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The 15 Best Cambridge Tours & Punting Trips

36 tours  ·  from $11 a head

Cambridge is small enough to walk and best seen from the water. The 15 below sort the college walks, the chauffeured punts along the Backs and the day trips up from London, with prices and how long each leaves you on your own.

Cambridge University Walking Tour by Alumni™ Kings College Option - Corpus Clock: Cambridge’s strangest timepiece
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Cambridge University Walking Tour by Alumni™ Kings College Option

1.Cambridge University Walking Tour by Alumni™ Kings College Option

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,336 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $33Our pick

Review of Cambridge’s alumni-led university walking tour, with King's College Chapel upgrade, itinerary, price, guides, and practical booking tips.

“Very informative introduction to Cambridge. We enjoyed the experience and would recommend this tour to anyone visiting Cambridge.”

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Cambridge University With Alumni: Optional Kings College Entrance - King’s College Chapel gives the tour its grand finale
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Cambridge University With Alumni: Optional Kings College Entrance

Punting Tour in Cambridge - The College Backs from the River Cam
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Punting Tour in Cambridge

3.Punting Tour in Cambridge

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,690 reviews · 45 minutes (approx.) · from $112

Review of Cambridge’s 45-minute punting tour, covering college views, guides, timing, value, weather, group size, and booking tips.

“Punting on the Cam was informative and unique. The guide was charming and competent. The proliferation of commercial punting makes for a congested bumper car like experience, and you will definitely feel touristy. Also, the guides are mostly NOT Cambridge University students — they are prohibited from having jobs during school term. We had fun, but it was a cattle-call type tourist attraction. And the viator pass pre-purchase slowed down our access to the attraction as the vendor had to work through third party protocols. The walk up customers were handled with higher priority.”

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Shared Guided Punting Tour of Cambridge - Starting at Jesus Green Moorings
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Shared Guided Punting Tour of Cambridge

4.Shared Guided Punting Tour of Cambridge

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 787 reviews · 45 minutes (approx.) · from $22

Review of Cambridge’s 45-minute shared punting tour, with college views, guide commentary, practical tips, price advice, and booking details.

“Great experience, our first time punting, Josh was a great tour guide, made even better by the sun though I am sure it is great all year round”

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Cambridge Walking & Punting Tour by Alumni™ King’s College Option - The Corpus Clock and Cambridge’s stranger side
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Cambridge Walking & Punting Tour by Alumni™ King’s College Option

5.Cambridge Walking & Punting Tour by Alumni™ King’s College Option

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 698 reviews · 2 hours 45 minutes to 3 hours 45 minutes (approx.) · from $76

Review of Cambridge’s alumni-led walking and punting tour, with King’s College Chapel option, timing, value, highlights, and practical tips.

“The trip is great! The alumni guide, Tommy told history about Cambridge which is interesting. Punting is a fabulous experience”

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Shared Punt Tour - Cambridge - Starting at the Thompsons Lane landing stage
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Shared Punt Tour – Cambridge

6.Shared Punt Tour – Cambridge

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 540 reviews · 50 minutes (approx.) · from $34

Cruise Cambridge’s River Cam past famous colleges, bridges, and chapels on a guided six-person punt tour lasting about 50 minutes.

“We were very lucky as the weather was perfect for this activity! Our chauffeur Callum was funny and it was nice to have a fun fact tour. Nice 45 minute ride up and down the river. Glad we did this.”

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Creepy Cambridge - Cambridge's Most Entertaining Ghost Walk - Starting at Magdalene Bridge and Magdalene College
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Creepy Cambridge – Cambridge’s Most Entertaining Ghost Walk

7.Creepy Cambridge – Cambridge’s Most Entertaining Ghost Walk

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 366 reviews · 1 hour 15 minutes (approx.) · from $27

Explore Cambridge after dark on a lively ghost walk featuring Cromwell, Byron, haunted colleges, exorcisms, and creepy local legends.

