Jump In The Canal

You’ve visited the Anne Frank house after waiting in a long queue…
You’ve walked along the alleys of the Red Light district avoiding stumbling British stag party participants and ringing bike riders…
And you’ve waited through a crowd of people for the perfect moment to take a picture sitting in the big yellow Dutch clog near the Dam Square monument.
What’s left to do?
CANAL TRIP!
But wait, you saw all those long skinny tour boats and looking through the plexiglass windows, you see encapsulated tourists staring into the distance having a not so nice time while having the captain force them to repeat «acht en tachtig prachtig grachten» over and over until their throats are sore. The solution?
GET YOUR OWN BOAT!!!
I live in Amsterdam and have taken several boat rides on a small 6 sized boats and I still never get tired of just how pretty it is. Not only will you see Amsterdam from a whole new angle, there is something enjoyable about having some beer or prosecco, snacking on bread and Old Amsterdam cheese cubes, while taking in the pretty sites and side alleys along the Amsterdam canal system.
Now, there are companies out there where you can rent your own boat and go around yourself. But if you don’t know the canals very well, and don’t know how to avoid getting hit by the huge tour boats, you might have difficulty. So my favorite solution, is to get a boat AND my own private skipper!
Obviously my hands are occupied with one hand around the bottle of bubbles and the other hand dipping bread into red pepper hummus, so I can’t be bothered with things like steering a boat. Luckily, I don’t have to worry about that with a skipper. And if you are visiting Amsterdam, you can talk to the skipper about anything and he’ll tell you aaaaaaaaaaall about the city, beer, hookers, pot, tulips, bitterballen, old churches and just about anything else that equates to the great city of Amsterdam!
I’ve had several friends come to visit Amsterdam and when they come and we set aside a day for touring the canals, I FOR SURE will go through my favorite A’dam skipper from Jump in the Canal! Basically he will pick our group up and any reasonable spot on a canal, drinks are included (+ for me!!) and if you ask for snacks, he’ll provide those as well. You tell him how many hours and he’s pretty flexible if you want to go more. The skipper is a little on the koo-​koo side which makes the rides ALL the more fun!
So skip the expensive boring boat tours and JUMP into the canal via your own private 6 person booze cruise!!! AHOY MATEY!!!