Giethoorn and Zaanse Schans Day Tour Small Group Incl. Boat Ride

Overview

Available languages

Chinese

English

10 hours

Mobile ticket

This day trip brings you in the morning to Zaanse Schans. You would visit a Dutch cheese factory, a wooden shoe factory and enjoy a royal diamond demonstration in Zaanse Schans. After that we will travel to Giethoorn, you would discover the 'Green Venice' of Holland and enjoy one hour free boat cruise in Giethoorn. You will of course have your own free time at these two places.

This unique tour offers certain hotel pick-up service with a small group, so we can have full focus on each traveler. A bottled water will be provided to each traveler. Power bank, napkin, umbrella are provided and free to use during the whole trip.

This 10 hours experience gives you a relaxed, memorable and enjoyable tour with lots of beautiful photos.

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Guided Private Tour for Cheese, Wooden Shoes and Diamond Factory

Including One Hour Boat Cruise in Giethoorn (13 Euro)

All Fees and Taxes

Air-conditioned vehicle

One Bottle per Traveler

Lunch in Giethoorn at your own choice

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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What To Expect

Zaanse Schans

Zaanse Schans is best known for its collection of well-preserved historic windmills and houses. At Zaanse Schans, the natural windmill village, you would first have a private guided Dutch cheese factory tour, to know how to make Gouda cheese in the traditional way. You could taste more than 26 different flavors of cheese. After that, you will visit a Dutch wooden shoes factory, over here 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 'Royal Lady' diamond with 268 facets. Of course you would have your own free time to get close to the windmills and take a lot of photos.

2 hours • Admission Included

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 demonstration to understand how to make traditional Dutch cheese, get to know the history of this cheese farm, and cheese tasting with more than 26 different flavors.

30 minutes • Admission Included

Options

Giethoorn and Zaanse Schans Day Tour Small Group Incl. Boat Ride

Pickup included

Reviews

4.56

55 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Great 1 day trip to see Windmills, cheese making, wooden shoe making and Gethoorn.
Rosemary P,
Sep 19, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Great day to see 2 areas outside of Amsterdam in The Netherlands. Ranier was an excellent guide. He was very knowledgeable with a great personality. We had rain on our day and he provided umbrellas and scheduled a covered boat in Giethoorn. I would recommend this trip.
Enjoyed every bit of it!
Nada A,
Sep 16, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Great day tour with just the right amount of time spent in every stop! Brilliant tour guide, that kept us informed of all there is to see and experience throughout the duration of the trip!
Most beautiful cities...
Cheryl L,
Sep 5, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Most beautiful cities we've seen in Amsterdam. Kai our tour guide took care of us and was very informative and funny.
Loved it!
Robbin S,
Jul 18, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Wonderful day and tour guide Leidse was incredible! Impressive knowledge and full of en! This tour will give you great exposure to the true essence of Holland! Highly recommend!
Leidse, our guide, was...
Beckham S,
Jun 28, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00
Leidse, our guide, was delightful and very knowledgeable. Hotel pick up was smooth and very convenient. It was pleasant day!
Good day out
Annette S,
May 21, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Great way to see a couple of places when you don't have a car. In Zaanse Schans you see the iconic windmills. Watching a clog get made was interesting. The boat trip in Geithoorn was relaxing.
Great tour
Ching C,
May 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We had great tour it was well organized we had lovely time, beautiful places , comfort ride, easy pick up and drop off, I highly recommend it.
The trip was fun,...
ljagalur,
Apr 12, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
The trip was fun, relaxing and the town was a Quaint picturesque place, a little crowded in the season but worth seeing it once. Rieneir who was our guide was helpful, informative and attentive
Terrible Communication & Last-Minute Cancellation - Avoid Koen!
709omerk,
Mar 13, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00
Our group of 12 booked a private tour with Koen, confirming multiple times. His communication was atrocious. He ignored messages for weeks, only responding after I escalated to Airbnb support – less than a month before our tour! Then, he suddenly claimed he couldn't honor the private tour, citing a confusing excuse about vehicle sizes and a minimum group size that was never mentioned before. He then canceled our booking, leaving us stranded. His explanation is a blatant lie. He knew about the group size for weeks. Koen was rude, unprofessional, and greedy, clearly hoping we'd be forced to accept any last-minute change. He showed zero regard for our plans. This is about the shocking lack of communication and disrespect. Do not book with Koen. He's unreliable and will likely leave you high and dry. Zero stars.
Well planned and...
Rekha R,
Dec 9, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00
Well planned and executed. Simon, our tour guide, was very helpful. He gave us interesting nuggets of info about the place, activities, things along the way, etc.