Private Cruises for Two
Absolutely ideal if you want to get away from London without leaving the city.
Two hours cruise
“Just for two”.
Let’s start in Little Venice and take you along the Regent's Canal through Regent's Park and London Zoo to Camden and back again.
Theres so much to see and we can offer a lovely peaceful viewpoint as we cruise past leaving the crowds behind.
You can read all about the route in detail on our Little Venice to Camden page.
A two hour private cruise is £170 for two people and a little more at weekends.
Exclusive five hour cruise “Just for two”.
For information only as we are currently not running this trip.
Little Venice to Kings Cross and back will take us five to five and a half hours
This cruise is ideal for those who want a longer experience particularly if you have an interest in the canal and its history.
We take the same route as our two hour cruise, but instead of turning around at Camden we continue through the locks to the amazing Kings Cross area,
There are four locks on this journey so you will get to experience both descending and ascending the locks.
We can either stop at the Canal Museum or Granary Square for the stunning Coal Drops Yard shopping experience, including London’s flagship Samsung store. We have just enough time to stop over at one of the canalside locations where you can also buy some refreshments for lunch.
Read all about Little Venice to Kings Cross.
The five hour cruise for two can be adapted to suit your interests and requirements. The price will be £360 on weekdays. We don’t normally do this at weekends due to delays at the locks but in these strange times you could always ask!
Full details of the five hours cruise for two
How about we take you for a “Just for Two” five hour tour – Monday to Friday?
Ideally this will allow us to aim for Kings Cross and the London Canal Museum (not open Monday to Thursday following lockdown closures) or the amazing stylish Coal Drops Yard shopping centre and Granary Square, an interesting journey from Little Venice, following our favourite route through Maida Vale and the Maida Hill Tunnel then passing through Regent’s Park with the canal-side villas and then London Zoo before we turn away from the Park and reach Camden. Continuing through Camden we pass through three locks at Camden Market, giving a chance to experience the way 200 year old technology is still the best way to lower the boat gently down the hill towards Kings Cross. This is an ideal opportunity to take a quick look around the Camden Lock Market while the boat continues down the locks.
You’re welcome to bring some food and drinks on the cruise – but at lunch time I suggest we help you find a traditional English classic – fish and chips of course, served with delicious mushy peas and lashings of salt and vinegar – your diet will have to go on hold for this treat and one of London’s best fish and chip shops is located almost by the canal in Camden. Or how about you stop at a pub for a pint of decent English ale and then grab a take away lunch from the vast range of international foods served in the Camden Lock Market. We recommend this is eaten onboard Lady A rather than having to find a spare space for dining in the market.
This also gives a little time to take a preview of Camden Lock and Camden Stables markets – one of the top tourist attractions in London. You’ll definitely find something of interest amongst the 700 or so individual stalls.
At Kings Cross we will see one more lock between St. Pancras and Kings Cross and the ever changing skyline due to the incredible regeneration of this fascinating area will give you photographic opportunities to remember the day you saw a whole new part of London being built.
Just after Kings Cross we can usually arrange to moor Lady A right outside the London Canal Museum (max 30 minute visit) and we will include your admission tickets in our price, so you can take a look at this very interesting little museum which also tells the story of how ice cream was made on the same site thanks to huge blocks of ice which were imported from Norway and found their way up the Regents Canal by the boat full. You will see the original ice well, a deep hole in the ground for storing the ice, an authentic boatman’s cabin to see how a canal family could live in the tiny space left after loading their boat with cargo and lots of canal mementoes in one of London’s most quaint museums well off the beaten tourist track. The museum is closed on Mondays to Thursdays due to Covid lockdown so while we can still offer this tour, we will stop for a look around Granary Square instead.
After this brief visit to the canal museum or Granary Square we will turn and head back and during the passage through the locks at Camden – you’ll enjoy the envious looks of the Camden crowds while you raise a glass to their health!
If you’re desperate for a shot of espresso then there’s at least one Starbucks and a Costa on the route.
Along the route you will learn about life on the canals has changed over the years, contrasting the early hard working boat families with todays boating fraternity. You will know more about the development of the canal from a deserted underused waterway into a vibrant and colourful route through the centre of London, and you’ll meet as many different inhabitants of the canals as possible, including coots, ducks, moorhens, swans, cormorants and if you’re lucky herons and some of the rarer species such as peacocks, jays, grouse, woodpecker, bats and turtles all of which I have seen recently.
And hopefully at the end of the trip you’ll be hooked on the secret world of London and indeed England’s historic canal system.
book directly With me sales@ladya.co.uk, or book online and if there’s more than two then our normal hire rates will apply so please ask for a quotation.
Please note once again that the five hour cruise is Monday to Friday only, and that the Canal Museum isn’t open Mondays to Thursday at the moment.so we will go somewhere else instead if you chose these days. The Coal Drops Yard shopping centre at Kings Cross makes an ideal alternative.