"Carefully created cruises, just for you"™
Hi, I’m Emma James-Aldridge, and my company is dedicated to organising hotel barge and self-drive boat cruises on the inland waterways, canals and rivers of France, other European countries and Canada, for clients from across the globe. If you're a family, group of friends, couples or individuals, I have the perfect cruise for you.
Why choose us
Self-drivesHotel barges
Our clients have awarded Hotels Afloat
★★★★★ (4.9) stars
Discover rivers and canals
Top cruise destinations
Selected of hotel barge trips
Check out the best hotel barges
Aurora
River and CanalBelgium - France
France
Holland
Bruges to Haarlem
Rotterdam to Paris
Dutch Waterways
Île-de-France
Champagne
Bruges to Paris
A selection of self-drive boat rentals
Discover the offers and discounts
The price shown is based on a 7-day cruise and indicates the lowest starting price, and excluding any special offer or discount.
Pénichette Premium 6 to 7 people
Panoramic P.1180FB
and 1 child
Elegance
and 2 children
Pénichette Premium+ 6 people
Neo
Cruiser Premium 6 to 8 people
Europa 500
Cruiser Premium + 8 to 10 people
N OCTO Fly C
and 4 children
Tarpon 49 Quattro Prestige S
and 2 children
Cruiser Premium 6 to 8 people
N SIXTO Green
and 2 children
Cruiser Premium+ 4 to 6 people
N QUATTRO FLY C GREEN
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Guests have said...
Dear Emma
We all thoroughly enjoyed our holiday with Locaboat. Thank you so much for helping to organise it all.
The boat was great and we enjoyed...
The group absolutely loved the Mam Goz cruise and experience. Great tours, delicious meals, amazing sights. Excellent and personable Captain and...
The boat was as expected, appreciated it's size & many bathrooms
We rate it a 9/10
The Nivernais route was better than we expected, and loved the...
We enjoyed Alex's captaining of the barge and the great vineyards, castles that he took us to. We appreciated Nicole's care, her cups of tea and...
We had a lovely time, Emma. Thanks for all your help with making it so.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for a most wonderful voyage. Every single part of the experience is filled with love and consideration. Your...
Emma, I wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed the canal cruise. The staff were great. Chef Emma was terrific and Matthew was a great...
Tournus to Lyon with a short trip up La Seille canal.
Though I have never piloted a boat before this was an experience not to miss. The time of year...
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