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Every page on LucerneLakeCruise.com in one place. Most visitors start with the tours, then read the guides.
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Tours
- All tours
- Pilatus Golden Round Trip with BoatBoat, the world's steepest cogwheel railway, cableway, gondola and bus: the whole Pilatus loop on one self-guided ticket.
- 1-Hour Catamaran Cruise on Lake LucerneThe shortest proper look at the lake: 55 minutes from Pier 3 toward Bürgenstock and back, hourly and in any season.
- 1st-Class Lunch Cruise, 3 CoursesA set three-course lunch at a first-class window table, round trip from Lucerne with water and coffee included.
- Classic Rigi Round Trip by BoatBoat to Vitznau, Europe's first mountain railway to Rigi Kulm, cable car to Weggis, boat back. One day, your own pace.
- Mount Pilatus Guided Half DayThe Golden Round Trip with a guide and coach from Lucerne in 5.5 hours, with the boat home in the main season.
- Rigi by Boat, Train & Mineral BathsBoat to Vitznau, cogwheel railway up Rigi, a soak in the Rigi Kaltbad mineral baths, cable car down. Own pace.
- Old Town Walk + 1-Hour Lake CruiseA local guide, Chapel Bridge, the Lion Monument and the Musegg Wall, max 8 guests, with an optional 1-hour cruise.
- Swiss Travel Pass, 3 to 15 DaysEvery scheduled SGV boat, trains and buses across Switzerland, Rigi and 500+ museums, for 3 to 15 days.
- From Zurich: Lucerne & Mount Pilatus DayCoach from Zurich, free time in Lucerne, Pilatus up by gondola and down by cogwheel, a guide all day. Boat in season.
- Pedalo Breakfast Picnic on the LakeYour own pedal boat at Küssnacht with a parasol and a full Swiss breakfast for two, 1.5 hours at your own speed.
- Swiss Museum of Transport TicketRail, road, air and water halls with simulators on the Lucerne lakeshore. The rainy-day plan, with its own boat stop.
Guides
- All guides
- Best Lake Lucerne cruiseOne hour, half a day or the whole lake: which boat to take
- Swiss Travel Pass and the boatsWhich boats, mountains and cruises your pass covers, and which cost extra
- Pilatus Golden Round TripBoat, cogwheel, cableway, gondola, bus: direction, timing and cost
- Rigi by boat from LucerneVitznau or Weggis, the 1871 cogwheel, Rigi Kaltbad's baths and the November cable car closure.
- Lucerne in a dayA morning in the old town, an afternoon on the lake, and what to cut if you only have two hours.
- Best time to visitBoat seasons for 2026 and 2027, when Pilatus and Rigi run, and what changes in autumn and winter.
Blog
- All posts
- Winter timetable 2026/27What still sails from 19 October, what stopped, and the Rütli shooting day.
- Pilatus closure autumn 2026Gondolas closed until 27 November: the cogwheel way up and how the tours change.
- The five paddle steamersUri, Unterwalden, Schiller, Gallia and Stadt Luzern: when they sail and how to ride one.
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