Private River Cruise in Zaandam And Zaanse Schans from Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Join this 4-hour private sightseeing river cruise in Zaandam starting with a pickup from central Amsterdam. Your private skipper and guide will take you to river de Zaan where you will be sailing along the majestic buildings close to the river where big companies like Albert Heijn and Verkade were founded. At world-famous Zaanse Schans, a village with working industrial wind mills alongside the river, wooden houses and craft shops, you will enjoy a guided tour and traditional pancakes for lunch, before returning to Amsterdam.

After your central Amsterdam pickup, you will be taken to the river de Zaan in Zaandam from where your private river cruise will start.

Following the river North, you will be sailing through the Wilhelmina locks and along the majestic buildings along the river, where big companies like Albert Heijn, Verkade and Duyvis were founded and French paint artist Monet made 25 paintings.

Even further north you will sail along the world-famous village Zaanse Schans with its working industrial wind mills and typical wooden houses as well as traditional craft shops. After visiting a windmill, tasting cheese and having a look at a clog demonstration, you will go have lunch (inluded) at a pancake restaurant before you will be brought back to Amsterdam by car.