Giethoorn, Afsluitdijk, Zaanse Schans Day Tour Incl Hotel Pick Up
Overview
Available languages
10 hours
Mobile ticket
This unique tour will bring you to the most famous scenic spots in the Netherlands, which are Giethoorn, Afsluitdijk and Zaanse Schans within one day.
In our journey, you would visit a dutch cheese factory, a wooden shoes factory and enjoy a royal diamond demonstration at Zaanse Schans; After that a beautiful photo stop at Afsluitdijk, the longest dike of the world; In the afternoon, you would discover green 'Little Venice' of Holland and enjoy one hour free boat cruise in Giethoorn.
This tour offers free hotel pick-up service within Amsterdam; a luxury and comforable mini bus (Mecedes brand) with maximum 8 persons; and a free bottle of water (one bottle per traveler).
This 10 hours experience gives you a relaxed, memorable and enjoyable tour with a lot of beautiful photos. One remark: Making new friends on the road won't be a bad idea of your travel.
Please note: at the peak season, we might combine two groups together, we will contact you about this in advance.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
What To Expect
Zaanse Schans
You would expect to have following activities in our VIP tour at Zaanse Schans. you would have a private dutch cheese factory tour, to understand how to make cheese in the traditional way. You could taste more than 26 different types of cheese here. After that, we will take you to a private wooden shoes factory tour. You would watch a live demonstration of making wooden shoes by a traditional clog maker. After that you would have a private Royal Amsterdam Diamond tour, to know the history of diamond, and enjoy the diamond with 268 cuts. Of course you would have your own free time to get close to the windmills and take photos.
Catharina Hoeve Cheese Farm
This attraction is the first stop at Zaanse Schans. As described above, you would experience this old cheese farm/factory, to have a private tour of how to make traditional dutch cheese, get to know the history of this cheese farm, and cheese tasting with more than 26 different flavors.
Options
Giethoorn, Afsluitdijk, Zaanse Schans Day Tour on Mini VIP Bus
Max.8 persons per bus Pickup included
What‘s Included
Bottled water
Including guided diamond demonstration tour
All Fees and Taxes
Air-conditioned vehicle
Including guided wooden shoes factory tour
Including guided cheese factory tour
Including one hour boat cruise in Giethoorn
Lunch
Rent Your Own Boat (Drive the boat by yourself) with additional price
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
1,829 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Wonderful experience!
saracE6277NX,Jun 8, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My wife and I had a wonderful experience! Erik guided us well with a lot of history. Highly recommend!
Excellent. Our guide was...
Erin M,Jun 7, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Excellent. Our guide was fabulous. The cheese place was touristy hokey but we enjoyed the the rest of the tour.
Private Giethoorn-Zans Shans Day Tour
NATALIE S,Jun 6, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Rainier was extremely knowledgeable, polite,patient and accommodating to all of our questions and needs. Everyone in the tour group agreed at the end of the tour, he was definitely a 5 out of 5! He made the day enjoyable,informative and absolutely fun. My wife and I agreed this was the best tour and guide combo we have ever had. We had a couple of hiccups due to the weather and he adapted our schedule to insure we experienced all of the sites and activities as promised. On a personal note: we had our transfer driver to Rotterdam Cruise port for the next day cancel on us while we ending our day with Rainer, overhearing the distress in my voice, he found a replacement driver for us at a reasonable rate but personally followed up with us and the driver later. INCREDIBLE!!!!!!
Relaxing excursion
Elizabeth T,Jun 6, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Wow!! This day trip outside of Amsterdam was so worth it and definitely liked the smaller group tour. Our tour guide, Erik, was wonderful. He provided us with commentary and information along the way. Giethoorn was such a quaint little area and our cruise was relaxing. I would definitely advise AGAINST driving your own boat as many chose to do this and could not operate the boats properly. Erik was our captain and was able to get us away from the crowds.
It was great being picked...
Sandy M,Jun 6, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00It was great being picked up at our hotel. We didn’t have to worry about how to get to meeting location. Our driver and guide Reiner was wonderful. He was very friendly and easy to talk to. He was knowledgeable about the areas we were going to. He is a very caring person( always making sure we were ok). We enjoyed the guided wooden shoe factory tour and our favorite of all was the open boat ride on the canals of Geithoorn. It was really nice of Reiner to give us suggestions for restaurants for dinner and he offered to drop us off either at our hotel or somewhere close to a restaurant we wanted to go to.
Realize the rustic Netherlands as it is!!
Navigator43041964167,Jun 5, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Mr. Kai, who operates cars and boats and is fluent in English and Chinese, guided us to rural areas with Dutch nature, wind power and windmills. Thanks to Kai's care, even my lame husband could enjoy it effortlessly, and I was able to experience the wonder of the Netherlands.
The tour guide makes a tour memorable!
Caroline d,Jun 5, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Eric was one of the best guides we have ever done a tour with…and we’ve done many! He picked us up from our hotel exactly on time and, on the drive, was full of interesting information not only pertaining to our destinations but the history of the Netherlands going back to the 14th century - and he has a great sense of humor to boot! A-plus to him and many thanks for a well-worth-it tour!!
Nice trip
Inspire29303402511,Jun 4, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00It was a wonderful trip, Kai was a fantastic guide and driver
Great experience
shirleypG9842XK,Jun 4, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had a great time and our driver Erik made it that more enjoyable. Thank you Erik for going the extra mile to make sure we were comfortable and that we had everything we needed.
A great day outside of Amsterdam!
Anne B,Jun 3, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00We had a wonderful day with our dri er/guide Simon. He was on time and welcomed us warmly. We felt at ease from the start. Simon's commentary throughout the whole day was fabulous. A bit of history, culture and fun! It was a day full of wonderful scenery and some beautiful Windmills a and homes. Highly recommend this tour when you are visiting Amsterdam! Ask for Simon!
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