Thames Hop-On Hop-Off River Cruise

London, United Kingdom

The best way to see London's sights and splendor is from the deck of a boat. With this hop-on hop-off pass you can cruise up and down the Thames, alighting at your leisure, for a whole day.

The Thames weaves its way through London, with history around every bend. Aboard the hop-on hop-off River Red Rover you'll cruise in comfort and style past London's world-famous landmarks. The boats have open upper decks for great sightseeing and comfortable lower saloons. Relax and enjoy the views, onboard commentary, light refreshments and full bar service as London's famous sights glide by.

The river cruise departs every 40 minutes from Westminster Pier, Waterloo Pier (near the London Eye), Tower Pier and Greenwich Pier (near the Cutty Sark). With just one ticket you may hop-on or off at any of the piers as often as you like throughout the day. The shortest trip between piers lasts approximately 20-30 minutes, while the full round trip takes approximately 2.5 hours.

USD $22.91

Traveler Reviews

Review by: amberstar13	April 2012
Really fun to hop on and off. We went all the way to Greenich and back. Beautiful trip on the River Themes. Overall it takes about an hour and a half. All the boat staff seemed to really enjoy their jobs. Good to hear history from them and they are all very funny!

Review by: Speedbird	April 2012
Wonderful travelling experience!

Review by: Peter T	March 2012
Excellent service. The boats were of a good condition and regular. The tour guide made the trip very interesting. I will definately use this service again as it was also good value for money.

Review by: Martina H	March 2012
Great boat trip, interesting and fun commentary done by the crew. Lovely views of the river and different buildings. Highly enjoyable, also for our twelve year-old daughter.

Review by: Kyra F	March 2012
The trip was great. Loved the "unofficial" commentary from the crew. It was both informative and entertaining.

Review by: Barbara E	February 2012
Lovely cruise of the Thames with a highly entertaining commentary provided by the crew! A great way to see the sights of London from the river.

Review by: Gregory S	December 2011
We had a great day of it. Access to the passes was very simple.

Review by: davo1985	December 2011
Was good with good commentary.

Review by: MARY D	November 2011
The boat ride was great, and the crew provided lively commentary, which was really funny and informative. We were on the last ride of the day, and they were about to skip a stop, when we called out to them to request it. As it was, some people missed getting on and off, whoops. Meanwhile, the website information was not up to date, the boats did not run past 5.30! We had to cut short our touring around, despite the itinerary I had printed off the web which said they ran later ('til 8pm). Lucky we caught it at all. And by the way, you can just buy tickets there at the gate, you don't need to book in advance, wish we had, it would have been cheaper for us since my brother and nephew were not well, and I couldn't get a refund for those two tickets!

Review by: Joy J	October 2011
Excellent, good info from the crew, although a little cheesy! Boat was clean and tidy on the outward journey, but the return boat seemed to have a damaged window which was taped up, overall an excellent trip, helped by good weather, would travel again, as the ticket office very helpful, no fuss just exchanged online letter for tickets and we were away.

Review by: Robert A	October 2011
Excellent cruise on beautiful section of Thames._br/_ The commentary provided by members of the crew was both witty and informative. On the return journey we were glad of the sliding roof which kept us dry!

Review by: Leslie P	August 2011
Great way to see some of the attractions in London!

Review by: Mary Ann B	August 2011
Imagine me, NOT a world traveler, booking a flat for my London vacation from the United States.. It was a leap of faith, for sure. I had NO idea where it was or what to expect. What a pleasent surprise; the flat was beautiful and everything went smoothly. Thanks SO much. I would DEFINETLY do this again.

Review by: brian s	August 2011
We enjoyed this trip very much and the commentaries were hilarious. My two points I would like to make are please be firmer with people on the top deck of the boat as not only is it dangerous but people cannot see the sights properly. Also,we pre-booked our tickets on the internet but did not realize we had to line up to actually collect the tickets.when we got to Westminster.Whats the point of pre-booking,at the end of the day everyone got on.

Review by: Robert B	July 2011
Not really worth the cost or the time. Buy a bus tour ticket instead and use the free boat option that is included.

