Coach Tour Planning Information

Please take time to read the information below which will help your trip run smoothly.

Prices for 2025 cruises

£17 pp (minimum 24 passengers, maximum 48 passengers.) including a hot drink onboard.

£100 deposit to secure your sailing, refundable for cancellation prior to 1 month before sailing. The balancing payment is due 14 days before sailing.

Refreshments

Deben Tea, freshly baked fruit scone, jam, butter with tea or coffee £4.00pp. Please note, this does not come with cream. (Gluten free scones are available). The cruise will be all catered to the choice of the majority not individually as fresh scones must be ordered in advance for baking.

Boat capacity:

Our boat capacity is 48 passengers. Minimum group booking is 24 passengers. This number must include the driver/tour guide if they are going aboard.

Cancellation:

Please give us as much notice as you can if you need to cancel. Free cancellation up to one month before sailing. Within 1 month of sailing a cancellation fee applies.

Deben Cruises reserve the right to cancel your trip if we believe that your comfort or safety is at risk. This is usually, but not exclusively, due to strong wind warnings. Jahan is a fully enclosed boat so rainy conditions do not prevent her sailing. 

Coach parking

Parking by coach is very easy. Coaches come right down to the yard at the bottom of Waldringfield village and are met at the gate by Boatyard staff who helps the driver to turn the coach round. We then come aboard and speak to your group about the trip, toilets, and route to the boat.

Arrival

Please suggest that your coach plans to arrive about 30 minutes before your sailing departure time as we begin boarding 20 minutes before your departure time.

Please don’t arrive sooner than 30 minutes before your cruise or you may meet a departing coach in the lane or staff may not be ready for you.

Toilets

We have toilets available ashore and a toilet aboard.

Accessibility

Walkers and wheelchairs Walking frames and wheelchairs can be used right down to the boat where we store them ashore. Access to the boat Once down the pontoon there is a ramp with safety rails and then 3 steps down into the boat. Please note that we are unable to accommodate wheelchairs aboard the boat.

Direct booking calendar and availability checker:

For coach companies and organised groups of 24 or more