"Tidenkieker"

The Tidenkieker departs from Stade or Krautsand on the Elbe and offers a unique nature experience that allows you to escape everyday worries and feel like you are on holiday. Head out onto the river Elbe, feel the wind in your hair and immerse yourself in the unique world of the maritime landscape.
The Tidenkieker departs from the Krautsand jetty under the motto ‘Waterkant’, the Low German word for waterfront, to sail down the Elbe towards Wischhafen at low tide. Passing the Brammer sandbank and the internationally significant Allwördener Außendeich nature reserve, the tour continues along the Rhinplate nature reserve with a view of the Schleswig-Holstein town of Glückstadt back to the Krautsand pier.
Directly from Stade’s historic town centre down the river Schwinge and then across the river Elbe: The ‘Reed Paradises’ tour takes you past impressive container ships to what was once Europe’s largest freshwater mudflats, the Haseldorfer Binnenelbe. A trip through the world of reed warblers and white-tailed eagles and a stopover on the Elbe island of Pagensand are possible if the water and weather conditions are good.
The Island Worlds tour takes you to quiet bays and wide beaches. There are twelve islands in the river Elbe between Hamburg and the North Sea. Krautsand, where the Tidenkieker tour ‘Island Worlds’ starts, was still located in the middle of the river in 1575. The shallow draught of the Tidenkieker allows the boat to manoeuvre close to the shallow beaches along the Elbe and make a detour into the side arms of the river.
The tides, the mighty pulse of the sea, shape the landscape of the Lower Elbe. Thousands of recreational skippers, captains of huge container ships and fishermen on their cutters are guided by the tides. From aboard the flat-bottomed Tidenkieker, you can experience this unique tidal landscape up close in the company of Lower Elbe experts.
Routes are subject to change depending on water and weather conditions.