Lake District Tour: Explore Scenic Lakes and Passes

Embark on the ultimate full-day scenic tour visiting 10 stunning lakes in the Lake District. Explore Lake Windermere, Ullswater, Buttermere, and more, while enjoying a lake cruise, visiting stone circles, and experiencing breathtaking waterfalls.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Lake Windermere - Your day starts with a climb up from the shores of Windermere
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • On-board WiFi
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Live commentary on board
  • Charging points for mobile devices at all seats
  • Knowledgeable guide throughout the tour
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

This excursion will guide you through:
• Windermere Lake
• The Kirkstone Inn
• The pass at Kirkstone
• Waters of the Brothers
• Township of Patterdale
• The village of Glenridding
• Ullswater Lake
• A lake Cruise on Ullswater
• Stone circle at Castlerigg
• Keswick’s Lakeside
• The Surprise View
• The Bridge at Ashness
• Mine at Honister
•…

Location
Lake Windermere
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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237russellz
Apr 5, 2025
Fantastic journey - This is a stunning visual and informative tour you must do if you want to see a broad cross section of the Lakes District in a single day! Your certified driver will cruise you over serpentine lanes and parkways while your guide narrates the history, geography and details of this historic region. You will go places missed by most tourists in a clean comfortable van immersed in a constant three dimensional view of breathtaking landscapes and vistas. Included is a lake journey, stops for observation and a break for lunch and quick shopping. It’s a full day but is over much to quickly. We throughly enjoyed Jillian’s commentary and Sandra’s superb driving over some very challenging terrain! It’s a close up in one day of the Lake District one can not possibly achieve without them. As Wordsworth said. “Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher."
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Retireandrejoice
Oct 19, 2024
Best Way to See the Lake District! - This was the perfect way to see the Lakes District! We loved being picked up and returned to our hotel on Lake Windermere. Gillian and Sandra were our talented, engaging guide and driver (respectively). Gillian was knowledgeable, entertaining and shared amazing information and stories about the area and local legends. Sandra was an incredible driver, especially on narrow roads on a rainy day. They gave us plenty of time for taking pictures and rest stops. We would do this tour again in a heartbeat. We highly recommend it!
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R385klneilm
Sep 20, 2024
Definitely recommended - The tour was excellent, taking us through the breathtaking lakes scenery and including a fabulous trip on Ullswater lake. The tour guide was genuinely interesting and informative and the small group size (6) made the whole experience far more personable. Definitely recommended.
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Packedandready2go
Jul 19, 2024
Terrific tour of the Lake District - We took the full day tour of the Lake District which was fantastic. tin was a great tour guide. the tours take place in a nice modern minivan with speakers in front of each passenger so one can clearly hear the guide. Our guide, Tim,did an excellent job. His commentary was informative and interesting. We stopped at many of the lakes, took a boat ride, visited Wordsworth's grave, stopped at the famous gingerbread store and enjoyed the fantastic scenery. Highly recommended.
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Flyer37937154292
Jun 23, 2024
Do this tour…. Fabulous - Fantastic. Really enjoyed the whole day. The comedy duo of Gillian and Sandra made the day. Gillian with her incredible, knowledgeable commentary and Sandra with her superb safe driving. The tour itself got us a brilliant overview of the area which we had never been to and encouraged up to go back to certain places over the next few days. Brilliant tour with the very best guides
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Annaaa9871ng
Nov 17, 2023
Excellent Tour - Our guides, Sandra and Julian were wonderful and fun to spend the day with. Very knowledgeable, impeccable driving and they shared many interesting details. Would highly recommend.
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D5285xztonih
Sep 24, 2023
Full and enjoyable day. - A memorable day, Jill and Sandra, our guides, were very pleasant and knowledgeable, they gave us plenty of photo opportunities too.
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Getaway814019
Jul 27, 2023
Had the best time exploring Lake District! - Second time doing a tour with English Lakes Tours & I can’t recommend them enough! Tried them out for the first time in December for a winter tour and had such a good time admiring the scenery and beauty of Lake District. Took my family for a summer tour this time and everyone was in awe of the mountains, lakes, and sheep. Our guides Jilian & Sandra (as well as a guy for the winter tour, sorry I’ve forgotten his name!) are so knowledgable and could answer all of our questions and more. + they have amazing driving skills navigating the narrow & hilly roads.
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Alokmili77
Sep 29, 2022
Amazing - Wonderful trip with detailed trip to explore Windermere tour guide took all pain to show best of Windermere,cruise on Ulls water,Keswick town,Honister mines & grassmere ginger bread
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Mansurj2020
Jul 12, 2024
Lake District tour - Very well organized and the views were amazing. The tour guide was very good and knowledgeable. Overall excellent tour and highly recommended
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From $186
up to 7 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).