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With a fleet of 38 boats, Anjou Navigation is one of the biggest boat rental companies in the west of France. There are many different boats available including a vast range of Nicols cruisers.

Based near Angers with their two bases at Sablé sur Sarthe and Grez-Neuville, renting a boat from Anjou Navigation allows you to explore 270 km of waterways, essentially on rivers. You can cruise on the Sarthe, the Maine, the Oudon and the Mayenne.

Access from Paris by TGV is excellent in less than 2 hours. If driving, both bases are near to the A11 motorway and approximately 2 1/2 hours from Le Havre or 3 1/2 hours from Cherbourg.

As one of the very first and oldest boat rental companies in France, Anjou Navigation have the experience and knowledge to send you on your journey  fully equiped to have the very best that inland waterways cruising can offer.

The 18 different types of boat can accomodate between 2 and 12 passengers. No driving license is required.

In order to make a booking, we need to know the number of people who will be in your group, the type of boat that you prefer, and the dates that you wish to cruise.

Just send us an E mail with this information and we will get right back to you with a number of propositions. 

You should then print off the booking form and fax or mail it to us. Please read carefully the General Conditions. A deposit of 40% is required at the time of booking with the balance payable 6 weeks before departure.

Anjou Navigation describe themselves as follows : -

Reliable boats for pleasant holidays

Advice: as a professional, we commit ourselves to advise you on the choice of your boat while respecting your budget

Safety, accessibility, don't hesitate to ask us questions and let us know the composition of your crew so that we can direct you towards the boat with the most suitable accomodation and style of cruising

Pioneer company of river tourism in Anjou

A private reception and a qualified personnel

Card-index technical maintenance of the boats consultable at the base

Prices and services which have made our strength for 22 years

Two bases of medium size where we can take good care of each one of you (24 boats maximum at each base), ideally located, in the heart of both river the Sarthe and Mayenne

Passage through a  lock during the hand-over initiation process if necessary at Grez-Neuville (also possible in Sablé)

Recent boats : an unceasingly renewed range

Member of the federation of nautical industries

ANCV holiday cheques accepted

Touristcard Partner

Affiliated and member with the charter of quality of Nicols Hiring

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H2OLIDAYS, Port de Plaisance, 21170, Saint Jean de Losne, France
Tel: International + 33 380 291 381  Fax: International + 33 380 392 149
H2OLIDAYS S.A.R.L capital 10000 euros. RCS 438 811 325
Travel agency licence: LI.021.01.0004