JOIN RORY & RACHEL FOR
Tulips Tours From Amsterdam:
Private & Semi-Private
Join Rory & Rachel For
Tulip Tours From Amsterdam: Private & Semi-Private Tours
JOIN US FOR TULIP SEASON IN AMSTERDAM!
Our tours are for 8 people max, and you can choose a private tour for just you and your friends, or join one of our semi-private tours. Our speciality is of course tulips, however we also show you as much of the Netherlands as we can, and all in a relaxed and non-cliched manner.
Our Off-The-Beaten-Track Tulips Tour is our pride and joy. It’s a genuinely back-roads tour, and the highlight is a visit to a private tulips farm that lies far off the tourist map in very picturesque countryide in the Beemster region. We’re friends with the farmers and we’ll have it all to ourselves. We spend longer in their fields and because the farmers trust us we have more liberty to explore their fields than tourists typically have in the tulip fields around Keukenhof. We also travel over some delightful dikes and polders, visit some unspoiled rural villages and towns. Oh, and there is a windmill from the 1630s! It truly is a backroads gem, and it’s quite possible you won’t encounter any other tourists on this tour.
We also have a second route that we can do as a private tour. This includes a visit to the world famous Keukenhof Gardens. It’s not at all off-the-beaten track, but a private tour is all about your preferences. So, if you’d like to visit we can bring our signature back-roads flair in the portions before and after Keukenhof (you don’t actually need a guide in Keukenhof itself!).
(If you don’t know the difference between Keukenhof and tulip fields you should read this article of ours).
Private Tours
For a private tour, most guests choose to do our Off-The-Beaten-Track tour route. Versus a small-group tour of the same route, you’ll get a bit more time, more flexibility, and a pick-up and drop-off at the Amsterdam location of your choice. However, you can also choose a different route: mainly one that involves the world-famous Keukenhof Gardens.
Our Semi-Private / Small-Group Tours
8 max / €125pp / Some extras included
April 8 - April 30
Our pride and joy is our Off-The-Beaten-Track-Tulips Tour. If you want to see beautiful Dutch tulips, encounter very few (if any!) other tourists, and also see some truly iconic Dutch sights, then this is for you. In addition to tulips there will be dikes, polders, windmills, and some delightful tiny villages. Oh, and Dutch apple pie.
The centrepiece is a visit to a completely private tulips farm where we’ll be the only visitors. We’re friends with the tulip farmers and they don’t work with any other tour companies. It’s really a unique experience. We do not visit Keukenhof Gardens on this tour, we avoid all the tourist traffic and crowds of tulip season near Keukenhof, and this route has a truly backroads feel.
Timings
We will almost certainly run two small-group tulip tours a day. For now though, we are scheduling just a morning tour and when this sells out we will schedule another one which will begin at 3pm. If the 3pm time works better for you please email us and we’ll contact you when it opens up.
REVIEWS
Modesty doesn’t work on the internet, so I’ve posted here a few of my glowing reviews from Trip Advisor and Google Reviews. Click on the icon to the right to look at my Trip Advisor reviews in detail.
Off-The-Beaten-Track-Tulips Tour
€125pp / 8-people max / 9am - 2.15pm
(Incl: Windmill Admission, Light Picnic Lunch & A Beer)
This itinerary is our pride and joy! We avoid Keukenhof altogether and instead bring you a truly Dutch day out, travelling back-roads and culminating in a visit to a private tulips farm, far off all tourist routes.
- Backroads Tour
- Golden Age Town (and two tiny rural villages)
- Windmill Visit (original windmill from the 1630s)
- Private Tulips Farm
- Stop at a dike overlooking the largest lake in W. Europe
- Food: Dutch Cheese Sandwich, Dutch Apple Pie, A Beer
We start out exploring the countryside to the north of Amsterdam known as Waterland. These are tiny country roads, and we’ll skirt the edge of the largest lake in Western Europe. We’ll stop at an unspoiled Golden Age town, with architecture largely from the 1500s and 1600s.
After that we’ll head to the Beemster region, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a tulips growing region. We’ll visit a private tulips farm, where we’ll be the only visitors. We’re friends with the farmers, and we can spend far more time in their fields than is possible in the tulip fields around Keukenhof.
We finish off with a trip to an original working windmill from the 1630s. You’ll see inside it and learn about it. At the windmill we’ll also have a picnic lunch of a Dutch cheese sandwich, Dutch apple pie, and a beer!
