Amsterdam: Half Day Guided Keukenhof Tulip Garden Tour
Overview
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Prepare for a delightful day immersed in the beauty of Dutch flowering fields and breathtaking gardens. Settle comfortably aboard a single-decker coach as you bid farewell to Amsterdam. As you traverse the Dutch countryside, behold the enchanting sight of vibrant tulips, daffodils, and crocuses adorning the blooming fields. Upon reaching Keukenhof Gardens, enjoy a 45-minute guided tour through the park, followed by ample free time to explore at your own pace.
During your Keukenhof tour, marvel at endless rows of tulips, daffodils, and crocuses, each displaying a mesmerizing array of colors and sizes. Your knowledgeable guide will enlighten you about the cultivation techniques, historical significance, and cultural importance of each flower. With luck, you might even witness the rare sight of long-lost specimens, unseen for over 70 years!
Want to make your experience even better? Add an Amsterdam Canal Cruise for only € 18,00 extra.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Tour Company will oblige by the strict rules and measurements of the Dutch government and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
All Fees and Taxes
Entrance Keukenhof gardens
Air-conditioned vehicle
Guided tour through Keukenhof Gardens
Gratuities (optional)
What To Expect
Lisse
After a short ride from Amsterdam to the bulbflower area around Lisse, we start your tour by making a scenic ride in this area. Depending upon the season you see a landscape with colourful bulbflower carpets in almost any colour you can imagine.
Keukenhof
Then we continue to the true highlight of this tour, the park Keukenhof. Once a mere kitchen garden filled with vegetables and herbs, the Keukenhof - smack dab in the middle of South Holland’s tulip region - now has the distinction of being the world’s largest flower garden, hosting some 800,000 visitors per year. This guided tour will take you through the 15 kilometers of footpaths and 32 hectares of gardens, where millions of bulbs are planted each year. Tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, and other spring bulbs of a variety of vibrant colours carpet the grounds. Stroll through the English landscape garden, the Japanese country garden, and the historical garden. Take in the flower sculpture, based on an annual theme.
Options
Language Spanish - 4 hrs tour
Spanish + Canal Cruise - 4 hrs
Spanish + Canal Cruise - 5 hrs
English + Canal Cruise - 5 hrs
English + Canal Cruise - 4 hrs
Language English - 4 hrs tour
Language German - 4 hrs tour
Language Spanish - 5 hrs tour
Language German - 5 hrs tour
Language English - 5 hrs tour
German + Canal Cruise - 5 hrs
German + Canal Cruise - 4 hrs
Reviews
51 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great excursion
David L,
Mar 20, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00We visited at the end of April 2022. It was the perfect time and the Gardens were at their best. Fabulous excursion!!!! 🌷🪻🌷
Great trip and brilliant guide
Fawad R,
May 15, 2022
- Review from Viator
5.00Very helpful staff and loved the trip. Adequate time provided and really enjoyed the guided tour of the Zanse Shans which was out of this world !!
Very good service
lmuee01,
May 8, 2022
- Review from Viator
5.00Really enjoyed the tour. Very well organized. Good company, smooth services of booking, checking in, departure and return. Strongly recommended.
DayTrip
Lynsey M,
May 6, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Excellent daytrip and saw lots at Keuken Hof and Zaanse Schans. The guide spoke 4 languages so cleverly with lots of amazing facts and information. I wouldn't hestitate to recommend this tour - it was brilliant! Thanks
Excellent! Many flowers and beautiful landscapes warm and attentive attention.
Alfredo S,
May 5, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Excellent! Our tour guide Lady Flower very friendly and very funny, gave us an afternoon full of flowers sights and incredible scenery, lots of information and very interesting facts not only of this tour but of others, excellent option to visit.
The guide and driver were...
GailTatiana T,
May 5, 2022
- Review from Viator
5.00The guide and driver were awesome! If I come back to Amsterdam, I will definitely take this tour again!
Great Day trip for a first Time visit
Igorota 12,
May 4, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00It was an amazing Tulip fest experience at Keukenhof. We punctually left Amsterdam at 9:00am & we were parked very close to the entrance. The park was beautiful!!! Our lady guide was very informative. We were given 3 hours at the park & given a choice to stay with the guide or not. The rest of the tour was okay, clog making, cheese tasting and the windmills. Overall 4⭐️
Find another tour that only covers Keukenhof Garden for a half day. Don't bother with canal cruise and Zaanse Schans.
David U,
May 3, 2022
- Review from Viator
3.00Keukenhof Garden was fabulous, and the guide gave us enough time to explore on our own. BUT the guide did not speak to the whole group when "guiding" us for 30 minutes in the garden; she spoke only to those immediately next to her. When someone complained about not hearing, her reply was, "Well, I don't have a microphone." Either Viator should provide a microphone and headsets for all guests, or just skip this part of the tour. And the guide should use her best outdoor guide voice (loud) as I heard other guides doing. The rest of the tour was very disappointing. Zaanse Schans is basically a tourist trap and could be covered in one hour. Instead, there was far too much time allotted to shopping, and the souvenirs were kitsch and overpriced. Again, the guide spoke only to lucky few who could hear her. I was unable to use the canal cruise vouchers because we returned too late in the day and had other events planned the following day before we left for home. Description of this tour does NOT indicate that we must find lunch on our own, and it should.
Amazing!!
Karlamelia,
May 3, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The trip is really well planned, the guides are so nice and helpful. It was a well spent day. Beautiful places, it is so worth visiting. Highly recommended!
Not recommended. Take a partial-day tour to Keukenhof Garden from some other vendor.
ChicagoBurnham,
May 2, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00Loved the first half, going to Keukenhof Garden at the height of tulip season. Very disappointed with the second half, a visit to a reconstructed village (Zaanse Schans) which was little more than a tourist trap, with way too much time allocated for shopping. If you come to the Netherlands and never get to see working old windmills, cheese manufacturing, and wooden shoe production, the visit to Zaanse Schans might be worth your time. But there are other, better ways to get that experience. Biggest disappointment of all was our guide (Tosca). On the bus, she gave some background about the country and the sights we would see, and did so in three languages. Very impressive. But at the stops, she did not even try to communicate with the 45 guests who came on the bus. You had to be right next to her to hear anything, and she spoke ONLY in English. When someone complained about not hearing, her reply was, "Well, I don't have a microphone." This is poor planning on the part of the tour company. And we could hear other tour guides using their big booming voices so most of their guests could hear. So much for the promised "guided tour." Finally, the canal boat ride. We got back too late in the day to use the voucher, and had a day full of other plans before we left Amsterdam, so that was a waste of our money. If you take this tour, make sure you have a free day later to use the canal boat ride voucher.
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