I came on a tour arranged by these guys yesterday and had quite a bit of fun. The only negative…read morething I could say is that the choices of music were, um, not what I would have chosen. They used a little boat called the Advocat, and gave us a good one hour tour of the harbour and southern canals. I've been on other boat tours before, but this was he best one yet in Hamburg. They also laid on drinks for us on the boat. After touring around Wilhelmsburg for a while we stopped at a beer garden for some food (see my review of Zum Anleger (http://www.qype.co.uk/place/169353-Zum-Anleger-Hamburg) ). On the way back we used an open-top bus - which I was really looking forward to. Sadly there was a huge thunderstorm, so it became merely a ride home rather than something fun.

A lovely time riding around the harbor in a little boat! I'm normally squeamish when it comes to…read moreboats and sailing, but was too distracted by the interesting things to look at around the harbor. I had a lot of fun, I had never taken a boat trip into the harbor before and was excited by the new perspectives we had the chance to experience, like Landungsbrucken from the water's side and The Koehlbrandbrucke from underneath. I had a lot of fun and will make sure to recommend the tour to friends visiting from abroad!

It's one of the companies that offers a round trip around Hamburg harbour. You can do a 1 hour or…read morelonger tour and it's available in German and English. The ticket guy thought we were tourists so offered us a discount on the German tour that was leaving in a few mins :-) I said nothing and took the discount ha ha ha The guide was also the boat captain and was very funny and informative. Took us for a good ride around the harbour and explained everything. Not a bad choice for a boat tour. They have smaller boats for about 30 odd people and they leave from pier 1 or 2 I believe. I would highly recommend you do a boat tour as it's a great way to see the city from the water.

I had come from a tour of the Airbus factory, also in Hamburg. My paddleboat cruise was schedule…read moreto leave at 5:30. As I was taking the ferry from the other side of the harbor, it was heading toward Landungsbruecke 1and I saw the paddleboat pass us going in the other direction about 5:20 PM. The boat must have filled to capacity and left early. I was very disappointed; however, I did receive a full refund which was of only minor consolation.

2 hour tour of the Alster + canals for 19 euro! Plus on-board English audio guide! And a waitress…read moreto serve you whatever you want to drink! The boat is fairly comfortable, the driver was very nice and the German part of his tour that I could understand was funny and informative. The audio guide was good for English, French, Spanish, and a dialect of Chinese. A map was also included in the mini-computer which was fun to look at. The tour itself is really interesting and this part of Hamburg is beautiful. I found this boat tour to be more interesting than the harbor tour. Buy tickets at the booth before you get down to the boats!

I fell asleep sitting on a park bench here, watching ducks…read more But near the southern-most portion of it, I walked past a $uckin STARBUCKS, the sight of which nearly ruined my vacation. I came all this way to see more American b.s.? For the record, there are 3 Starbucks within a block of my house so I could be a little biased.

"Hadag" means "The Fish" in Hebrew, but I don't think they had this in mind for these ferries, as…read moresuitable as it might seem. The Hadag ferries take you from place to place along the Hamburg area of the Elbe river, from Landungsbrücken to Ottensen and a little further than that. These ferries are a wonderful way to see some of the harbor for on-a-budget tourists, as they essentially are bus-ships - they cost nothing more than a standard bus ride and make stops up and down the river at stations which are identical to bus stations. Great for sightseeing, but also a wonderfully efficient way to get from place to place along the elbe.

The best worst-kept secret in Hamburg. Great inexpensive way to get a lovely ride down the Elbe,…read moresights, fresh air, and views of those big beautiful container ships that I love looking at. Even though I mainly froze, I imagine it must be super gorgeous and packed during the summer. Would love to come back and see it all then.

This boat trip is ok I liked the layout of the tables inside the boat where you can sit around and…read morehave a drink whilst watching the buildings as you sail on by and they have a nice big space up on top deck. However the trip we went on we did not see much apart from a lot of industrial sites, a cruise ship being built or refurbished, submarine and a few nice buildings apart from that it was not a pretty tour to of gone on. Also I feel the lack of an English translator made it even more boring for us as we did not know what we was passing. Only way we would of known is if we had downloaded the app but we did not know about this until after boarding and they advise to download from your hotel. I think they should get a translator on some of the tours or even provide headphones with a recorded tape.

If the sun is shining in Hamburg, why not explore this beautiful city from one of its many canals…read more Boat hire is easy and fairly cheap. We were out in a canoe for 2 hours and it cost us just 18EUR. As well as canoes, you could hire pedalos, kayaks and rowing boats for up to 6 people from anything between an hour (7EUR minimum) to a whole day (80EUR maximum) The staff are fairly friendly and speak English too. One little warning though, you will be expected to leave your passport with them until you return the boat.

Beautiful place to kayak or row! They give a life jacket for free. Nice location to kayak for a…read morecouple of hours at least.