[In the beginning part of the season we visit a hyacinths farm instead of a tulips fields. We detail that more on the booking calendar page. Please read in detail].
Off-The-Beaten-Track-Tulips Tour
€125pp / 8-people max / 9am - 2.15pm
(Incl: Windmill Admission, Light Picnic Lunch & A Beer)
This itinerary is our pride and joy! We avoid Keukenhof altogether and instead bring you a truly Dutch day out, travelling back-roads and culminating in a visit to a private tulips farm, far off all tourist routes.
- Backroads Tour
- Golden Age Town
- Windmill Visit
- Private Tulips Farm
- Food: Dutch Cheese Sandwich, Dutch Apple Pie, A Beer
We start out exploring the countryside to the north of Amsterdam known as Waterland. These are tiny country roads, and we’ll skirt the edge of the largest lake in Western Europe. We’ll stop at an unspoiled Golden Age town, with architecture largely from the 1500s and 1600s.
After that we’ll head to the Beemster region, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a tulips growing region. We’ll visit a private tulips farm, where we’ll be the only visitors. We finish off with a trip to an original working windmill from the 1630s. You’ll see inside it and learn about it. At the windmill we’ll also have a picnic lunch of a Dutch cheese sandwich, Dutch apple pie, and a beer!
[In the beginning part of the season we visit a hyacinths farm instead of a tulips fields. We detail that more on the booking calendar page. Please read in detail].
Keukenhof & More Tulips Tour
€125pp / 8-people max / 3pm - 9pm
(Update: We're no longer offering this route as demand for our Off-The-Beaten-Track Tour is so strong)
This itinerary combines a visit to Keukenhof gardens with our signature approach to back-roads touring.
- Partial Backroads Tour
- Keukenhof Gardens (circa 2 hours, unguided)
- Visit to a tulips field near Keukenhof for photo ops
- Picnic of Dutch cheese sandwich, a beer, and other nibbles
We start off with a partial back-roads tour. The first hour will be the same charming route as the Off-The-Beaten-Track Tour. We then zip down to Keukenhof where you will have two hours in the gardens (unguided, as you don’t need a guide).
After Keukenhof, we’ll visit one of the nearby flower fields for photo ops. (Please note, we won’t have this field to ourselves). We’ll finish off with a picnic of a Dutch cheese sandwich, a beer, and some other nibbles.
Keukenhof & More Tulips Tour
Update: We're no longer offering this route as demand is so strong for our Off-The-Beaten-Track Tulips Tour
€125pp / 8-people max / 3pm - 9pm
- Partial Backroads Tour
- Keukenhof Gardens (circa 2 hours, unguided)
- Visit to a tulips field near Keukenhof for photo ops
- Picnic of Dutch cheese sandwich, a beer, and other nibbles
We start off with a partial back-roads tour. The first hour will be the same charming route as the Off-The-Beaten-Track Tour. We then zip down to Keukenhof where you will have two hours in the gardens (unguided, as you don’t need a guide).
After Keukenhof, we’ll visit one of the nearby flower fields for photo ops. (Please note, we won’t have this field to ourselves). We’ll finish off with a picnic of a Dutch cheese sandwich, a beer, and some other nibbles.
Hyacinths / Early Part of The Season
If you tour with us during early April, we visit hyacinth fields instead of tulip fields. This is because hyacinths bloom a couple of weeks earlier. We actually think a field of hyacinths (whisper it) might be marginally more spectacular than a field of tulips, as the scent is much stronger and it gives you an aromatherapy bath effect.
We don’t have dates as to when we transition from hyacinth field to tulip fields, as there is no way of knowing it in advance. It’s usually the early part of mid April, maybe April 12 or 13, but that is by no means set in stone.
Hyacinths / Early Part of The Season
If you tour with us during early April, we visit hyacinth fields instead of tulip fields. This is because hyacinths bloom a couple of weeks earlier. We actually think a field of hyacinths (whisper it) might be marginally more spectacular than a field of tulips, as the scent is much stronger and it gives you an aromatherapy bath effect.
We don’t have dates as to when we transition from hyacinth field to tulip fields, as there is no way of knowing it in advance. It’s usually the early part of mid April, maybe April 12 or 13, but that is by no means set in stone.
CONTACT RORY & TEAM
rory @ amsterdamtulipstour . com
Contact: rory at amsterdamtulipstour dot com
Look, sometimes we see things other than tulips!
Rory, your guide...
That’s me there, looking off wistfully into the distance in a field of tulips.
