Private Cambridge Punt Tour

Our private College Backs punting tour offers the ideal introduction to Cambridge’s long and eventful history. The river tour guides have a passion for history and a talent for sharing it with their customers — discover how the city has evolved from medieval market town to world-class centre of learning, while enjoying breath-taking views from the river. From the gothic splendour of King’s College Chapel to the classical elegance of the Wren Library, our guide will ensure that we don’t miss a thing.

This private tour provides a more personalised experience, with others from our singles socials group. We will have the exclusivity of our own punt, and with the punt chauffeur all ours we can decide how much of the commentary we wish to hear, and ask as many questions as we like along the way.

Punting emerged in the nineteenth century, and as punts’ flat bases make them generally very stable watercraft, and able to pass through shallow areas of water, they were ideal for transporting cargo along waterways, as well as for eel-fishing, reed-cutting, and fowling. In the mid-nineteenth century, ‘pleasure punting’ was introduced to the River Thames as a new way for passengers to enjoy the river.

We have members coming by train from Kings Lynn (9.25am train), we will join this train at Littleport. We will take a gentle walk to the punt, stopping for coffee on the way. After the punting members may join us for a light lunch at Bill's.