Jungfraujoch Day Trip from Zurich: Swiss Alps & Bernese Oberland

Swiss Alps June 2024

The ride up the mountain was incredible. Everything went smoothly. The tour guides were great and knowledgeable. Bruno was the best and the driver of the bus was awesome. I would recommend this tour to anyone who wants to see Switzerland at its best. It is COLD at the top and the Ice Castle is just that all ICE 😬. But otherwise the weather was perfect for June. There are some stairs so if you have problems with them you may not be able to see everything but what you do experience is worth it.

Breathtaking and phenomenal experience.

Wow!! The experience was phenomenal. The trip was very long and we felt rushed on some occasions but the view at the top was well worth it. It was breathtaking and exhilarating to experience.

Great trip & safety improvement is needed

It is a gorgeous place to visit. We had great experiences. Up with Cable car & down with Cogwheel train are plus. The guide is very responsible and helpful. One thing - we hope they will pay more attentions on safety. There is no seatbelt with one seat on the first row of up level. They didn’t even notice it before the boarding. It means they didn’t do thorough check ahead of time. Due to the bus is full. The lead guide asked a person sitting there without seatbelt. It is risky!

Jungfraujoch and beyond.

For me the cable car, the cog wheel train and the regular train were simply engineering marvels. Looking at a glacier right from above it from the sphinx observatory was another highlight for me. The ice castle was magnificent and the entire journey was lovely. My only recommendation would be to give people a little time to finish a cup of coffee at the first stop. Since it’s the first stop, the coffee is much required. Thank you for everything!

Awesome views!

This was a great day tour! We saw beautiful mountains and got to walk on a glacier! There’s an ice palace made 100% of ice, from floor to ceiling with ice sculptures so that was really neat. Definitely dress a little warmer and wear sneakers or boots.

Really good

Really good tour. Note that there is about 4-5 hours of just commute time, some of its very pretty and scenic though. Overall great experience, definitely worth it if you have the time to spend.

Expensive but great trip. Choose a sunny day

This was a great trip. It is expensive at chf 230 per person, however as a once in a lifetime experience worth it. Don’t bother to book unless the skies are going to be clear as there really is no point if you cannot see anything through the clouds. In June it was -2 degrees centigrade at the top so hat, warm jacket and gloves are necessary. We booked our ticket through the hotel and chose timed and reserved tickets but you can just turn up and hope that there is space on a train. It is very busy both on the train and at the observation station at the top. There is an opportunity to go outside on the observation deck and also to walk and toboggan in a safe place. We didn’t do this but I am sure that there would be a charge for it. There are plenty of eating and refreshment options (all of which are inevitably expensive). You change trains at Kleine Scheidegg where there are restaurants and shops and also options to follow trails down the valley, picking up a train part way either towards Wengen or Grindelwald

A Swiss Dream

Quite literally an unbelievable experience. It was a very long day, so be prepared. We got very lucky with the views on top of Jungfraujoch, but the weather changes very quickly. Only regret was not getting to have more time in Interlaken, but we can always come back. The coach was comfortable and the stop in Interlaken allowed people to use the restroom. The Eiger Express Tram and cogwheel trains were amazing experiences and our guides were very good at keeping the group together and explaining things (in both English and Mandarin). Shout out to Ersilia - she was so kind and a great guide.

Top of Europe experience

What an experience! I highly recommend this tour. It was a long day, but it was worth it. The scenery on the way to the mountain is lovely and we got to experience multiple forms of transport throughout the day. The view from the sphinx on top of the mountain was amazing. Carola was a lovely patient guide

Overrated place jungfrau

The cost for visiting this place is approx 180 to 200 euros. The train ride is totally under a tunnel and you don't see anything. Though it is nice but as per me it is overrated in respect to the extra cost involved and the train ride being totally in a tunnel with nothing to see. Compared to this Mt titlis is far better and all tour operators include it in their cost. Maybe avoided unless you have good amount to spend. I feel highly overrated

Enjoy Life

It’s a beautiful Experience, in life all three driving experience, Bus Gandola & Railway. Lift speed, railway changing, and Indian food is very lovely experience Top of the Europe

exciting, well-organized

I took their trip to Jungfraujoch. It was well organized. Our guide, Bruno, was excellent. He provided substantial information. Despite several changing points on the way to the top, the trip was very smooth and orderly.

