Cambridge | Alumni-Led Walking & Punting Tour w/opt Kings College
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Cambridge | Alumni-Led Walking & Punting Tour w/opt Kings College
By Cambridge Alumni Tours
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Cambridge is most famous for its university, with a history dating back over 800 years. On this combo tour, explore the historic streets on foot, and take to the Cam River by punt (flat-bottomed boat), and see the city through the eyes of a Cambridge University graduate. Visit Pembroke & Trinity College, The Eagle pub, and the Senate House, and follow in the footsteps of alumni Sir Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking.
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Ages 0-100, max of 25 per group
Duration: 165–225 minutes
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Highlights
- Combine a Cambridge walking tour with a punting trip on the Cam River
- Visit top sights: Corpus Christi College, The Eagle pub, and Senate House
- Gain insight into life as a student from your guide—a Cambridge grad
- Panoramic views along the Cam River shows another angle on famous colleges
- Enjoy a 90-minute College Walking Tour led by University of Cambridge Alumni/Students
- See famous landmarks like the Cavendish Laboratory where over 20 Nobel Prizes were awarded
- Learn about famous alumni who have studied at the University of Cambridge
- Wheelchairs and strollers are allowed on the tour
- Enter King's College Chapel and grounds (IMPORTANT: make sure you have booked the option)
What's not included- Gratuities
- This walking tours takes place outdoors. Indoor access to structures is not included unless booked
- Unplanned and unscheduled breaks, such as bathroom stops
- Entry/Admission - Cambridge
- Entry/Admission - Queens' College
- Entry/Admission - Senate House
- Make your way to King's College in central Cambridge, and meet your guide—a Cambridge University graduate. Then, set off through the city to begin your walking tour. Learn about the discovery of DNA in Cambridge, and visit the chapels and libraries for which the university is known. Explore sites of interest such as Corpus Christi College, Great St. Mary’s Church, The Eagle pub, and the Senate House, and hear tales of student life. Along the way, learn about famous alumni such as Prince Charles, Sir Isaac Newton, and Stephen Hawking. Afterward, take to the tranquil waters of the Cam River by punt—a narrow, wooden boat ideal for these waterways. With your guide, admire sweeping views along the riverbanks and gain insight into 800 years of history. Then, return to your starting point by King’s College to bring your tour to an end.
- Start:
- King's College, Cambridge, King's Parade, Cambridge CB2 1ST, UKGather outside the entrance of King’s College on King's Parade. On busy days, look for a blue flag. Your guide is in royal blue attire, such as a jacket, cap, beanie, or polo shirt with a shielded crest. If you're having trouble finding them, please, approach anyone in this attire and kindly ask.
End:- Scudamore's Mill Lane Punting Station, Mill Ln, Cambridge CB2 1RS, UKReach Mill Lane Scudamore's (postcode CB2 1RS) 3 hours after the start of your walking tour if you visit King’s College Chapel at the end. If you do not visit King’s College, arrive at Scudamore's 2 hours after the start of the walking tour.
- Wheelchair accessible
- Pushchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 14229P2- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Most travellers can participate
- The punting tour can cater for wheelchair users providing they can communicate how best to assist them, or have a carer with them who can do so
- The tour includes a 1.5-hour walk at a moderate pace, requiring basic fitness for light activity. Wear comfortable, supportive shoes and dress appropriately for potentially bad weather and muddy terrain
- Wheelchair users are welcome. Be cautious of uneven surfaces, curbs, and potential trip hazards. Be aware of vehicles and bicycles, particularly in busy areas
- Protect yourself from the sun with sunscreen, a hat, and sunglasses. Bring a water bottle to stay hydrated, especially in warm weather. - Follow the tour guide’s instructions and adhere to safety warnings. Inform the tour guide immediately if you feel unwell or notice any safety concerns
- Follow local health and safety regulations, including COVID-19 guidelines
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travellers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 14229P2
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Itinerary
- King's Parade, Cambridge CB2 1ST, UKGather outside the entrance of King’s College on King's Parade. On busy days, look for a blue flag. Your guide is in royal blue attire, such as a jacket, cap, beanie, or polo shirt with a shielded crest. If you're having trouble finding them, please, approach anyone in this attire and kindly ask.
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- 2Pass byCorpus Christi College
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- 4Pass byDarwin CollegeMathematical BridgeKing's CollegeClare CollegeTrinity CollegeBridge of SighsMagdalene College
- Mill Ln, Cambridge CB2 1RS, UKReach Mill Lane Scudamore's (postcode CB2 1RS) 3 hours after the start of your walking tour if you visit King’s College Chapel at the end. If you do not visit King’s College, arrive at Scudamore's 2 hours after the start of the walking tour.