Review by: Janet L	June 2011
Great way to acquaint yourself with London right away!

Review by: Kathleen G H	June 2011
Fantastic and would do this again.

Review by: Janne	May 2011
The voucher from Viator stipulates that it is valid as ticket - but not with this company! I had to stand in line with everybody else and the guy behind the counter acted as if he'd never before seen anything from Viator. Remember photo-id and the card used for payment! The tour itself, however, was absolutely brilliant.

Review by: Patricia Z	May 2011
Excellent service. Great way to see parts of London not usually seen walking. The commentary by the crew was very informative.

Review by: Heather B	November 2010
Great way to see London, would certainly recommend it!!

Review by: Avrill D	November 2010
Thank you we found this a very good trip and well worth doing. It saved a lot of hassle to get the tickets while in Australia

Review by: Gordon D	November 2010
Even though it was pouring rain it was an enjoyable day Greenwich is interesting but be aware you have to climb a very steep hill to Observatory

Review by: Timothy L	September 2010
Very enjoyable

Review by: Toni D	September 2010
Viewing London from the Thames was a very relaxing experience.

Review by: Helen D	August 2010
It was very busy holiday time but the whole trip went well and we had great view. The commentary was appreciated.

Review by: IMMANUEL G	August 2010
The unofficial tour guides do a good job. Consider paying them - there constant plea for tips was a bit off-putting. Seeing the opening of the Tower bridge was special. Dissapointed that the bar is a cash bar only - you should let this be known in the brochure as some people do not carry a lot of cash.

Review by: June L F, Canada	July 2010
Very Enjoyable

Review by: Joanne L	July 2010
Fantastic service, good commentary, amazing that we saw Tower Bridge raised up to let a Thames Barge through. Great day.

Review by: Douglas C, Australia	June 2010
Would recommend this river cruise when in London.

Review by: Peter H, Australia	June 2010
There were no problems in exchanging voucher for tickets

Review by: Johan M, Malta	January 2010
I recommend this tour! The trip on the boat was nice and the commentary was good as well!

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	July 2009
Limited time in London, worth doing. The live tour guide was great and added to our reviews.

Review by: Alex Q, Ireland	March 2009
One of the best tours. You just don't get to see London like you do on this cruise. You really experience a lot on this.

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	March 2009
Very relaxing, pity not a great variety of food and refreshments on the cruise.

Review by: Kerry C, Australia	October 2008
We had a wonderful day using this tour boat. Easy to do and so relaxing. Price good too. Great way to get around.

Review by: Kosmas D, Greece	July 2008
It was OK. No problems or anything but nothing spectacular.

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	May 2008
Interesting, informative and most efficient.

Review by: Louis N, Canada	April 2008
We travelled on the Thames from Westminster to Greenwich and back again. What an absolute delight! The dry-humoured guide struck the perfect blend of combining information, humour and silence in his monologue. We saw an incredible number of venues from the river perspective. This is an experience that I will recommend highly to anyone visiting London and, in fact, will repeat the next time I am in London.

Review by: Nurun-naher M, United Kingdom	March 2008
We had a amazing time during daytime and evening time.

Review by: Birgitta K, United States of America	September 2007
This was a delightful way to see some of the city sights and get on and off at some stops. Do yourself a favor and plan to get off at Greenwich - I wish we could have spent more time there before catching the last scheduled boat of the day. Our comical guide left us with the quote we used most often throughout our trip!! We still laugh when we say it!

Review by: Elizabeth C, United States of America	August 2007
The staff were friendly and helpful. This is a great way to get around.

Review by: Dianne K, Australia	October 2006
The on board commentary was both informative and entertaining, and well-timed to coincide with the sites. We got off at Greenwich and explored the town, which was a picture postcard. The return trip was equally enjoyable - excellent value for the money. Will recommend to others.

Review by: Sandra M, United States of America	July 2006
What a fantastic way to see London, up and down, and on and off. I recommend this to anyone wanting to travel on the Thames. What a great trip! Well worth it.