Nice, but not great

As whole the trip was awesome. But no working restroom on the bus is a red flag. The trip should be catered to US folks or English speaking people, most folks are Chinese and one guide tended to them more. Ridiculous. The English speaking guide(don't recall his name) was awesome though.

Great Alps experience !

This tour was great! Highly recommended! Stops were well planned. Great experience to see the beautiful Alps and mountain lakes and villages. Time allowed at each stop was excellent. Monica our guide was fun, informative and well prepared. She strobe to connect with every guest on board. Our driver Joseph was very impressive handling the bus on the mountain roads.

Amazing

Amazing trip up to the Alps. The views were spectacular both traveling up to the top and when you get to the top. A must do when visiting Switzerland.

The Best tour

Bruno and Ping were so informative and such lovely tour guides. Great tour. Something we will never forget

Great tour guide

Even after a medical emergency happened during the tour I felt the guide was very professional in handling the situation and made great effort to make sure the tour was still great.

On top of the world

This was a fun trip with a great and very entertaining guide. He made sure we got pictures we’d never think to take. Going thru the ice castle and getting up to the top of the mountain with all that snow was a lot of fun. Be aware though that It’s very crowded even in May and the way down by Gondola is ridiculously mismanaged and crammed.

George Lazenby strikes back

This would have been an even better day if the weather had not closed in on the top of the mountain. Fernando (our guide) did a great job of informing us of the various sights and even alerted us to a break in the weather that allowed us to get some photos of the saddle. The itinerary was well planned and enabled us to experience a range of experiences.

Good tour guide

The tour guide, good in humor and also in languages. The driver is excellent. Of course few concerns, no charging and WiFi in the bus, it’s old bus

Amazing!!!

I think the most memorable thing that we did in Jungfraujoch was the cable car ride going to the top of the mountain. View was great! And the ice tunnel. Amazing!

too crowded to enjoy.

Views were pretty great. But it was so crowded that I really didn't have that great of a time. I've never been so squished in a space ever. People pressed up against me on all sides, literally shoving and pushing you. If it wasn't for the beautiful scenery from the mountain I would almost say it wasn't worth. This was a LONG day, i would say too long. Please don't bring young kids, many kids were screaming and tired and it was really annoying.

Amazing!!

The whole trip was amazing, from the gondola to the train to the experience on top of the mountain. Well worth the price and time spent

Mind blowing

Our guides Bruno and Ping made the trip memorable. Very knowledgeable and super helpful. The trip was expensive but was worth it. We had a fabolous time and weather was kind. The pics don’t from Viator don’t do the trip justice. Please update pics from each leg for other clients to be convinced why it’s worth it. Don’t miss this trip

Our wonderful Jungfraujoch day trip with Best Switzerland Tours & Ms. Monica

The tour was organised by Best Switzerland tours.. we joined the Jungfraujoch tour on May 10th from Zurich. Our guides were Ms. Monica and Mr. Gonzalez.. The tour started on time at 8 am in a comfortable coach until Grindelwald. From there on the way to Jungfrau we took a cable car with extremely scenic views of the Alps. We got down at the Eiger station and took the top of Europe, Eiger Express train which scaled up to 3250 metres. This was a scintillating experience and the scenery were breathtaking. The Jungfrau station was well done with the Sphinx observatory, Ice Palace, Alpine station providing exciting times for all of us. We got a chance to get to Top of Europe and see the Jungfrau peak - ~4000+ m in height. The entire place is well maintained and is definitely worth the experience and money spent. I strongly recommend anyone visiting Switzerland to visit the Jungfraujoch. Ms. Monica from Best Switzerland Tours was the best tour guide we have witnessed ever with some much of information throughout the journey, talking about places, culture, food and kept us continuously engaged throughout the 12 hour tour. We came back to the starting point around 830 PM and was a day to remember for our lifetime!