“My 10 yo son and I really enjoyed this tour. We walked around and saw many things that you wouldn’t see otherwise. Out tour guide Peter told us a lot of ghost stories and trivia about the town, he showed us details that you wouldn’t notice just walking around. I would really recommend this tour to families with young children. Peter was friendly and engaging and asked Jack a lot of questions about history and literature, and my son was really proud to be able to answer many of them!”

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Private Cambridge Punting Tour - Kings College Chapel and Senate House
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Private Cambridge Punting Tour

8.Private Cambridge Punting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 339 reviews · 50 minutes (approx.) · from $137

Review of Cambridge’s private 50-minute punting tour, with Kings College Chapel, Bridge of Sighs, guide quality, pricing, timing, and booking tips.

“Amazing experience and tour guide. It was informative and fun. We had four adults and two kids below the age of 2 and it worked perfectly. Safe, interesting and very central.”

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Cambridge - Shared Punting Tour - The 50-minute ride through the College Backs
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Cambridge – Shared Punting Tour

9.Shared Punting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 330 reviews · 50 minutes (approx.) · from $27

Review of Cambridge’s 50-minute shared punting tour, with college views, nine bridges, guide tips, price, access, and booking advice.

“Our tour guide was very informative and liked to joke around keeping it interesting and fun. Very down to earth with much information about all of the colleges and everything else around.”

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Cambridge University Walking Tour - Magdalene College and the college system
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Cambridge University Walking Tour

10.Cambridge University Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 316 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.) · from $20

Explore Cambridge’s colleges, churches, river, and university traditions on a lively small-group walking tour with expert local guides.

“The tour was fantastic and the guide was amazing. He was so knowledgeable and clearly passionate about Cambridge”

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Walking Tour of Cambridge - Choosing a Route That Fits Your Interests
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Walking Tour of Cambridge

11.Walking Tour of Cambridge

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 305 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $135

Review of Cambridge’s private walking tour, with flexible routes, expert guides, college tips, pricing, pickup details, and booking advice.

“Paul Cook has an infectious enthusiasm for this beautiful city. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with him as he downloaded as much as he could in the time allotted. I also fell in love with Cambridge. How could I not? Don’t hesitate to ask for Paul. He was terrific.”

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Cambridge University Colleges Guided Punting Tour - Darwin College and the first river views
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Cambridge University Colleges Guided Punting Tour

Private | Cambridge University Tour By Alumni™ & King's Chapel - The Eagle Pub and Cambridge Science
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Private | Cambridge University Tour By Alumni™ & King’s Chapel

13.Private | Cambridge University Tour By Alumni™ & King’s Chapel

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 194 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $250

Cambridge alumni lead a private tour of famous colleges, student traditions, and King's College Chapel, with practical tips on price and access.

“Lindsay,our guide was great. She is a PhD candidste at Cambridge. We learned about the college/university system and the history of the various colleges while walking around and viewing the variouscolleges.”

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City Sightseeing Cambridge Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour - Starting at Silver Street and seeing the center
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City Sightseeing Cambridge Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

14.City Sightseeing Cambridge Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 185 reviews · 1 hour 20 minutes (approx.) · from $23

Review of Cambridge’s 24-hour hop-on hop-off bus tour, with route details, college views, practical tips, value advice, and honest drawbacks.

“So disappointed. My hub and and I - both seniors/ first time in Cambridge. Had fully paid tickets on iPhone but no WiFi service so couldn’t access. Driver not only unsympathetic, but unhelpful in every way. We repaid to take trip. Cambridge is small but it’s still terrific to see from bus on first day (after traveling from USA). Just a shame this driver soured our first glimpse of this nice town.”

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Rowing experience in Cambridge! No experience required - The first 30 minutes on indoor rowing machines
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Rowing experience in Cambridge! No experience required

15.Rowing experience in Cambridge! No experience required

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 182 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $95

Row an eight-person boat on Cambridge’s River Cam with expert coaching, indoor practice, and a small group of eight.

“This is a great club and teaches you the basics of rowing really quickly and easily. It is a great activity to make friends and do community building. This was my favorite activity when I visited Cambridge. Will definitely come back when I have a chance.”

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