"Gently chug down the broads on your hired boat, do some fishing, take in the views."
"Had a wonderful short break, hired a boat and potter round The Broads for 5 days."
"Boat easy to work. Pub mooring gets very busy. Lots of free moorings along the way."
"A boat trip is highly recommended to view everything and they are dog friendly too."
"The best way to see the Norfolk Broads is to hire a boat and escape from the world of chaos to the world of tranquility which is the broads."
"Visitors love hiring day boats to explore the broads."
"Rent a boat and take a trip up the broads, around £18 an hour which I think is a bargain."
Cons:
"Beautiful but shame you have to rent a boat to see it."
"I will not be returning to Loddon Staithe any time soon as it appears the place is riddled with young guys high on cannabis."
"Finding mooring spots can be a nightmare and often one is unable to visit or get off the boat for lack of mooring berths."
"It's relaxing but it's worth getting an expensive boat and you need to take your own food as I saw one sign for a resident throughout my stay."
"The boats are getting bigger, and some hirers ignore the speed limits imposed to preserve the area and wildlife."
"Unfortunately, by their very nature, the boats are not wheelchair accessible."
"Unfortunately the boat we had was too tall to get under a lot of bridges so we were stuck between Wroxham and Potterheim !!"
Wildlife and Scenery
Pros:
"Really enjoyed being able to see the seals."
"The Norfolk broads are beautiful. Plenty of lovely scenic views old type public houses. Calmness and extraordinary sunsets."
"We saw a seal, a couple of otters loads of Herons, woodpeckers and bird's of prey and fish and all sorts of wildlife."
"Beautiful, serene waterways with lots of birdlife and boats to see."
"The natural beauty of the Broads is something you have to see to believe."
"Beautiful scenery! Wonderful place(s) to see wildlife and nature."
"Gorgeous tranquil place gorgeous to Potter around the Broads in your boat stopping off at the many free mooring place. Wildlife is beautiful lots of birds and Otters."
Cons:
"Loved the seals although very smelly and lots of dead babies in the sand 😔😔 there were so many and so funny."
"Every bit of space here was cramped without accessible entrance/exits."
"However, it was extremely muddy and there was some unwalkable areas."
"Haven't been in about 10 years. A lot of the mooring has become commercialized and expensive."
"Would be lovely in the summer with good weather. The locals all seemed very hostile."
"Very little catering available and what was was very expensive."
"Pity that the greedy car park vendors charge for seeing nature at its best."
Local Amenities and Attractions
Pros:
"The Lion Inn Somerton is a great little country pub, it has a good sized car park, serves good well-priced food and has a very good selection of real ales."
"Great park, bandstand, playground good for walking dogs and jogging."
"There are good places where you can stop and walk."
"We visited Ranworth Broads, with its wooden boardwalk. It is a beautiful hive of insects, birds and wildlife fully accessible ♿ to me with a radar key toilet (not changing place) in a nearby toilet block."
"You can find some lovely pubs and eating places too so you are not confined to your boat 😄"
"Two great Independant women's clothes shops in Wroxham wasca bonus."
"Plenty of places to call in for cups of tea/coffee, light meals and ice cream and toilets."
Cons:
"In fact, the only Riverside walk here, was between Wroxham Station and the village bridge crossing point."
"We visited the villages of Catfield, Ludham, Stalham and Stalham Stithe - but we realised there were few access points to the broads for walking or visiting at these locations."
"Limited facilities at some of the moorings."
"Well every bank we've found so far has barriers gates or some other obstruction."
"The pubs we went in has a very distinctive local feel to them too so weren't very welcoming."
"So if you're planning on discovering the broads by foot...you can't...you can go stand in some pub beer gardens and look at it but not go anywhere apart from there."
"I was disappointed in Norwich and wonder why the council have let it slip down so much so many of the units in the market were empty and lots of properties run down."