Top Destination - 100% Worth it

Jorge was a great tour guide, my partner and I had a a wonderful experience. We came across a hold up in the trip but they were able to adjust fast. The journey is long but well worth the time. Would highly recommend to anyone traveling through this region.

Top of Europe trip

This was truly a once in a lifetime trip and worth the money. It does make for a long day though. We were actually gone almost 14 hours because we had to wait on people who were not on time returning to the bus and we had to reroute due to streets that were blocked. We also had another group that went part way with us. We had to drop them off and pick them up at the end which seemed like a waste of time for the rest of us. We were tired and ready to get home. Our guide was really friendly and spoken several languages but she was sometimes hard to understand. Overall it was a very good experience.

An amazing experience not to be missed.

We joined the tour In Interlaken for the Jungfrau Top of Europe tour. The guides were experienced, the transfers were seamless which allowed us to fully enjoy the experience. We learned so much about this beautiful area and the experience of being on Too of Europe was second to none. Just take this tour you won’t regret it.

Tourism gone mad

The Jungfrau is unarguably a spectacularly beautiful and magnificent natural wonder, but the facilitated bombardment of the place by hordes of truly uncivilised and uncaring tourists in seriously excessive numbers is clearly destroying the experience in a huge way. Get the numbers right down and demand more civilised, respectful and cooperative behaviour from those who do come. I should also add, this is not a localised problem, but a growing world-wide trend. Wake up proprietors of facilities; wake up to yourselves your companies. And you wake up big-time pig ignorant tourists. All of you, learn to respect the sensitivity of the places you are seeking to exploit or experience,

Jungfraujoch

This trip was very nice. It is a very long day from Zurich, but worth the views. Some of the transportation provides really amazing views. There were a lot of people at the top of Jungfraujoch, but we were able to see everything we wanted.

Excellent Trip

An excellent coordinated trip with an excellent guide . Trip was bit lengthy tough and one more tea coffee break in evening would have been ideal

Unbelievably beautiful

Our guides and driver were wonderful. Jungfrau was utterly incredible, and it was a true privilege to experience the natural wonder (although it was a bit too crowded). Our only substantive complaint was that when we made stops that allowed us to use the WC, two locations in a row had inoperable ladies' facilities. Otherwise, the tour was amazing and well worth the money.

Swiss Alps Adventure of a life time

This trip was a once in life time trip that I took with my daughter and friends. We thoroughly enjoy viewing the Swiss alps and the different towns leading up to the alps. Zurich is a very quaint and fun city. I look forward to hopefully coming back for a longer visit.

Worth the $$$

The views of the Mts. Are awesome. Everything was great except the crowds But you have that everywhere

Very satisfied

It was really great experience, thanks to our guide Fernando and his colleagues Ping other guide and Zurabbour driver! Interesting stories, gorgeous views, hundreds of beautiful pictures! It was a little bit busy at the top with other tourists as it was Sunday and was no sunshine but weather improved after lunch and we got those spectacular views!!! Thank you guys it was amazing day tour!

Worth every dollar for the amazing scenery and experience.

Definitely worth the money we paid. This is a long tour... pick up at 8am and drop off at approximately 8pm but the journey up into the Alps is simply spectacular. Regular breaks for bathroom and souvenir shopping if needed. Very little walking involved if you have some mobility challenges. We were very lucky and had amazing weather and visibility. The only downside is that although our guide was very knowledgeable and organised she spent a lot of the bus journey giving us personal opinions about everything from Swiss banks to Chinese spies to her opinions about females should not be wrestlers or cows not needing their horns cut off. When you're travelling on a coach for many hours that many opinions can get draining and we welcomed the quiet journey back to Zurich. Ultimately these small issues did not take much away from the experience and the scenery we witnessed. Worth the money!

Top of Europe

It was a truly amazing day. Interlochen is a beautiful city but the experience at the top of Europe at Jungfraujoch was truly spectacular.

