Mount Pilatus Golden Round Trip with Lake Cruise Private Tour from Basel
Overview
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
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
What to expect
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
Additional information
- 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
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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 fin...
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.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...
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.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.
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.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 gond...
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.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 knowle...
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.
The trip from Basel to Lucerne and then to Mount Pilatus was very enjoyable. Our guide was friendly and very knowledgeable about the places we went to visit. The views from Mount Pilatus are spectacular. The two gondola rides down were peaceful with more lovely scenery. All in all it was a fun...
The trip from Basel to Lucerne and then to Mount Pilatus was very enjoyable. Our guide was friendly and very knowledgeable about the places we went to visit. The views from Mount Pilatus are spectacular. The two gondola rides down were peaceful with more lovely scenery. All in all it was a fun filled day.