Renting a boat in Utrecht

Every boat rental we know, searched in one go: small boats you steer yourself without a licence, and private boats with a skipper. Say where, when and how many of you, and see what each one costs your group.

Search boats Canoe and SUP

A red canoe bow pointing down a quiet Utrecht canal

Photo: Botenverhuur De Rijnstroom

From

€25 pp

for 4 people, 2 hours

4 self-drive

rentals, no licence needed

Find your boat

Where, when, and how many of you?

You steer. No licence needed on these boats, just a short briefing at the dock.

DayFrom

Hours

People

Rather paddle? Canoe and SUP

Side by side

What an hour costs, on the shortest booking each sells.

One figure that compares across 2-hour packages, hourly rates and day trips: the price of an hour for the whole boat, with the shortest booking you can make beside it.

Per hour, whole boat · here

Botenverhuur De Rijnstroom is the cheapest hour on the water here, at ~€33/h

Each rental's shortest booking, divided into hours

Botenverhuur De Rijnstroommin 3h~€33/h
Kanoverhuur Utrechtmin 1.5h~€60/h
Sloepdelen Utrechtmin 1.5h€75/h
Simpel Bootverhuur Utrechtmin 1.2h~€150/h

Source: each operator's own website.Note: ~ means we worked the hourly figure out from a package price (a 2-hour trip for €98 is ~€49/h). Without ~, it is the rental's own hourly rate.

Every rental
Rental	Per hour	Max group	Driver age	Deposit	Season
Botenverhuur De Rijnstroom	~€33/h min 3h	7	-	-	-
Kanoverhuur Utrecht	~€60/h min 1.5h	-	16+	-	Mar to Oct
Sloepdelen Utrecht	€75/h min 1.5h	12	-	€150	Mar to Oct
Simpel Bootverhuur Utrecht	~€150/h min 1.2h	8	-	None	Apr to Sep

A dash means the rental does not say.

Prices checked 13 Oct 2026 From each operator's own websiteWhere every figure comes from

Live prices and availability are on each operator's booking page.

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