Reviews

This trip was so unique! No better way to see the cities, countryside and historical sites than on a bike, with rides led by most experienced tour/ride guides, and to retire at the end of the day to a beautiful ship with the BEST crew! Our meals were all so delicious and beautifully presented throughout the tour- the crew were helpful, and FUN. I will be recommending this experience to everyone! Many thanks to our Captain Matt, Chef Andreas, and crew She’, Jurre, and Mika for a very memorable trip.

My week on the Elizabeth couldn’t have been much better. My wife and I were with close friends, so that by itself was remarkable. But, the crew couldn’t have been more courteous and helpful. They were attentive but didn’t hover, they appreciated help hoisting the sails but didn’t badger, and they kept the running well. The boat is beautiful. The captain gave a nice overview of what to expect on the day’s ride, but gave riders full autonomy on the various routes. The food was outrageously good. Just a fantastic week.

Just back and still on Cloud 9 from our phenomenal adventure on the Zwaantje through the Burgundy Valley. Boat Bike Tours is a first rate organization and the Zwaantje, Willie and his amazing crew & competent guides did not disappoint! Every detail was covered and executed and despite some last minute changes to the plans, things flowed seamlessly. The chef, Frank, started our day and ended our day with healthy and delicious food! Being foodies and wine lovers, we could not have been happier with the selection and variety and quality of the food and drinks. Milton warmly greeted us and attended to any of our needs. The guides, Els and Wieger kept us informed and educated each day and helped to bring the groups together in a fantastic and meaningful way. Any issue we encountered was handled promptly and efficiently. We know we will be jumping on another Boat Bike Tour! Cannot imagine it being any better than this!

Having been on the Magnifique lV and lll, we were so looking to be on the Magnifique I. It was wonderful to see familiar faces, such as Chef Extraordinaire Michael, who was the chef in our two previous trips, and Captain Henk, the Captain on the last day of our Tulip tour last year. The tour guides, Frans and Niels were awesome! The hosts Liza and Lineke were outstanding and Denise, our sailor was as good as they come.

Out of three Boat Bike tours we’ve taken, this was the best crew! This was on the Zwaantje! Many thanks to: Willy (Captain), Milton, and Brando. A special shout out to the best Chef, “ever” (Frank)! And then the guides: (Weiger and Els): they were helpful, knowledgeable and a bunch of fun! This group made for a memorable trip! Thank you! Reed and Debbie

We loved the scenery along the way. This is our third Bike and Boat and it was my favorite bike rides. Using the Ride GPS made navigating our rides very easy. The crew was very kind & helpful. My only suggestion is that it’d be nice to have more variety for breakfasts and lunches. Snacks too for the rides would have been nice (like granola bars, chips, candy bars, etc)

Good accommodations, food, staff, bikes. Guide was not good. One guy was even left behind. He contacted me and was able to rejoin us after 25 minutes and she never even knew. She was hard to understand, not because her English was poor but because she made so many unnecessary sounds it was hard to glean what was important.

the mattress was terrible and the smell down in the cabin at times was very bad (septic smell). The last 3 nights the A/C was broken and from day 1 the internet was not working. Now the good stuff, the boat was magnificent, the food was great, the staff super, the guides very personable, the bikes perfectly maintained, the biking amazing,

Amazing trip! Really loved biking through the countryside of Belgium and the Netherlands.

We had a great experience on the Hansa Highlights bike tour. Can’t say enough good things about the whole trip and have referred several friends to this company already! We really like the simplicity of this type of trip where everything is planned and you have a floating hotel where you sleep every night. We chose this boat (De Nassau) because it had operable windows in all rooms. The staff on the boat was so friendly and helpful, they really made us feel welcome and provided “over the top” service the whole time. The bike tour was great too, as was our tour leader Olga. Having the GPS app guide us through the country was great and simple (for the most part…;-)). The Dutch countryside and waterways are beautiful to ride through. Lots of interesting, historic towns on the route. If you haven’t ridden a bike in the Netherlands, you will be amazed at the extensive network of bike paths Everywhere! It’s unbelievable even through some fields between towns! Wish we had it in the US. Most of the time you’ll ride on a dedicated bike path and at times on a smaller road with cars and a bike path. When you exit and enter towns, especially Amsterdam, there will be interaction with road crossings and bikes zipping around you so you have to be ready for that too, but you get accustomed to it. The food was very good and you pack your lunch to take each day on your ride. Overall we thought the trip was very well organized and great fun and a great value. We met lots of nice folks on the trip too from Holland, Canada, Germany and the US. We’d definitely do a trip with Boat Bike Tours again! A couple tips we’d make is to bring a rear view mirror and don’t forget your padded bike shorts!