46° 41′ N · 7° 51′ E · Thirteen thousand feet to Lake Brienz · Ground 22
A town between two lakes where the sky is full of wings,
and a via ferrata along a wall the base jumpers use.
Interlaken is Europe's adventure town by search volume: paragliding and the Mürren via ferrata are each looked up 4,400 times a month from the US alone, the skydive 1,900. The fall here starts at 4,000 metres over the twin lakes, runs down a zipline off First, along the iron rungs above the Lauterbrunnen valley, off the Beatenberg launch, out of a cable car on the Stockhorn and off a platform in the Grindelwald glacier gorge. It ends on Lake Brienz. Scrolling means falling. We show every stop with real prices, and we say what is not on the platforms.
Stop 1 · Tandem skydive · Reichenbach drop zone, Skydive Switzerland
4,000M OVER THE TWIN LAKES
The plane climbs over Lake Thun until the three famous peaks are level with the window. Then the door, then 4,000 metres of air. Forty-five seconds at 180 km/h with both lakes below you like spilled paint, and the canopy opens.
One listing, 645 reviews, the most expensive stop on this page. About €451 on GetYourGuide, CHF 425 at the drop zone. The helicopter version jumps over the Lauterbrunnen valley with its 72 waterfalls and is sold direct. About 1,900 people a month search for skydiving in Interlaken from the US and 480 from the UK – more than for any skydive in Europe we have measured.
↓ Above your pulse limit – keep falling
Up at First the Eiger fills half the sky. You sit into a harness seat on a steel cable, four abreast, and the ground drops away to the Schreckfeld meadows fifty metres below. Eighty-four kilometres an hour, downhill.
The third zipline on this site with a published height above ground. Fifty metres, from the operator – most ziplines give length and speed only. The Flyer itself is bought at the counter at First in summer; GetYourGuide sells the gondola and the Cliff Walk, with 899 reviews on the ride alone. About 320 people a month search for the Grindelwald zipline.
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Stop 2 · Zipline & Cliff Walk · Grindelwald-First
2,166M · FIRST, THE START
Stop 3 · Via ferrata · Mürren to Gimmelwald, above the Lauterbrunnen wall
1,638M · MÜRREN, THE START
The route leaves the village along the top of the Lauterbrunnen wall on iron rungs, the valley floor far under your heels. Halfway comes an 80-metre Nepal bridge, three cables and a lot of air, then a tightrope into Gimmelwald.
Free, and not on any platform. The via ferrata is a public route maintained by the village; you bring or rent a harness and a via ferrata set in Mürren, or book a mountain guide direct. It is searched 4,400 times a month from the US and 1,600 from the UK – as often as the paragliding – and it has no GetYourGuide listing at all. The rungs run along the same cliffs the Lauterbrunnen base jumpers leap from.
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A minibus to Beatenberg, a meadow at 1,350 metres, and the wing goes up behind you. Lake Thun on one side, Lake Brienz on the other, the Jungfrau ahead, and then the Höhematte lawn among people eating ice cream.
The most-reviewed adventure in these grounds, and the cheapest way into the air. The top listing has 2,729 reviews at about €191; three operators sell the same Beatenberg flight. The Mürren flight is the other one to know: it launches above the Lauterbrunnen valley and flies past the waterfalls. About 4,400 people a month search for paragliding here from the US, 880 from the UK.
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Stop 4 · Tandem paragliding · Beatenberg to the Höhematte
1,350M · BEATENBERG LAUNCH
Stop 5 · Bungy from a cable car · Stockhorn, Erlenbach
134M OUT OF A GONDOLA
A cable car stops in mid-air over the Stockensee, the doors slide open, and there is nothing between you and the lake but 134 metres. You step off. A few seconds towards green water, the cord catches, and they winch you back up.
The only bungy in these grounds, and it is not in Interlaken. The Stockhorn is an hour west, above the Simme valley; the operator collects you in town. One listing with 140 reviews at about €254. Searches are modest – about 170 a month for bungee in Interlaken – because most people come for the air, not the cord.
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The platform is wedged between the walls of the glacier gorge, the Lütschine a white thread ninety metres down. You go off forwards, backwards or however the crew suggests. Fifty metres of freefall, then the rope, at 120 km/h.
The second-most-reviewed adventure here after the paragliding – 455 reviews at about €148 with the Interlaken pickup, CHF 139 at the gorge. The Gletscherschlucht itself is a walkway through the slot the Lütschine has cut below Grindelwald; the entrance ticket is separate and on the platforms too. About 170 people a month search for the swing from the US, 110 from Germany.
↓ Above your pulse limit – keep falling
Stop 6 · Canyon swing · Gletscherschlucht, Grindelwald
90M ABOVE THE GLACIER GORGE
Stop 7 · Jetboat & kayak · Lake Brienz, from Bönigen
0M · ON LAKE BRIENZ
The lake is 260 metres deep and the colour of glacier milk. The jetboat leaves Bönigen and does 60 km/h along the cliffs to the Giessbach falls, with a 360-degree spin whenever the driver likes. The kayaks go slowly.
