Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Basel SBB Station, Centralbahnstrasse 22, Basel 4051 Switzerland
Your tour starts with the one hour train ride from Basel to Luzern.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Lake Lucerne, Lucerne Switzerland
Continue your tour with the one hour lake boat transfer from Luzern to Alpnachstad. After leaving the bay of Luzern, the boat glides along the shore of Hergiswil and Stansstad to the bay of Alpnach. On the entire boat tour you have the surrounding mountains in sight.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Alpnachstad, Alpnachstad
Alpnachstad is the connection point between the lake boat and the steepest cogwheel train in the world.
Within 35 minutes the cogwheel train climbs along the ridge and passing alpine meadows to Pilatus Kulm.
Stop At: Mount Pilatus, 6010 Alpnach, Switzerland
Arrive at the mountain station Pilatus Kulm of the Pilatusbahn, where a viewing terrace, a panorama gallery and two mountain hotels are located on the scenic local mountain.
Visit several attractions at Mt. Pilatus like the dragon gallery, the viewpoint, the scenic terraces and the multimedia presentation.
Duration: 3 minutes
Stop At: Fräkmüntegg, 6010 Kriens, Switzerland
The largest rope park in Central Switzerland, tree tents, the toboggan run, hiking trails and fantastic barbecue areas invite you to relax.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Krienseregg, 6010 Kriens, Switzerland
The Krienseregg is perfect for families. In the versatile local recreation area you will find marked, varied circular hikes and large picnic areas
Pass By: Kriens, Kriens, Lucerne
In terms of population, Kriens is the third largest municipality and the second largest city in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. It lies at the foot of Mount Pilatus and borders Lucerne to the east.
At Kriens you leave the aerial cableway and after a 10 minutes walk to the bus stop, you board the local bus to Luzern.
Stop At: Zentralstrasse 1, 6003 Luzern, Switzerland
Return travel from Kriens to Luzern within 10 minutes by local bus.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Chapel Bridge, Kapellbruecke, Lucerne 6003 Switzerland
As the old town is just footsteps away, you will walk along the river and cross the wooden bridge, one of the most known sights of Luzern.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Basel SBB Station, Centralbahnstrasse 22, Basel 4051 Switzerland
Return travel from Luzern to Basel within one our by train. The tour ends in Basel.
Duration: 1 hour
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Traveler pickup is offered
Ports
08:30 AM
8 hours(approx.)
Wheelchair accessible
a minimum of 2 people per booking is required
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
children must be accompagnied by an adult
Near public transportation
for wheelchair assistance - please contact us before booking
Please note: Boat and coghwheel railway will operate Mai to October only. Off season, the tour will be performed by travelling to mount Pilatus both ways by gondola, the tour will be finalized with a 1-hour tour on the lake Lucerne by panoramic boat after the return travel from mount Pilatus.
Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : Robin_A
The dragon walk was astounding. If you only have one full day in Switzerland, this is a must see tour to experience the Alps.
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Posted On : 2023-10-31
Posted By : Scott_S
This would have been 5 stars if weather was better. No view from Mr. Pilates this day. Our guide, Roman, was absolutely terrific.
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Posted On : 2023-09-01
Posted By : James_W
Roman our guide was terrific! He was very knowledgeable and very easy to be with. We thought our excursion was one of the highlights of a week long cruise.
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Posted On : 2023-08-11
Posted By : 720cynthiaw
This was a full day adventure with our local guide, Mr. Abraham. He picked us up at our hotel, guided us to the train station where we travelled from Basel to Lucerne, took us to the top of Pilatus by cable car and a short hike, showed us around Lucerne and got us back to the train station to finish the day. Mr. Abraham provided a lot of historical information about Switzerland, Lucerne and Pilatus, as well as shared his personal experiences of hiking Pilatus. He is 75 years young, and still hikes the peak periodically. We had a thoroughly enjoyable day in Switzerland mostly due to Mr. Abraham's attention to detail. It was well worth the expense to have a private, personal guide for this tour.
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Posted On : 2022-10-17
Posted By : Sally_H
Adrian provided a white glove experience! We especially loved the lake cruise and learning the history of Lucerne.
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Posted On : 2022-09-28
Posted By : Mary_M
Adrian was our personal guide and he did a fantastic job in taking care of us. He made sure we had the best experience. He did a lot of planning to make sure we had low wait times for traveling and the traveling modes were fun and unique !! He was accommodating in every way. He is a very good historian and we had a perfect day. Thank you Adrian !!
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Posted On : 2021-10-19
Posted By : James_L
This was an excellent tour. It included several kinds of transportation - train, ship, cog railway, gondola from the top of Mt. Pilatus, and bus. Our guide Adrian was great and extremely helpful. The views from the top of Mt. Pilatus were amazing and riding in the oldest/longest cog railway in the world was very interesting. The tour includes a lot of venues in a single day but got us back in Basel for dinner.
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Posted On : 2021-10-14
Posted By : Kristi_B
Adrian was a great guide for our day to Pilatus. We had an excellent day and saw a lot on the tour. Fun taking so many modes of transportation. Switzerland is beautiful.
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Posted On : 2019-11-14
Posted By : Anthony_C
What a great way to spend a day, and with a great guide - Oskar. It starts with a nice train ride from Basel to Lucerne when Oskar gave us lots of information about Switzerland, it's history etc. We then had two gondola rides to get to the top of Pilatus: the first was a small four person gondola, and then the second was a 50 passenger gondola! When then enjoyed the sites from the top of the mountain and a light lunch. Then it was down the mountain on the cogwheel train - what a thrill - before our one hour boat ride on the lake. after a brief walk around Lucerne, we then headed back to Basel. I highly recommend this trip if you are spending a day in Basel.
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Posted On : 2019-06-27
Posted By : soniahcks
From the moment we left our hotel with our lovely guide, Sabine, the day was interesting and entertaining traveling by boat, train, bus, gondola, funicular railway we ascended mount Pilatus and were transported around Lake Lucerne. Loved the individual attention from our guide who was both knowledgeable and spoke impeccable English. Don't leave Basel without doing this trip.
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Posted On : 2018-07-03
