Excellent Boat and Bike tour of Ijsselmeer
Katalin Heilig
We recently came back from a 1 week Boat and Bike tour on the Elizabeth sailboat (captained by Alvin (Wuffie), which took us around the Ijsselmeer inner lake in Northern Netherlands. We never expected this tour to be so amazing. It was the 1st time we went on a bicycle tour and we absolutely loved it! We are of medium-low fitness level, aged 60-ish. The sailboat was much larger, more comforable than we expected. The captain+3 additional crew were exceptionally friendly and helpful. The captain was an excellent seaman, navigating the boat through tight bridges and locks. We had excellent dinners and breakfasts on the boat. The Cook-Max, took his job very seriously and provided dinners of gourmet quality from cuisines around the world. Each morning, after breakfast, the captain described the bike routes- you could take a shorter route (18-27mi), or a longer (25-44mi), and he gave detailed navigation instructions and we also had a GPS app with all the routes uploaded. When you booked the tour you had to decide on mechanical or ebikes. You couldn’t change your mind during the tour. My husband brought his own bike seat and tools, he still complained about the bike not being good for the 4-5hrs biking. Me, personally, I had no problem with the bike, but I did bring padded bike shorts to improve the possible seat discomfort. All in all we could handle the amount of cycling. Though next time we might opt for ebikes. There was occasion to help hoist the sails and there was a short swimming opportunity also. The boating portions were very relaxing and enjoyable. The other guests were all very friendly. The captain set up a joint whatsapp group for sharing pictures and in general he helped create comraderie between all the guests and crew. All in all I highly recommend this tour and I plan to do other boat and bike tours through this company.
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