Your driver was very good

Disappointed that you canceled the tour up the mountain once we got to the town below the mountain! I understand we have no control of the weather conditions up the mountain! I have not seen any refund for the money we paid for two tickets! June villacorta

Not worth it

Our tour guide was lovely but it’s just such a long ride for very little payoff. When you finally get “to the top” it’s basically one big circular path that is extremely overcrowded and almost completely indoors with very little opportunity to see the outside and no “adventure” feel. You feel like cattle being pushed and herded along. Even the ice cave is disappointing— felt like a lame tourist trap with a few impressive ice sculptures. The food is not good and incredibly overpriced. The best part might have been the cable car ride or the train on the way back to the bus.

What An Absolute Top Notch Experience

Oh my goodness - what an amazing day. Our tour guide Adela and bus driver Miguele were fantastic. We had snow falling while crossing the pass - just gorgeous. Unfortunately due to the almost blizzard like conditions we could not see much at the top of Jungfraujoch but the views from the cable car on the way up and the train journey back down the mountain to Lauterbrunnen were simply out of this world. We also had snow falling while waiting between the two downward train journeys. Quick tip: there is ample time to stock up on lunch, snacks and drinks at the Grindelwald Coop just before boarding the cable car in Grindelwald. There is also a cafe and restaurant at the top.

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Excellent tour especially the tour guides Bruno and his partner!! They were very friendly, helpful, and very knowledgeable !!

Very long day, with bad weather.

They combined three tours on same bus, we had to make two extra stops to pick up and drop off people. The tour guide was not clear on some of instructions such as where the toilet was after a long three hours drive. At top mountain was completely wiped out due to weather can’t see anything or go to outside to platform at plateau. On the was back, the train stop, we had wait for 15 mins in snow for local train to arrive. Basically you spent all day on bus and train. Make sure you check weather, if not a perfect sunny day, do not waste your time and money to go.

Nice Tour

Long tour but worth it. Great guide and everything was perfectly timed. Top of Europe was incredible (although it was overcast). Guide was great on the bus narration and on all our trains and adventures.

Spectacular views and excellent staff but may want to rethink allowing young children on tour

Excellent tour with fantastic guides and bus driver. The views are spectacular and you get a taste of Lucerne, Interlaken and Lauterbrunnen on your journey. The only reason I gave this 4 stars instead of 5 is because they allow young children on the tour and, unfortunately, the 2 and 3 year olds on the bus were screaming a lot on the long ride back to Zurich which was very challenging after a long day. The tour lasts 12 hours and there isn't much time for meals other than a cafeteria style restaurant at the top of Europe.

Breathtaking Day Out

Simply spectacular! We were so lucky to have a bright sunny day where it didn't even feel that cold (except in the Ice Palace). The guides were friendly and helpful in leading us gently across a range of transport on this full day out. Our whole group loved our trip to Jungfraujoch.

Jungfraujoch day trip

I had an amazing time. However, i wish we could have more spare time at the top of the mountain Jungfraujoch.

Swiss Alps, Interlaceken highest point in Europe

We absolutely loved the whole experience! The weather was perfect with blue skies & the views were spectacular! Loved the Ice Castle! A must see on your bucket list ♥️

Breathtaking

Derwen our guide fantastic.She was entertaining and helpful. The views were Incredible.Highly recommend.

Memorable!

It was an enjoyable trip! Well planned, clear instructions and informative! However, wished we had more time in Interlaken town. 1 hr is barely enough to explore. Jungfraujoch was awesome! Overall it was a memorable and nice tour!

Swiss efficiency at its finest

This trip is extremely organized and well-run. I very much liked being able to turn my brain off for 12 hours and follow my tour guide’s instructions. Jungfrau is incredible to behold and the trip allows you to see a lot of this area of Switzerland in relatively little time. Our tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable on the area and also the complex linguistic history of the Swiss. It is a long day with a lot of travel but that is more a geography issue than any problem with the trip. I also would have loved to hike to the snowshoe lodge on Jungfrau but the tour did not afford enough time to do so- you really just have the time to see the greatest hits by the station and grab a bite to eat.