Cambridge Punting Guides: Prices, Self-Hire, Grantchester
Planning guides for punting in Cambridge: prices, the best punting company, whether it is worth it, self-hire, how long it takes and punting to Grantchester.
Best Punting Tour in Cambridge
The best punting tour in Cambridge depends on your group: Scholars for the most-reviewed tour, Rutherford's for the cheapest seat, Let's Go Punting for two, Alumni for student guides.
Read guide →Cambridge Punting Prices
What punting in Cambridge costs in October 2026: shared seats from US$22 a person, punts for two or three from US$34, a private punt for 12 from US$166, self-hire.
Read guide →How Long Is Punting in Cambridge?
How long punting in Cambridge takes: 45 to 50 minutes on a chauffeured tour of the Backs, an hour or more on self-hire, about 1.5 hours each way to Grantchester, and when it starts.
Read guide →Is Punting in Cambridge Worth It?
Is punting in Cambridge worth it? Yes on a first visit: 45 minutes shows you the colleges' river fronts you cannot see from the street, from US$22 for a shared seat (October 2026).
Read guide →Punting to Grantchester
Punting to Grantchester from Cambridge: about 1.5 hours each way upstream through the meadows to the Orchard tea garden, so hire for 3 hours or more. How to do it.
Read guide →Self-Hire Punting in Cambridge
Self-hire punting in Cambridge: how hard punting is, what an hour's hire includes (a lesson, life jackets, an ID deposit), and when a chauffeured tour is the better choice.
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