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- V4065TIpaulr0 contributionsGreat tour, don't missOur guide, Lise, was excellent. She hit just the right level of detail. Her voice was clear and understandable. She had interesting stories. I especially enjoyed hearing about her life at the university. She knew the local history well.Written 9 October 2024
- natrich0410140 contributionsGood fun!Emily was an excellent guide, very relaxed, funny and knowledgable. Highly recommend this tour as a bit of fun and a bit of history.Written 6 October 2024
- H8407GKdianeb0 contributionsWalking TourTea was very informative. A lovely afternoon spent in town. Would highly recommend this tour to first time and returning visitors. Thanks! We even enjoyed a pint at “The Eagle” afterwards 😊 Kim and Diane Bickle CanadaWritten 6 October 2024
- Curiosity8159150 contributionsWalking TourTea was an excellent guide. Very knowledgable and warm personality. Thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Pleasurable experience. Janet WilliamsWritten 6 October 2024
- P6459AYpc0 contributionsWonderful walk aJust so nice and smooth very relaxing walk around the city with Tea and Jason. It was informative and helped ne design my rest of the stay.Written 6 October 2024
- 194jasmeetp0 contributionsFull of fun and new things to learn!It was an amazing experience because of Kyrill. He had so much knowledge and was extremely respectful and polite! He made us feel so comfortable and is very smart in his delivery. We learnt so much and will definitely return again!Written 5 October 2024
- Peter M0 contributionsThe Wonders of Cambridge.Tea was an outstanding guide and extremely knowledgeable. She was very personable and engaging. Thank you very much for a great tour.Written 5 October 2024
- 757elytaw0 contributionsThe Alumni Know Best!Our guide Tea was so personable and had a lot of good stories. Her grasp of the history of the colleges was excellent. I have to say, due to train problems, I was a little late. Tea called me and I was able to catch up with my tour. Another alumni tour guide actually walked me to join the tour. Now THAT is service!Written 5 October 2024
- F325ADlaurab0 contributionsInteresting and informative tourReally enjoyed the tour. Giri was a great your guide, very knowledgeable & happy to answer any questions. We would highly recommendWritten 3 October 2024
- Blueprimal0 contributionsGreat tour Giri.Thanks Giri! It was such a pleasure to have you as our guide. The level of information you provided was perfect and it was especially interesting to hear not just about the history of Cambridge University but also about contemporary student life as well.Written 2 October 2024
- adegbenroi0 contributionsGreat tour and tour guide! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Tea, our guide, had plenty of “tea” to spill about the buildings and their history, making the tour both informative and entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would 100% recommend this experience!Written 1 October 2024
- paul-ortleybeach0 contributionsOutstanding well informed polite guide.Our guide from Corpus Christie College was wonderfully informed. The history of these colleges is nothing short of incredible. If you didn't have a guide like Craig you would never know that the church tower dates back 1000 years. We were lucky it was just the 2 of us. A private tour! Highly recommended!Written 1 October 2024
- elena r0 contributionsGreat tour with GiriGreat tour of Cambridge. I highly recommend this company. Giri, our tour guide was funny and well prepared. She made this experience unique!Written 29 September 2024
- 559linhn0 contributionsBrilliant storytelling and jokesLoved the personal touches on this tour with Giri! So informative with many fun stories to keep it interesting. Great way to learn about student life. Would do another tour with her! Giri was amazing.Written 29 September 2024
- Rikke Michaela G0 contributionsGreat tour guide kyrillOur tour guide Kyrill was so knowledgeable about the history but also about the live of students the university system and answered all our many questions. Really a nice person as well. Thanks for a good tourWritten 29 September 2024
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UKTravellingMama
Caversham, UK7 contributions
Jul 2021 • Family
Our guide on the walking tour, Claire, has significant experience as an alumna, previous employee of the university and current resident - so she has been a treasure trove of information, delivering just the right balance of trivia and answers to questions from the eclectic age group during our tour. It is not my first walking tour in Cambridge but still found it refreshing, bringing the kids this time round. Highly recommended as the tour to follow regardless of age.
The punting trip was run by a separate company despite the combo ticket. Though the mooring site was further away from the bridge where there were many competitors vying for business, it was a lovely secluded spot to set off - with cute ducklings at the water edge looking for treats. The young man who took us was pleasant but as he was not an alumna, his tour was more genetically scripted - but to be honest, Claire would have been a hard act to follow. He did manoeuvre us very safely on a busy river day full of other competitors and tourists attempting to punt.
