From Berlin to the Enchanted Spree Forest

If visiting Berlin, you must book this trip. Once at the meeting spot we took off for our location for the canal ride. The ride was smooth and the view leading us to our location was beautiful. Euros are a must for this tour as some spots in this location do not take cards. Once the Canal ride begins you never want it to end. So peaceful and beautiful, we made a couple stops along the way to stretch your legs and get something to munch real quick or drink. Once the tour ends you’ll get about 90 minutes to venture out and shop, eat, or sightsee. You won’t be disappointed!

Travelling on the punt boat through the Spreewald to Lehde was awesome. We had our two kids with us aged 6 and 9. Good balance of exploring natural environment and history of the people who settled the area in the Middle Ages as well as seeing the homes of the people who live there to this day. Very unique experience.

This is a taster boat tour, which means it is a short tour! This tour is doable in any weather!

Mateo was our guide and flawlessly switched from English to Spanish as our group was mixed. The ride through the Spreewald was beautiful and the recorded tour was very informative. This tour was the highlight of our stay in Berlin! Thanks, Mateo.

It was a beautiful sunny day and getting out of Berlin into the country was a nice change from what we had been seeing in the city. The town of Lübbenau was cute and picturesque and was a wonderful place to eat a late lunch. Getting out on the Spree was refreshing and the views were great, full of flowers and birds. We only did the two hour round trip boat excursion to Lehde, but to really experience the wild labyrinth that is the Spreewald, I think you would have to take a longer boat tour or, even better, rent a kayak and explore on your own. Otherwise, the shorter excursion to Lehde was a little too well travelled with tourists and tour boats. But it was still a fun day and I was glad it was all organized for me and I didn’t have to worry about additional arrangements of getting there or finding boats myself.

Our tour coordinator made a point of telling us that this was his second time doing this tour. It was clear that he knew very little about the Spreewald area or the points of interest along the tour route. When asked questions, he would say he didn’t know or would look it up on Google. He had problems coordinating the audio with the route. On the boat trip through Lübbenau, the boatman was speaking so loudly in German that we could not properly hear the sparse English commentary on the Viator audio devices. It was obvious to us from the laughter and engagement with the German passengers that the local boatman was much more knowledgeable about the region than both the audio and the coordinator of the Viator tour. Our coordinator was not familiar with the walking part of the tour and was using his phone app to guide us. When it was time for lunch, he pointed to an area in the distance that we couldn’t see and said something about restaurants. The area itself is spectacular, but the unprofessional tour format spoiled the experience for us.

Our tour guide was wonderful! He was very knowledgeable about Spreewald and the audio provided a lot of detail during the tour as well. The forest is absolutely gorgeous and the village is charming. Definitely well worth the visit!