Carlisle Travel Guides (Updated September 2026)

Excellent, gorgeous weather and a beautiful trip. Nat and Dave lovely staff and very knowledgeable about the area.

A great boat tour. Two nice guys as our guides and pilots. Can't fault the experience, the facilities and the friendliness of the staff. Thankyou.

Absolutely fantastic…. It was for my 9yr olds birthday..he said it was a dream come true 🥹… we all really enjoyed it and Gary was fantastic.. highly recommend.. we did the 1hr family experience.

Fantastic experience. Fun and informative tour before being able to fly/hold the birds. We went with kids 8 & 12 who both loved it. 10/10 worth it and would definitely return.

An awesome experience with Dave as Narrator and Natilie as our captain/driver. They looked after us well, I booked it on line with conoston launches and plus got a couple of squid discount. Booking was easy and timely. Boat was plenty comfy enough and we loved our trip.

Would recommend this to everyone. Sean and Brian(think that was their names) were absolutely lovely captain and guide. Very knowledgeable.

Money well spent. Was a treat for a birthday and she loved it Gary, our guide, is extremely knowledgeable. Great range of birds which can be seen outwith the allotted time as well. On site accommodation is excellent

What an experience!Gary is clearly so passionate about his birds, with excellent knowledge. There is a great variety of birds on site, all well looked after.Me and my Mam were booked in for a half day session. Gary was very warm and welcoming - especially as my Mam uses a wheelchair, Gary made sure she was as involved as the rest of us.The half day session included a Harris Hawk walk through a forest (the only bit inaccessible via wheelchair but Gary ensure my Mam was able to have a fly beforehand and ensured she was left comfy with a cuppa). This was followed by various flys and feeding around the grounds.A great local wildlife experience!

Lovely little trip. Comantry, just enough. Funny and informative.

Loved the boat trip. Great narration.

A really enjoyable and interesting cruise with plenty of options to extend the experience. Fantastic views all around and nice to finish off our experience in the Bluebird Cafe who served the best carrot cake. Plenty of parking.

Very easy booking experience and good synchronisation with the boat itself on boarding. Spot on time departure and friendly, helpful staff.

We did the tour in the rain, and regardless it was an incredible experience. It was so easy to find, and get to. The guide met us at the waterside, already knew our booking name and welcomed us. Everything was perfectly on time and seamless. Absolutely worth the money the journey was smooth and fascinating. The guide was lovely, sharing in depth information about the highlights along the tour. If we had chosen an earlier tour we would have enjoyed stopping off at some of the points and joining the later tour back to our start point. Overall, absolutely no faults it was a lovely experience and would 100% do it again.

A wonderful way to spend the afternoon. Spending time on the lake and enkoying the commentary. Lovely experience

We had the best time! Everyone onboard were brilliant. It’s was such an amazing experience for our whole family. We hopped off at Brantwood and joined the red line back to Coniston. I’d give it more than 5 stars if I could. I’ll definitely recommend it to everyone I know. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Enjoyed a mid-morning cruise on the Northern Service,(Red Route), in the company of Nat & Dave, who were charming hosts. A smooth crossing to Brantwood, where we disembarked for a visit to Ruskins house. Rejoined the launch an hour later with further commentary about Coniston Lake from Dave, our waterway guide. An all round enjoyable couple of hours spent, in delightful company. Highly recommended for everyone to try whilst visiting Coniston.