Mount Pilatus Golden Round Trip with Lake Cruise Private Tour from Basel
Mount Pilatus is a mountain massiv with several peaks, overlooking Lucerne. The top can be reached with the Pilatus Railway, the world's steepest cogwheel railway, from Alpnachstad, operating from May to November (depending on snow conditions) and the whole year with the aerial panorama gondolas and aerial cableways from Kriens.
The classical "Golden Round Trip" involves taking the lake boat from Luzern across to Alpnachstad, going up by the coghwheel railway and returning down on the aerial cableways and panorama gondolas to Kriens, from where the bus takes you back to Luzern.
Your tour guide leads you on this round trip through varied landscape and wonderful views and shows you few places away from the tourist flow
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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
Inclusions
- all taxes, fees and handling charges
- local tourguide operated by Swiss Travel Guide for your party only
- all transportation fees for boat, coghwheel railway, gondola and bus
- Entry/Admission - Basel SBB Station
- Entry/Admission - Luzern
- Entry/Admission - Lake Lucerne
Exclusions
- food and drinks
- personal expenses during the tour
Additional information
- Wheelchair accessible
- 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.
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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Cancellation
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