London Ducktours

The tour itenerary is okay (although you don't see Buckingham Palace) and it's a decent value (we paid only $25 per head). The vehicle is pretty comfortable and the river portion is fun. But in our case the American tour guide (Kiki) was so stilted and hokey that it detracted from the experience. The eye-rolling among our fellow passengers comfirmed that this opinion was pretty widely shared. The drivers also exhibited no personality or interest in the tour.

With another guide, I might recommend to others if they have an interest in the duck vehicle.

Went on a London Duck tour during Feb 1/2 term visit to do the sights in London. Not a huge tour - starts near the London eye, drives round Westminster only, but passes Downing St, the Houses of Parliament, the side of Buckinham Palace, none of which you see too clearly. However the joy of the tour was the amusing patter kept up by the guide - friendly, informative and full off off-beat and impromptu information. Beware the cold though and wrap up warm...there are no windows and no heating...we we frozen when we got off and headed for the nearest hostelry (Slug & Lettuce) to thaw out.

My partner and I went on the Duck tour hoping for a bit of fun and a ride in a piece of history. We got this and lots more. Our tour guide was hugely irreverant and funny but also informative. You should be warned, if you wanting to tick off all the sites of London and are interested in having the birth dates of luminaries like Sir Christopher Wren rhymmed off to you, this is not the tour for you. If you are interested in where Hitler's dog is buried and why the statue of Lloyd George is badly conceived, then this is the tour for you.

However the main reason to go on this tour is the Dukw itself. What a great experience. How often can you say that you've travelled in a yellow, amphibious landing craft that was in action on the D-Day beaches?! Great fun.

A final word on your fellow passengers. On our trip the adults far outnumbered the kids. The Duck attracts people with a sense of the absurd and those who like history and transport. So, if you worried that not having a kid to take along or that the Duck will be over-run with rug rats - you need not be concerned.