The punting trip was run by a separate company despite the combo ticket. Though the mooring site was further away from the bridge where there were many competitors vying for business, it was a lovely secluded spot to set off - with cute ducklings at the water edge looking for treats. The young man who took us was pleasant but as he was not an alumna, his tour was more genetically scripted - but to be honest, Claire would have been a hard act to follow. He did manoeuvre us very safely on a busy river day full of other competitors and tourists attempting to punt.
Written 30 July 2021
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Gina
USA1 contribution
Jul 2021
Our walking tour with Florence was okay, but not great. The tour was slow and a bit light on facts. When prompted for info on student life, she was helpful and knowledgeable but didn't volunteer any info on this topic unless asked, which to me is the whole point of doing a tour with an alumni.
Each stop would end with the group awkwardly standing around looking at each other before we slowly moved onto the next stop. We also spent quite a bit of time walking along 'the backs', which while pretty was not something I needed a guided tour of.
The punting tour was great and our guide did a wonderful job of explaining the sites with a little humor along the way.
Each stop would end with the group awkwardly standing around looking at each other before we slowly moved onto the next stop. We also spent quite a bit of time walking along 'the backs', which while pretty was not something I needed a guided tour of.
The punting tour was great and our guide did a wonderful job of explaining the sites with a little humor along the way.
Written 19 July 2021
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Chris C
Ashington, UK121 contributions
Sept 2021
We were telephoned the evening before our trip to ask is we would switch round our walking & punting - which actually worked perfectly for us! The punting tour started at 11am & was relaxing, informative & fun (our guide was studying at Bristol Uni - but still knew his stuff!).
We then had just over an hour break, which meant we could enjoy lunch before our walking tour. Our guide Becky was a Cambridge graduate this time! Some stories are repeated, but with a slightly different version & the walking tour is more comprehensive. Group size was 8 which is about right & meant we could all hear what she was saying & ask individual questions ( she was doing 3x 1.5 hour trips & still kept us all interested)
We then had just over an hour break, which meant we could enjoy lunch before our walking tour. Our guide Becky was a Cambridge graduate this time! Some stories are repeated, but with a slightly different version & the walking tour is more comprehensive. Group size was 8 which is about right & meant we could all hear what she was saying & ask individual questions ( she was doing 3x 1.5 hour trips & still kept us all interested)
Written 14 September 2021
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Tina B
Brighton and Hove, UK77 contributions
Mar 2020
Met up with Chris to do a walking tour of the city and because we were a small group he was pretty flexible and answered lots of our questions. He was informative about the colleges and the way the university works as a whole having been a student and a fellow. It gives you a great perspective of the history and also so interesting to find out who has studied there.
We then went on to meet Johnny who did our punt tour had just returned from Australia and was happy to talk about several other things as well as where we were in Cambridge. It was really interesting hearing from someone who knew the city so well and even grew up there.
Thanks Chris and Johnny for giving us such a great tour.
We then went on to meet Johnny who did our punt tour had just returned from Australia and was happy to talk about several other things as well as where we were in Cambridge. It was really interesting hearing from someone who knew the city so well and even grew up there.
Thanks Chris and Johnny for giving us such a great tour.
Written 10 March 2020
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Andy W
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Weather wise we were so unlucky...I don't think it has rained as hard as it did today at any other time so far this year, but....we went ahead with our tour and we are so glad we did. The best compliment I can give our tour guide Claire is that she made the weather challenges irrelevant. not once did we wish we had canceled. Her knowledge combined with her natural delivery and communication made the whole experience both educational and enjoyable. Thank you Claire!
Written 14 September 2021
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Surya
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Aug 2021 • Solo
I visited Cambridge for the first time and chose walking and punting tours to know better about the city. Joseph was our guide. He was witty, informative and highly accommodating it made every one in the group enjoy and feel like a part of group. The history of every site was beautifully explained and he also encouraged more questions. The tour had the right amount of walk and it wasn't too tiring.
Written 15 August 2021
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chw212
Exeter, UK27 contributions
Aug 2022
Sarah our walking tour guide was excellent, we learnt a lot as we walked around Cambridge.
The only thing I enjoyed about the Kings college chapel was the interior, because of this I felt the entry ticket was over priced.
The punting was great and relaxing although if we hadn't been on the walking tour we wouldn't have learnt a lot as not only couldn't we hear the tour guide, the tour guide didn't explain very much about the buildings or bridges which we passed.
The only thing I enjoyed about the Kings college chapel was the interior, because of this I felt the entry ticket was over priced.
The punting was great and relaxing although if we hadn't been on the walking tour we wouldn't have learnt a lot as not only couldn't we hear the tour guide, the tour guide didn't explain very much about the buildings or bridges which we passed.
