Epic Swiss Alps: Interlaken & Grindelwald Day Tour from Lucerne

Great experience and easy travel to Interlaken and Grindelwald from Lucerne. Plenty of time to explore both towns. Our guide, Kid was hilarious. He is missing out on a Vegas career.

Guide Kid was amazing! Great experience! Visited Interloken and Grindelwald and it was very beautiful!

Was very disappointed, we were on a coach with people going to Jungfraujoch, the guide travelled with them all the way, we were dropped off at Grindelwald, at the bus station, with no guide, & no one to tell us where to go, I had to ask someone on the street, as how to get into the town, he told us to catch a bus, & we could of walked there, would have been nice for the guide to tell us these things

Awesome experience and breathtaking views, taking lots of photos and went shopping as well, but things is a bit pricy..overall great experience for our family 🥰I always love viator..

Viator review This was a great trip but you need to understand what it is and what it is not. It is essentially a very nice bus to get you to other parts of Switzerland that you can’t get to easily with public transportation. Potentially you could take the train, (which would probably be hard to do both places in one day or make for an incredibly long day) but this bus tour is at a convenient time and you see the beautiful Swiss countryside and mountains. The bus came from Zurich already loaded with people and picked us and a few other people up in Luzern. It was a little less than an hour to Interlaken. That is where we got off but the bus took other people somewhere else. This trip to a not a guided tour. Kid, the tour guide, was friendly enough. But he only spoke for a few minutes at the beginning about some general facts about Switzerland, let you know what time to meet back at the bus, and let you know the good photo ops on the drive. He gave us his contact on WhatsApp in case we had an issue during the stops. He was asleep the whole way back. We had just under two hours in Interlaken. That was enough time to go down the street, take photos and admire the view of the gorgeous, snowy mountains, and get some coffee. When we got back to the bus, it wasn’t there which surprised and worried us. But sure enough it showed up, we boarded and it left two minutes early. So make sure you’re not waiting until the last minute. From there, it was over 30 minutes to Grindelwald where we had just over three hours on our own. We booked it over to the gondola and paid (separate from the “tour”) CHF 144 for two tickets up Mt. First (pronounced Fearst). The gondola ride takes 25 minutes and is gorgeous. The views of the alps at the Top of Europe were definitely the highlight of the day, and probably of our whole trip to Europe. We had just enough time at the top to do the cliff walk (awesome) where you’re on a metal grate platform getting even better views. One spot of the cliff walk has an elevated point where we stood in a long line waiting to get our photos with amazing views. If you didn’t do the gondola you would still have pretty mountain views but looking at tourist shops would get boring since you have 3+ hours on your own to fill your own time. Our trip started at 8:30 am and got us back to Luzern at about 6:30 pm. For basically a bus to get us to Interlaken and Grindelwald, we think is think the price was fair. It was a good day trip. ACCESSIBILITY: My wife has bad knees so we brought a walker, which we were able to store under the bus. If you brought a child you could store a stroller down there too (it’s similar to a tour bus in the US). The bus has a handful of steps to get up. Interlaken was flat and easy for her to get around. Grindelwald was steep, which was more of a challenge for her. But she was able to get in and out of the gondolas ok as they are low to the ground at the platform and move slowly. If you want a true guided tour then this is not for you. But if you’re ok with doing your own thing and meeting back at the bus then it is great.

Grindelwald village is 1,034 m (3,392 ft) above sea level. Mentioned for the first time in 1146, it has become an important tourist destination of both Switzerland and the Alps since the golden age of alpinism in the 19th century. It is overlooked by a section of the Bernese Alps from the Wetterhorn to the Eiger, which creates a natural barrier. Together with the adjacent valley of Lauterbrunnen, the valley of Grindelwald forms part of the Jungfrau Region of the Bernese Oberland, between Interlaken and the main crest of the Bernese Alps. Similarly to Lauterbrunnen, Grindelwald is connected to Interlaken by the Bernese Oberland Railway and is the start of the Wengernalp Railway, leading to Kleine Scheidegg. The latter resort is the start of the Jungfrau Railway, the highest railway in Europe and a gateway to the Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area.

Our tour guide Kid was annoying. At first he was funny and entertaining, but by the end of the tour he was rude, bossy and otherwise obnoxious. We sat in the front seat of the bus on the trip back to Lucerne and there was a tire pressure warning on the truck console. The driver came close several times to hitting another car, and at one point the whole console lit up in orange when he stopped suddenly. We enjoyed going to Harder Kulm on our own and seeing Interlaken from above. We probably could have seen Interlaken and Grindelwald on our own without booking the tour.

Too short a stay in Interlaken and to long a stay in Grisenwald with nothing to do. There was more to see in Interlaken and we were there a short stay. On bus - could have given us mnore information about the 2 cities.

Had a great experience in this trip and the guide also giving information about places and pick up time was on time

Travelling right into the Alps was breathtaking for us. We loved the scenery and were privileged to see festooned cows running through the streets on their return from their high pastures. The towns seemed full of happy relaxed people -- both locals and visitors enjoying late Fall sunshine and exquisite views up into the precipitous mountains. We were absolutely spell bound by the beauty of the houses and the countryside.