The gentle end of the fall. The jetboat has 428 reviews at about €126, the kayak tour 283. This is the lake the paragliders look down on and the one the trains from Lucerne arrive along; the jetboat runs in winter too, with the cliffs in snow.
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The railways go higher than anything in the fall: the Jungfraujoch at 3,454 m, the Schilthorn at 2,970 m with its revolving Bond restaurant and, at the Birg station below it, the Thrill Walk – 200 metres of steel-and-glass walkway bolted to the cliff, free with the ticket. They are viewpoints, not adventures, so they sit here.
Abseils, jumps and slides in granite gorges an hour from town. No published heights for the jumps, which is why the canyons are here and not in the fall – but the local trip has 230 reviews and canyoning is the fourth-biggest search term in these grounds.
The funicular to Harder Kulm at 1,322 m is Interlaken's own viewpoint, eight minutes up from the town; the rope park across the river is the family version of the via ferrata.
The same sky as the paragliders, on a rigid wing and lying flat. About 260 people a month search for it in Interlaken; the one listing has two reviews and the operators sell direct.
| Activity | Pulse | The number | Duration | From | Reviews | Bookable online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skydive · Reichenbach | Book now → | |||||
| First Flyer (at the counter) · gondola ticket | Book now → | |||||
| First Cliff Walk · ticket | Book now → | |||||
| Via ferrata · Mürren (free, direct) | 4/5 | 1,638 m, 80-m bridge | 3 h | |||
| Paragliding · Beatenberg | Book now → | |||||
| Paragliding · Mürren | Book now → | |||||
| Bungy · Stockhorn | Book now → | |||||
| Canyon Swing · Grindelwald | Book now → | |||||
| Jetboat · Lake Brienz | Book now → | |||||
| Kayak · Lake Brienz | Book now → | |||||
| Canyoning · local gorge | Book now → | |||||
| Jungfraujoch · from Interlaken | Book now → | |||||
| Hang gliding · Interlaken | Book now → |
Mostly from Beatenberg, a meadow at about 1,350 metres above the town, landing on the Höhematte lawn in the centre. Flights last 10 to 20 minutes, from age six and 25 to 100 kg, CHF 190 with the operators and about €191 on GetYourGuide, where the top listing has 2,729 reviews. The Mürren flight is the alternative: it launches above the Lauterbrunnen valley and passes the waterfalls.
On your own or with a guide – it is a free public route, 2.2 km with 300 metres of height difference, graded K3, open 1 June to 31 October. It follows the top of the Lauterbrunnen wall from Mürren to Gimmelwald with an 80-metre Nepal bridge and a 60-metre tightrope traverse. You need a harness and a via ferrata set, rentable in Mürren. It is not on GetYourGuide or any other platform, despite 4,400 searches a month from the US.
4,000 metres, 13,000 feet, from the Reichenbach drop zone 25 minutes from Interlaken: about 45 seconds of freefall at up to 180 km/h, from CHF 425 with the operator or about €451 on GetYourGuide with 645 reviews. The helicopter jump over the Lauterbrunnen valley is sold direct. Resellers list 12 years and 40 to 105 kg.
The Canyon Swing is 90 metres above the Grindelwald glacier gorge with 50 metres of freefall, 20 minutes from Interlaken, from CHF 139 and 455 reviews. The Stockhorn bungy is 134 metres out of a cable car over a mountain lake, an hour west, CHF 239 and a five-hour day. The swing is the one most people do; the bungy is the bigger number.
In summer only at the counter at First; in winter online until 11:00 on the day. What GetYourGuide sells is the gondola from Grindelwald, with 899 reviews, and the ticket with the Cliff Walk. The Flyer runs 800 metres from First at 2,166 m to Schreckfeld at 1,956 m, up to 84 km/h and about 50 metres above the ground – one of very few ziplines anywhere that publishes that figure.
Interlaken is the town between the lakes; Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen, Mürren and Wengen are the villages above it, 20 to 40 minutes by train, and together they are the Jungfrau region. Everything on this page is within an hour except the Stockhorn. The Jungfraujoch railway, at 3,454 metres, is the most-booked thing in the area with 2,578 reviews on one listing – a view, not a fall.
On GetYourGuide (Sept 22, 2026): the First gondola about €76, the jetboat and kayak €122 to €126, the Canyon Swing €148, canyoning €164, paragliding €191, the Stockhorn bungy €254 and the skydive €451. Free: the Mürren via ferrata and the Thrill Walk at Birg with a Schilthorn ticket. Prices in Switzerland are in francs on the ground; GetYourGuide shows euros.