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Mt. Pilatus Adventure: Luzern's Scenic Summit
4.8
17 Ratings
Lucerne
Experience the breathtaking beauty of Mount Pilatus on a private tour from Luzern. Enjoy the Golden Round Trip, including a lake cruise, cogwheel train ride, and cableway journey. Perfect for families and adventure seekers, with attractions like a rope park and a large viewing terrace. Book now!
Experience the breathtaking beauty of Mount Pilatus on a private tour from Luzern. Enjoy the Golden Round Trip, including a lake cruise, cogwheel train ride, and cableway journey. Perfect for families and adventure seekers, with attractions like a rope park and a large viewing terrace. Book now!
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Lake Lucerne - Begin your journey with a delightful one-hour boat ride from Luzern to Alpnachstad. As you depart from Luzern’s bay, the boat gracefully travels along the shores of Hergiswil and Stansstad, reaching the bay of Alpnach. Throughout the trip, enjoy the stunning views of the surrounding mountains.
- Alpnachstad - Alpnachstad serves…
- Lake Lucerne - Begin your journey with a delightful one-hour boat ride from Luzern to Alpnachstad. As you depart from Luzern’s bay, the boat gracefully travels along the shores of Hergiswil and Stansstad, reaching the bay of Alpnach. Throughout the trip, enjoy the stunning views of the surrounding mountains.
- Alpnachstad - Alpnachstad serves as the link between the lake boat and the world’s steepest cogwheel train. In just 35 minutes, the train ascends along the ridge, passing through alpine meadows to reach Pilatus Kulm.
- Mount Pilatus - Arrive at Pilatus Kulm, the mountain station of the Pilatusbahn, featuring a viewing terrace, a panorama gallery, and two mountain hotels on this picturesque local mountain. Explore various attractions at Mt. Pilatus, including the dragon gallery, the viewpoint, scenic terraces, and a multimedia presentation.
- Fräkmüntegg - Discover Central Switzerland’s largest rope park, tree tents, a toboggan run, hiking trails, and excellent barbecue spots, all perfect for relaxation.
- Krienseregg - Ideal for families, Krienseregg offers a diverse local recreation area with marked circular hikes and spacious picnic areas.
- Kriens - Kriens is the third largest municipality and the second largest city in the Swiss canton of Lucerne, located at the base of Mount Pilatus and adjacent to Lucerne to the east. Here, disembark from the aerial cableway and take a short 10-minute walk to the bus stop, where you can catch the local bus to Luzern.
- Lucerne Train Station - The local bus from Kriens will bring you back to Luzern in just 10 minutes, concluding your tour.
What's Included
- Bus Ticket to Lucerne
- Private Guide operated by Swiss Travel Guide for your party only
- 1-Hour Cruise Lake Lucerne (Nov-May)
- Descent by Aerial cableway
- One-way boat trip Lucerne to Alpnachstad (Jun-Oct)
- Cogwheel train ticket (Jun-Oct)/ Cableway ticket (Nov-May) to Mt Pilatus
- Bus Ticket to Lucerne
- Private Guide operated by Swiss Travel Guide for your party only
- 1-Hour Cruise Lake Lucerne (Nov-May)
- Descent by Aerial cableway
- One-way boat trip Lucerne to Alpnachstad (Jun-Oct)
- Cogwheel train ticket (Jun-Oct)/ Cableway ticket (Nov-May) to Mt Pilatus
What's Not Included
- food and drinks
- personal expenses during the tour
- food and drinks
- personal expenses during the tour
Additional Information
Embark on an exclusive adventure from Luzern, guided by your private tour expert. Cruise on scenic waters, then ascend the world’s steepest cogwheel train to the summit of Mt. Pilatus. Marvel at breathtaking panoramas before descending with an aerial cableway. This tailor-made experience seamlessly blends cultural insights, alpine beauty, and…
Embark on an exclusive adventure from Luzern, guided by your private tour expert. Cruise on scenic waters, then ascend the world’s steepest cogwheel train to the summit of Mt. Pilatus. Marvel at breathtaking panoramas before descending with an aerial cableway. This tailor-made experience seamlessly blends cultural insights, alpine beauty, and personalized guidance, ensuring an unforgettable day exploring the iconic landscapes of Luzern and Mount Pilatus.
- a minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- children must be accompagnied by an adult
- 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.
Location
Lake Lucerne
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(17 Ratings)
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Catherine_l
Jul 19, 2024
Great trip to Mt. Pilatus with Rolf - Rolf was prepared, informative, kind, and extremely helpful throughout our trip from our hotel, boat trip, cogwheel train trip, Mt. Pilatus visit, gondola ride down and bus ride back to Lucerne. I highly recommend him and this tour.
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Jennifer_k
Sep 28, 2023
Tour that exceeded all expectations! - Highly recommend this tour! I have used Viator in many different countries and have never had anything less than a great experience. Our guide Aneh was beyond amazing. She was organized, made efficient use of the time, so knowledgeable and answered all our questions and she was fun and friendly! The views from the top of mt pilatus were breathtaking, transporting from bus to boat to cog train to cable car was all effortless. Have recommended Viator to all my friends and will always use on future trips!
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Charles_g
Jul 4, 2023
We had clouds at the top... - We had clouds at the top of the mountain but otherwise had a wonderful day on the lake and mountain. Our guide Adrian was helpful and informative.
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Elizabeth_m
Nov 5, 2022
Incredible Tour and Guide - Adrian was our guide and was exceptional! All of our experiences were timed perfectly. He was very knowledgeable and we would highly recommend him and this particular tour!
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Heather_a
May 31, 2022
Amazing Day - What a great day! The gondola ride, the tram in the sky, the steps to the peak where we actually got snowed on, and then back down on the cogwheel train was all amazing. Plus our guide Adrian was wonderful, knowledgeable, friendly and fun to be with. Highly recommend.
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Inab72
Feb 13, 2019
WOW what a trip - The train up towards Pilatus is amazing and very steep. It gives you a perspective on how and where people actually live! The mailman was with us this day, and he delivered mail and milk to a small farm om 1300 meters up. It was really amazing on the top too, with shops, restaurants and several hikes to chose almond. On the top we had lunch and suddenly we thought there was rain, but we did actually sit inside a cloud. I do not like heights so at one point I actually did cry a bit because I was so scared, but I do not regret the trip, and I would do it again.
On our way down we did go gondola cable, one big for maybe 20 people and then a smaller one for 4 people.
I will never forget about this trip and I that one day I will be able to take it once more.
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Manuelasilvy
Feb 25, 2018
Beautiful emotion mind Pilatus - Beautiful emotion, climb of the rack train.... maximum gradient 85%.... emotion to get up there!
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Hollykr123
Apr 22, 2022
Great day of touring! - ENZO was wonderful! We enjoyed his conversation and information about Switzerland. His English was excellent and he was organized and helpful.
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Eddie
Jul 24, 2019
Personalised Tour - No issues here so have no concerns that you might be left stranded or that your guide doesn't speak your language or that the tour is somehow altered or changed. However at the price my partner and I were surprised at lack of basic historical facts so check the resume of guide if you are a stickler for detailed knowledge of experiences in this tour.
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James
Feb 3, 2018
The mountain is fantastic and well... - <p>The mountain is fantastic and well worth the trip. <br/>
Our guide was local and very helpful. </p>
<p>The rating is due to aviator selling a package (cog rail train) which is closed in winter. We paid for a specific experience and aviator did not deliver nor send us any notification of a corrected itinerary</p>
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