Keep the whole punt for the people you came with. Private punting in Cambridge gives your family or group its own chauffeur, its own conversation and space to ask about the colleges as the Bridge of Sighs and King’s College Chapel pass by.
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The route still follows the shared College Backs, while the boat belongs to your group. Children can interrupt with a question, friends can keep one conversation moving and a couple can leave more quiet between the chauffeur’s stories without adapting to another party.
Choose between a professional guide from La Mimosa and a university-student guide from Granta Moorings beside Darwin College. Both tours last about 50 minutes.
The two featured tours keep the boat for your group. Choose between a professional guide from La Mimosa and a university-student guide from Granta Moorings.
Prices and availability checked 28 October 2026. Confirm the latest price on the booking page.
This Traditional Punting Company tour suits a group that wants a professional guide and a roughly 50-minute private journey through the College Backs.
Meet beside La Mimosa. The tour runs in rain or shine.
Both tours follow the central river past colleges, the Bridge of Sighs and King’s College Chapel. Your group keeps the boat and can direct questions to its own guide.
Your chauffeur can move from the Bridge of Sighs to King’s College Chapel while the same family question, joke or story continues across the boat. That shared rhythm is the point of going private.
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The value of a private punt is not an empty river. It is one boat, one party and a guide who can respond to the people aboard.
Both tours reserve the boat for up to 12. Enter every adult, child and infant who will join.
Without unrelated passengers, the group can ask more directly about a bridge, college or university story while the chauffeur follows the stated route.
Both starting prices cover a group of up to 12 rather than one seat. Compare the total alongside guide style and starting point, not by division alone.
The tours leave from different landing stages. Send the booking confirmation to everyone so the group arrives together.
Inclusions differ between the two private tours.
Choose the card for the product you booked and share that exact start with the group.
From Jesus Green, walk onto the wooden boardwalk. The landing stage is on the corner beside La Mimosa under an orange umbrella.
Follow the La Mimosa arrival details in the booking confirmation.
Open in Google Maps ↗Meet at Granta Moorings beside Darwin College.
Follow the Granta Moorings arrival details in the booking confirmation.
Open in Google Maps ↗Settle the headcount, landing stage, weather plan and any extras before arrival.
Enter the complete party at checkout and confirm any child, infant or accessibility details directly with the selected provider.
Send the live booking confirmation to the group. The two featured private tours use different landing stages.
The Traditional Punting Company tour operates in rain or shine. The Granta Moorings alternative lists blankets and umbrellas. Current safety decisions remain with the provider.
The current tour details do not include drinks, celebration decorations or college entry. Confirm any special request before booking around it.
Each review names its private tour. Guests highlight professional care, helpful dock staff and guides who engaged the whole group.
Deni felt the private experience was exceptionally well organised, with professional, kind staff and attentive care throughout.
Karen praised both the guide and the helpful dock coordinator, and considered the private trip a Cambridge essential.
This traveller described the guide as funny and informative, and said the whole group enjoyed the tour.
Choose La Mimosa for a professional guide, or Granta Moorings for a university-student guide. Both keep the punt for your group.
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