 2	£79-£99

Select early departures for the best rates.

Low season dates: 1st October – 31st March.

High Season (Apr-June & Sept)

Private Tour	Weekday	Weekend
Up to 12 people	£99-£119	£119-£149
Up to 6 people	£89-£109	£109-£129
Up to 2 people	£79-£99	£99-£119

Weekday
Up to 12	£99-£119
Up to 6	£89-£109
Up to 2	£79-£99

Weekend
Up to 12	£119-£149
Up to 6	£109-£129
Up to 2	£99-£119

High season dates: 1st April – 15th June (excluding Easter holidays) & 16th – 30th of September.

Select early & late departures for the best rates.

Peak Season (Easter, June-Sept)

Private Tour	Weekday	Weekend
Up to 12 people	£99-£119	£119-£149
Up to 6 people	£89-£109	£109-£129
Up to 2 people	£79-£99	£99-£119

Weekday
Up to 12	£109-£139
Up to 6	£99-£119
Up to 2	£89-£109

Weekend
Up to 12	£119-£149
Up to 6	£109-£129
Up to 2	£99-£119

Peak season dates: Easter Holidays and 16th of June – 15th of September.

Select early & late departures for the best rates.

Punting Tours in Cambridge

In Cambridge, punting is the ideal way to see the stunning riverside colleges of Cambridge University in comfort & style. Our private Cambridge Punting tours last for approximately 50 minutes and pass by 7 riverside colleges (Magdalene, St Johns, Trinity, Trinity Hall, Clare, Kings and Queens) and famous landmarks including Kings College Chapel, The Bridge of Sighs, The Wren Library and The Mathematical Bridge. Our expertly trained chauffeurs will effortlessly punt you along the college backs whilst entertaining you with tales of past alumni, University history and student pranks. All of our expertly trained guides are local to Cambridge so feel free to ask them for advice on what to do with your time in Cambridge.

Know Before You Go

Tours are booked for a specific time. Late arrival will result in a missed or shortened tour.

You will receive a text message 5 minutes before your departure time – to aid social distancing please do not come to our check in until you have received this message.

You are welcome to bring your own food and drinks on board.

Tours booked online are paid for in full at the time of booking. If you would prefer to pay a 30% deposit with the balance due 2 weeks before the booking date please CONTACT US.

Once confirmed, bookings can be amended subject to availability. Tours go ahead in poor weather. More information including cancellation policy can be found here: Terms & Conditions.

COVID-19 Safety Measures

Perspex screens separate different groups where physical distancing is not possible.
Boat sides and cushions cleaned between each tour.
Specific departure times booked in advance to assist social distancing and avoid queuing.
Free audio tour available on an app (in the case that screens and masks make it difficult to hear the chauffeur).
To minimising cross-contamination umbrellas are temporarily unavailable. (Life jackets can be provided on advance request.)
We are unable to allow any customers the opportunity to have a go at punting.