London Ducktours

Two friends and myself went on a Duck Tour yesterday, and found it a very enjoyable experience. We had been somewhat concerned about previous bad reviews, but in our experience it was excellent, and money well spent. The tour guide (Chris?) was very knowledgeable and gave an excellent and very interesting commentary. We had lived all our lives in and around London but still learnt things that we had not previously known. Altogether it was a most memorable outing, and I would certainly like to do it again.

I wouldn't recommend this tour if you're looking for a serious, fact-filled tour of London but as a quirky, fun and entertaining way to see London it's fabulous. Our guide, Matt, was hysterical. Our tour was part quiz, part karaoke, part interesting fact and part just plain fun. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and the entry and exit from the river is a hoot. Great fun.

Like a previous posting, the Ducktour does seem to employee shall we say 'unusual' tour guides which is not to everyone's taste. Our guide spent far too long trying to be a stand-up comedienne and this detracted from the useful information she did at times give out about the sights along the way. I wasn't expecting (or wanting) it to be a constant stream of facts and figures but unfortunately I found myself switching off when she reverted to Tommy Cooper impersonations (?!) and then ended up missing the interesting stuff! It has to be said that the lauch into the river really was exciting and the children loved it but have previously been on far better boat trips which are readily available along the embankment - that combined with an open-top bus tour would've probably been greater value for money. But, I guess it's the opportunity to experience an old WW2 amphibious vehicle that really gives the Ducktour its novelty factor and so it's not really comparable. Don't want to put anyone off as I think the Ducktour is probably one of those things you have to experience for yourself but we did come away feeling slightly disappointed.