Most bookedScenic Jetboat Ride on Lake Brienz
Past Iseltwald to Giessbach Falls in under an hour, with 360° spins, a splash jacket and a free photo.
Boat: Own jetboat (not a pass boat)
Eleven trips, sorted by where and how you get on the water: Lake Brienz, the scheduled boats on both lakes, winter, the lakes by road, and one mountain day. Each has its own page.
The turquoise lake east of town: a jetboat, a kayak tour, a fondue float and a guided boat-and-walk day.
Most bookedPast Iseltwald to Giessbach Falls in under an hour, with 360° spins, a splash jacket and a free photo.
Boat: Own jetboat (not a pass boat)
Top ratedThree hours with a coach to the north shore cliffs and Ringgenberg Castle, max 6 per coach, photos included.
Boat: Sea kayak with a coach (not a pass boat)
Food on the waterChocolate fondue, warm tea and white wine on a slow guided float from Bönigen to Interlaken, blankets included.
Boat: Own boat, guided (not a pass boat)
Max 5 guestsScheduled boat to Giessbach, the 1879 funicular, a walk behind the falls and a forest path to Iseltwald. Max 5 guests.
Boat: Scheduled BLS boat, with a guide
The scheduled BLS boats: a day pass for both lakes, or the regional pass that covers them with the mountain railways.
Official BLS ticketA full day on the scheduled boats of both lakes: hop off at Iseltwald, Giessbach, Spiez or Oberhofen.
Boat: Scheduled BLS boats (in Swiss passes)
Boats includedEvery scheduled boat on both lakes, trains and buses, and over 25 mountain railways on one pass, 3 to 10 days.
Boat: Covers every scheduled boat on both lakes
From November, when the Lake Brienz boats stop: a drysuit kayak tour and a short winter jetboat ride.
November to AprilDrysuit, boots and a guide on a quiet winter Lake Brienz, past Ringgenberg Castle, with a tea and cookie break.
Boat: Sea kayak in a drysuit (not a pass boat)
Winter rideA short winter run on Lake Brienz: 360° spins and snowy shores, with gloves, a beanie and a waterproof layer.
Boat: Own jetboat (not a pass boat)
The lakes from the shore, with hotel pickup: Lake Thun's castles, or Iseltwald, Giessbach and Brienz.
Lake ThunHotel pickup, Oberhofen, Thun and Spiez castles by minibus, a guide's stories and entry to one castle. No boat.
Boat: Lakeside by minibus, no boat
All yearHotel pickup, the Iseltwald jetty, Giessbach Falls by a short forest walk and Brienz village. All year, no boat.
Boat: Lakeside by van, no boat
The mountain day most visitors pair with the lakes: Jungfraujoch with a guide.
Cross-sellCoach, Eiger Glacier cable car and cog train to Jungfraujoch, with a guide, reserved seats and 2+ hours at the top.
Boat: No boat: a mountain day