Mount Rigi Day Trip

Have you heard of the Queen of the Alps? Discover its landscapes on this day trip to Mount Rigi, where we'll travel by boat, rack railway and cable car.

Day Trip Details

At the indicated time, we'll meet at the bus parking lot in Landenberg in Lucerne and walk to a nearby pier for a leisurely boat trip on Lake Lucerne.

After an hour's cruise, we'll disembark at the quay in Vitznau and board the first rack railway in Europe, dating back to 1871. This journey lasts just over half an hour and ends at Rigi Kulm Station, at 1,797 metres (5,895 feet) above sea level.

Here, you'll have 2 hours of free time on Mount Rigi for lunch and to enjoy views of the lakes and mountains of the Swiss Alps. At the indicated time, we'll reconvene at Rigi Kulm Station to take the rack railway to Rigi Kaltbad, a mountain village with no motor vehicles.

Explore this site at your leisure, with the Känzeli lookout as a main attraction. After enjoying the views, we'll meet at Rigi Kaltbad Station to take a cable car to Weggis, situated on the shores of Lake Lucerne.

Finally, we'll return by boat to one of the docks in Lucerne harbour, concluding this 7-hour activity.