Elsterboot (boat tours with the Elsterboot)

  • Guided tour
The Elster boat starts its tours of Leipzig's waters directly from the jetty at the racecourse.
Directly at Scheibenholz racecourse, the Elsterboot invites you to take a boat trip along the Karl-Heine Canal and the Weiße Elster. During the 90-minute tour, you will hear exciting stories and anecdotes about Leipzig's waterways and their surroundings.

With drinks and snacks provided and the stories told by the skipper, the trip is a great excursion for young and old. The boat, which runs on an electric motor, offers the following tours from April to October: city tour, floodplain forest tour, city and floodplain forest tour, city tour + Lindenau harbor.

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Openings

Open from March / April 2023

Departure times:
Monday to Sunday
10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.

Price info

Price adult: €18.00

Price child: €0.50

Booking required in advance
Only cash payment possible!
Child: up to the age of 15

General information

  • Parking Available

Eligibility

  • for Groups

  • for individual guests

Payment methods

Cash

Directions & Parking facilities

Public transportation: The nearest stop is Telemannstr. (line 89). The destination is about 850 m walk from there. Alternatively, you can reach the Elsterboot by getting off at the Klingerweg stop (lines 1, 2) and walking approx. 1 km through the park.

By car: The destination is located in the south-eastern center of Leipzig and can be reached via Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz, Karl-Tauchnitz-Str. and Rennbahnweg. Parking is available on Rennbahnweg.

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Organization

Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH

License (master data)

Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH
License: no copyright required (Public domain) (no copyright)

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