Jungfraujoch tours from Interlaken start at the foot of the mountain railway, so the day takes 6 to 8 hours instead of 12. You choose a guided group, the railway's own ticket, or a guide of your own.
Leave from the Best of Switzerland shop in Interlaken for a 30-minute drive to Grindelwald Terminal. Your guide rides the gondola and the train with you, and you get at least 2 hours at the top. You are back in 7 hours.
From $313 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Jungfrau Railways' own return from Interlaken Ost. You pick the valley you travel through, and your train down leaves 3 hours after you arrive. There is no guide, and the tubing and zipline park at the top costs extra.
From $327 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A local guide collects you from your Interlaken hotel and travels with you by public transport. You get about 3 hours at the top, come down by the cogwheel line, and spend half an hour in Lauterbrunnen.
From $937 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A 30-minute coach to Grindelwald Terminal, the gondola, at least 2 hours at the top and the train back through Wengen. $313 a person.
Check availabilityInterlaken sits at the foot of the Jungfrau Railway's feeder lines, so a tour from here skips the motorway. You are at Grindelwald Terminal in half an hour, on the gondola to Eigergletscher in 15 minutes, and at the station at 3,454 metres about 1 hour 30 minutes after leaving Interlaken Ost.
What you buy is less a transfer than a way of being at the top. The guided day gives you a guide and a group. The railway's own ticket gives you a return and three free hours. The private day gives you a guide of your own.
The whole trip takes 6 to 8 hours, against 11 to 12 from Zurich. You can be back for a late lunch in town or an afternoon on the lake.
Guided in a group, alone on the railway's own ticket, or with a private guide. From the cities you mostly get the first.
The guided day costs $313, with the same gondola, the same railway and at least 2 hours at the summit as the coach days from the cities.
The first trains of the day leave Interlaken Ost at 07:04 and 07:34, and reach the top at 08:41 and 09:11. From here you can be on them.
The alternative is to buy the return yourself at Interlaken Ost or in the Jungfrau Railways webshop. Here is what changes.
| A tour from Interlaken | A ticket you buy yourself | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $313 to $937 a person | From CHF 129.60, by start and cards |
| Seat reservation | In the fare | CHF 10 extra, May to October |
| Guide at the top | On the guided and private days | None |
| Time at the top | 2 to 3 hours | As long as you like |
| Early discount | No | The Good Morning Ticket, first two trains |
| Refunds | Full, up to 24 hours before | Webshop: free until 23:59 the day before |
If you hold a Half Fare Card or a Swiss Travel Pass, buy your own ticket and the discount applies. Without a card, the Good Morning Ticket takes 20% off the first two trains of the day, from May to October, if you are back down by 13:17. If you want the route planned and a guide at the top, the tour costs little more. Every fare and pass is on the Jungfraujoch fares page.
Jungfrau Railways' own return from Interlaken Ost, out through the valley you choose, with your train down booked 3 hours after you arrive. $327 a person.
Check availabilityHow to spend those hours at the top is in the Jungfraujoch in one day, hour by hour.
Anyone staying in Grindelwald. The gondola station is in the village, and a small-group guide day starts there. See the Jungfraujoch tour from Grindelwald.
Anyone who wants a guide but not a group. The private day here is one of several; every Jungfraujoch private tour option is compared on one page.
Anyone based in Zurich without a hotel in the Oberland. A Jungfraujoch tour from Zurich saves you the train and the changes.
Interlaken days, city days and private guides sit side by side on Jungfraujoch Tours.