Going out, visiting Saint-Omer: the unmissable discovery of the marshes by boat
Boat Builders offers boat rentals so you can freely explore the Audomarois marshes . An ideal family outing, a real adventure with friends, or a romantic getaway for two… Choose the boat that suits your escape!
Rental of electric motor boats
A serene walk along our rivers
Rowing boat rental
An adventure with family, friends or lovers along the water...Rowing boat rental
An adventure with family, friends or lovers along the water...
Canoe rental
An adventure with family, friends or lovers along the water...
Adventure along the water in Saint-Omer
So that you are not left alone facing the labyrinth of land and water that is the Saint-Omer marsh, you will have a map and a choice of 3 circuits allowing you to approach the Saint-Omer marsh differently.
The Noordbroek circuit: the two suburbs of Saint-Omer by boat
This circuit invites you to discover, on a free visit, part of the suburb of Lyzel, so typical with its small traditional houses at the edge of the water. You will also benefit from an exceptional panorama of the city of Saint-Omer seen from the marshes, on the river called "the little Meer".
Then take the direction of the bell tower of the Haut-Pont church and go up the suburb to Doulac, taking the peaceful Stackelwaert and Potelwaert rivers. Once in this district, which acts as a gateway between the city and the marshes, you will take wider and sometimes busier rivers, but revealing all the sumptuousness, even the magic of these places: the Grand Leecke and the Grande Meer.
A great 2-hour tour by electric boat or canoe allowing you to appreciate the monuments of Saint-Omer, Lyzel, the Haut-Pont, the Doulac, the cauliflower fields… In short, the ultra complete tour!
Price: €49/electric boat (2 hours – mornings only ) – €25/canoe.
The Lyzel circuit: market gardening suburbs full of charm
This route invites you to discover, on a free visit aboard a wooden boat, the traditional district of Lyzel, so typical with its market gardeners' houses and its small bridges... A setting rightly earning it the nickname of Little Venice of the North!
You will also discover the cultivated marsh, as well as the low marsh, organized in traps in order to manage the water level, thanks to ancestral methods inherited from the Dutch.
A 1 hour 15 minute rowing boat trip between town and marsh.
Prices: €25/rowing boat (1 to 4 people).
The Lyzel circuit: market gardening suburbs full of charm
This route invites you to discover, on a free visit aboard a wooden boat, the traditional district of Lyzel, so typical with its market gardeners' houses and its small bridges... A setting rightly earning it the nickname of Little Venice of the North!
You will also discover the cultivated marsh, as well as the low marsh, organized in traps in order to manage the water level, thanks to ancestral methods inherited from the Dutch.
A 1 hour 15 minute rowing boat trip between town and marsh.
Prices: €25/rowing boat (1 to 4 people).
Lyzel and the Upper Bridge
This route offers a 90-minute trip by electric boat or canoe. A shorter version of the Noordbroek circuit, it allows you to discover the different facets of the marsh: the low-lying marshland, organized into ridges to manage flooding; the cultivated marshland; and also the wild marshland around the ponds… The route begins and ends in the inhabited marshland, the suburb of Lyzel, famous for its traditional houses and typical little bridges.
Prices: €49/electric boat (All day – 5 to 6 people) – €20/canoe (1 to 3 people).
Walks in free circuit proposed by the boat builders.
Embark alone, with family, as a couple or with friends aboard a traditional wooden boat or a canoe and set off to explore the Audomarois marshes!
Discover the others boat trips in the heart of the Audomarois marshes, as well as our guided and unusual tours !