Written 21 August 2022
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Thank you for taking the time to write us a review. It was a pleasure hosting you in Cambridge and we hope you’ll tour with us again in future, possibly in one of our other locations such as Oxford. When booking, use code ‘CAT10’ for 10% off any of our services.
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Written 25 August 2022
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Gary Macdonald
Aberdeen, UK22 contributions
Jul 2021 • Family
Walking tour was a little slow and while Florence was a lovely girl she wasn't always accurate with her information. The Punt experience was completely different, this was excellent and our guide Tatham (sorry if this is not the correct spelling, he was a local lad) was excellent and 100% worth a tip. Overall I've said very good, but this was only because of the walking tour.
NOTE: post my review I received a very professional call from the Cambridge team so they could understand my review better. Impressive to say the least, they value the custom and clearly want to ensure they are offering a quality product.
NOTE: post my review I received a very professional call from the Cambridge team so they could understand my review better. Impressive to say the least, they value the custom and clearly want to ensure they are offering a quality product.
Written 18 July 2021
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Francesca G
1 contribution
May 2021
Excellent and fun tour of Cambridge with Francesco, I would definitely recommend it to first-time visitors, to learn about the history of the city and of the college and really understand what you’re looking at while going around. I really enjoyed all the extra stories and inside knowledge that Francesco provided! The punting experience was also very relaxing, especially after all the walking. Absolutely worth every penny!
Written 31 May 2021
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Joy N
4 contributions
Jun 2021
We did the walking part with Alex, a post-grad student at Murray-Edwards College. She was interesting, articulate, spoke clearly and was very keen to make sure we had a good time. Her inside knowledge, as a student at Cambridge University, brought the city to life and the stories and anecdotes were priceless! We then joined Guy on his punt. Guy (a local lad) was also very entertaining, told us different stories whilst effortlessly steering us between the other boats on the Cam (despite having had his Covid vaccination the day before!). Highly recommended.
Written 14 July 2021
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Hina P
Hove, United Kingdom
Hi, is this tour pet friendly and can I bring a dog?
Written 24 August 2022
Kun Xu
New Jersey
Hi,
I am really confused about this two tour:
Combo Tour: 3h, walking and punking, 90mins
Combo with King's College : 2h-----what's this tour include? walking and punking and go inside king's college within 2h? But the price is higher. Could you please kindly let me know the difference? Thanks!
Kun
Written 10 June 2022
Hi, would like to book for myself and two girls - 11 and 13 years. 11 year old is a Child. I can’t work out how to book 13 year old as appears children are up to 12 and adults start at 18? Anyone know?
Written 14 August 2021
Hi
This looks really interesting and my husband and I are thinking of booking. Couple of questions!? How many people are in the tours? Also how strenuous is the walking? I assume it’s a fairly leisurely ‘stop/start’ sort of pace? Thanks Lynn
Written 6 July 2021
The walking tour lasted about 90 min. There were about 16 people booked on our tour - 6 were my own family, 1 was a child of about 6 years old and 2 people didn't turn up. One couple brought a small dog with them. We stopped for our excellent guide to give us facts at various colleges and sites. We walked at quite a brisk pace, but the guide waited for everyone to be ready before starting to speak so there was no danger of missing anything. We went on the punting tour afterwards as well. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing. Hope you enjoy your trip.
Written 9 July 2021
Hello,
Can you take children under 3 on the this tour? When I clicked to book the age range went from 3. We'll have a collapsible pram with us that takes up very little room.
thanks
Written 4 June 2021
Hello, we'll have a 1 year old. Can we book them a place on the tour as the age range from children when I clicked to book went from 3?
Many thanks
Written 4 June 2021
Hi description said family friendly. We will have a toddler with us and therefore a pram. How does this work with the punting?
Written 22 July 2019
I would guess it could be a problem because the punts are very low in the water and because of this lifting the pram into and out of the punt could be an issue. Also you sit almost at water level, eye to eye with the ducks, a pram will sit above your head and block your and other passengers view of the buildings as you glide past. In some areas the trees overhang the river and their branches may drag into the pram.
Written 23 July 2019
Hi,
Planning to book this tour for family. Traveling from Kent hence Car is only preferred option for us. What is nearest the Car Park ?
Written 21 July 2019
Hello, the closest parking is at the Grand Arcade.
Written 23 July 2019
Is the itinerary between 11:00 and 13:00 be the same? Or is 11:00 tour only be a walking tour without punting since the description in the "tour options" is different with the others?
Written 27 May 2019
All the combo tour options include the same 90-minute walking tour and 50-minute punting tour.
Best wishes,
Cambridge Alumni Tours
Written 27 May 2019
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