Walking Tour Combined with River Punting Rowing (3 hours duration)

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: River Cherwell, Oxford England

We hire boats to take you out on the river from the boathouse. Depending on whether you select option to have chauffeured punting or to hire boat to handle yourselves, you will spend from 30-60 minutes in the boat on the river.

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Bridge of Sighs, New College Ln., Oxford OX1 3BL England

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Pass By: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ England

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Pass By: Bodleian Library Bodleian Library Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG England

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Pass By: Radcliffe Camera, Radcliffe Square, Oxford OX1 4AJ England

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Stop At: University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, The High Street University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 4BJ England

We pass by and introduce such famous sights as this and we might also visit inside the church too

Duration: 5 minutes

Pass By: Magdalen College, High Street, Oxford OX1 4AU England

We pass by and introduce such famous sights as this but we don't visit inside this college on this tour

• Life jackets are available free of charge for the boats, by request. Water level averages 2-6 feet
• Max 3-4 persons + guide per boat. Any larger groups, ask viator to call us up for a quote!
• Please note dates below under section of graduation, university open days, Xmas holidays!
• Entry/Admission - River Cherwell

• If you opt to request the 1 hour boat hire to handle the boat yourself, please note that if you don't return the boat within the one hour period, the boathouse may use its discretion to charge you a late return penalty fee. This is your responsibility therefore to ensure that you proactively keep an eye on how much time you have left and ensure that you can return the boat along the river in time before your hire period ends.
• No food or drink is included on this tour but the boathouse do offer you opportunity to pay for a picnic hamper & likewise, you may opt to bring your own food & drink onto the boat. If you opt to choose 1 hour boat hire, you are responsible for safe & sensible drinking of any alcohol and responsible handling of the boat, to ensure that you do not damage the boat or other boats & do not lose the oars etc. We cannot be responsible for any penalties which the boathouse (a third party) might see fit to charge you, if you should cause them damages.
• In case of bad weather: unfortunately, we don't permit cancellations but if you give us at least 24 hours notice, then we will accept requests to reschedule the date. If weather forecast suggests heavy rain & if you cannot reschedule to another date, we will alternatively let you book onto any alternative tour activity which is also running, such as to join a tour inside Christchurch.
• We can only fit max 3-4 clients + guide per boat, so larger groups, please ask viator to call us up!
• On graduation dates, we may not always be able to enter a college so see graduation dates below:
• 2024 Graduation dates includes...
• Jan 20, Feb 24, March 2, May 11 + 18 of 2024

• Not wheelchair accessible
• In case of bad weather: unfortunately, we don't permit cancellations but if you give us at least 24 hours notice, then we will accept requests to reschedule the date. If weather forecast suggests heavy rain & if you cannot reschedule to another date, we will alternatively let you book onto any alternative tour activity which is also running, such as to join a tour inside Christchurch.
• Stroller accessible
• Please note the river is on average about 6 feet (2m) deep, so any children will automatically be offered a lifebelt but you must notify us if any adults or children in your group cannot swim. Please advise us of this fact, when you book & when you meet the guide & when the boathouse prepare your boat!
• Service animals allowed
• The default schedule for this tour is to first join either the 12.30 walking tour or the 2.30pm walking tour and then the guide will walk you to the boathouse. If your schedule requires you to instead take the boat trip in the morning before you join the walking tour, then you must make this request known and advise what time you can meet us (any time from 10am onwards)
• Near public transportation
• PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME:
• Please arrive 5 minutes early for your tour at our meeting point. If you arrive more than 5 minutes later than the scheduled tour, then you will likely forfeit and lose your booking as it interrupts the guide and other customers, if we are trying to find you after a guide has started and left the meeting point.
• Infants must sit on laps
• INFO FOR DRIVERS AND PARKING:
• If you are driving, then please allow extra 30-60 minutes over whatever time you think it will take you to get here. Oxford is NOT car friendly and it is congested roads and hard to find parking spaces....unless you park at the sign posted 'park and rides' on edge of town on any major road into the city and hop on their buses into city centre. The park and ride buses leave every 15 or every 30 minutes and take anything from 10 min to 30 min (depending on traffic) to reach city centre. So if you are going to drive, then please assume you should be aiming to park your car about one hour before your tour starts.
• PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
• Not recommended for travelers with back problems
• We actually recommend instead using the much faster and reliable train services but again please aim to arrive about an hour or earlier before your tour starts as trains can be delayed and the train and coach station are about 15 minutes walk from our meeting point. There is also the coach service from London called the Oxford Tube which leaves every half hour or more but it can take much longer than its advertised 105 minute journey time. It drops you off either at High street Oxford or Gloucester Green coach station. It's quicker to ask to get off on High street near Carfax tower, then it's a 10 minutes walk to Broad street.
• Most travelers can participate
• Max 3-4 persons + guide per boat. Any larger groups, ask viator to call us up for a quote!
• This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
• Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 1 day of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability

15 Broad St, Oxford OX1 3AS, UK

Magdalen College, Oxford OX1 4AU, UK

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

120 to 150 minutes