Iseltwald Village & Lake Brienz Cruise
Cross the turquoise water of Lake Brienz by boat to the peninsula village of Iseltwald, with its famous wooden pier, and continue to the Giessbach Falls and Europe's oldest public funicular.
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Duration 5 hours
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Meet on location
Children must be with an adult
Ages 6 and older
Where you'll go
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- Lake Brienz boat crossing
- the Iseltwald pier
- Giessbach Falls and the 1879 funicular
- a village of 400 people on a wooded peninsula
What to expect
Lake Brienz is that colour because of rock flour - glacial sediment ground so fine it never settles, scattering light back as turquoise. It is also among the deepest and coldest lakes in Switzerland, which keeps the water clear. You board at Interlaken Ost and cruise east along the wooded northern shore. The first stop is Iseltwald, a fishing village on a small peninsula with a private castle at its tip. It was almost unvisited until a Korean drama filmed a scene on its pier in 2019, and it has been on every itinerary since. From there the boat crosses to Giessbach, where fourteen cascades fall close to 500 metres through the trees. A funicular built in 1879, the oldest in Europe, lifts you from the landing stage to the grand hotel and the path that runs behind the water. The final leg reaches Brienz at the head of the lake, the woodcarving town where the craft has been taught since the 1830s and a steam railway still climbs the Rothorn. Return to Interlaken by rail along the shore. Bring a waterproof layer for the Giessbach path - the spray reaches it. Boats operate roughly April to October.
What you get
- Round-trip lake cruise ticket
- pier access fee (CHF 5 per person)
- Giessbach funicular
- escort guide
- Meals and drinks
- Grandhotel Giessbach entry to any paid areas
- rail fare to Interlaken
Trip essentials
Pack this
- A waterproof layer - the spray at Giessbach reaches the path
- grippy shoes for wet stone
- sunglasses
- a dry bag or case for your phone
- water
Check before booking
- Able to board and leave a lake vessel unaided
- able to manage wet, uneven steps on the Giessbach path
- children under 16 accompanied by an adult and supervised at the pier and on deck at all times
Leave behind
- Drones anywhere in the Lake Brienz basin, which is restricted
- swimming from the boat or the Iseltwald pier
- climbing the pier railings or the Giessbach barriers for photographs
- smoking or vaping on the boat's enclosed deck
- littering on the falls path
Meeting point
Interlaken Ost, boat landing stage, 09:30
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