Pilatus Golden Roundtrip: Exclusive Small Group Tour from Basel | 7 hours to 9 hours

20 Reviews | Basel
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Pilatus golden tour
2 Adults x $505.09
$1,010.18
Approx Total
$1,010.18

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: German, English
  • Nov-May: local bus, cableway and lake cruise in Luzern after returning
  • Swiss Tourguide
  • June-Oct: golden roundtrip by lake boat, cogwheel train, cableway and local bus
  • All tickets, taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Transportation environmentally friendly and climate neutral by train
  • Travel to starting point in Basel
  • Food and drinks
  • attractions Fräkmüntegg: Dragon glider, toboggan run

Overview

Embark on an exclusive small-group journey, "The Golden Roundtrip," starting in Basel and seamlessly connecting to Luzern by train. From Luzern, cruise across Lake Lucerne to Alpnachstad, setting the stage for an unforgettable ascent on the cogwheel train to Mount Pilatus. Enjoy leisurely free time atop Pilatus, surrounded by alpine splendor. The return journey unfolds with a cableway descent via Kriens, offering scenic vistas and a thrilling conclusion. Limited to a select few, this personalized tour ensures an intimate exploration of Switzerland's natural wonders and historic landmarks.

Meeting points

Basel SBB train station, your tourguide awaits you in the departure hall: in front of the ticket office and the official meeting point.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

  • Basel SBB Station

    Your tour starts with the one hour train ride from Basel to Luzern.

    1 hour

  • Lake Lucerne

    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.

    1 hour

  • Alpnachstad (Pass By)

    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.

  • Pilatus Luzern

    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.

    3 hours

  • N/A

    The largest rope park in Central Switzerland, tree tents, the toboggan run, hiking trails and fantastic barbecue areas invite you to relax.

    30 minutes

  • N/A (Pass By)

    The Krienseregg is perfect for families. In the versatile local recreation area you will find marked, varied circular hikes and large picnic areas

  • Kriens (Pass By)

    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.

  • N/A (Pass By)

    Return travel from Kriens to Luzern within 10 minutes by local bus.

  • Basel SBB Station

    Return travel from Luzern to Basel, where the tour ends.

    1 hour

Sample Menu

Additional Info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Free Cancellation

June 18100% refund
June 19No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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4.8

20 reviews

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Reviews by TravelOne travelers

Showing 1-5 of 17 reviews with 5 stars

Awesome day at Lake Lucerne and atop Mt Pilatus

Published on Aug, 2024

Our guide Emil was fabulous, he did a wonderful job of guiding us on our memory making day. He was very insightful and helpful us to explore this beautiful country

A must do day!!

Published on May, 2024

Our day was fantastic from beginning to end. Our guide, Vasel (sp?) was just delightful. He had everything under control, we just followed his lead. He was knowledgeable on many subjects that we were interested in. It was our first time to Basel and Lucerne was at the top of our list for a day trip. We all agreed that we will be back!!!

White glove service, perfect day

Published on Oct, 2023

I came here to rave about our guide, Anisha. She took excellent care of us and thought of everything to make our day flow perfectly. She took the train from her home in Lucerne to meet us in Basel and take us back to Lucerne for the day. She is charming and speaks English like a native. She went out of her way to make sure we had the best experience. Forging ahead to save us the best seats on the boat, etc. The tour itself is well worth it; the boat ride, cogwheel train, and gondola provide amazing scenery and of course on top of the mountain the vistas are breathtaking. Anisha guided us every step of the way and provided interesting facts about everything we saw. When the tour was over she stayed with us to show us around Lucerne a bit and even offered to escort us back to Basel, but we assured her that with her perfect instructions about getting on the right train, we would be fine! One caveat about the trains: make sure you have your ID with you. One of our party didn’t have theirs and the train conductor on the trip home refused to let them ride without purchasing another ticket. I note here that the instructions from TripAdvisor for this tour DID say to bring your ID but our one person didn’t notice the instructions. Other than that, an absolutely perfect day and once again, thank you Anisha for being so accommodating and thinking of absolutely everythjng!

Swiss wonderland

Published on Sep, 2023

Our guide, Mike, couldn’t have been any better. He was so knowledgeable, friendly and attentive. I’d give him 10 stars if I could! The city of Luzern is beautiful. Like walking into a fairytale land. I could imagine Heidi calling “Grandfather, Grandfather”. The waters of the Rhone River and Lake Luzern were crystal clear and beautiful. The ride up the 48 degree cog railway to the top of Mount Pilatus was a nice experience. Unfortunately it was an overcast day so our view from the mountain wasn’t fantastic, but we did get wonderful views from the cable car. Do expect a lot of walking and a long day but it was well worth it. A thoroughly enjoyable experience

Rainy day tour

Published on Aug, 2023

Our guide, Ueli, was exceptional. We had a rainy day and could not see anything from Mt. Pilatus, so we did not stay on the mountain very long. He offered a personal tour of Lucerne with the extra time. Ueli is very knowledgeable, friendly, accommodating and made what could have been a day spoiled by rain into a great tour.

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