I have to spent 3 days in Wengen with 2 kids.
Can someone please recommend things to do.
i suppose we would like to do Jungfrau

Things we want to enjoy cable car rides and good mountain views and waterfalls.

With the travel do we need to get a pass or buy individual tickets everywhere.

Thanks for your help

Well how old are the kids? What are your other travel plans in Switzerland to see efficacy of any pass. With just 3 days in Jungfrau Region hard to think any pass may be worth it but the Half-Fare Card may well be if you take the Jungfraujoch Railway as half-off that goes a long way to paying for that card- available at any train station and gives you half-off everything that moves in Switzerland practically - gondolas, all trains, lake boats, buses, trams...kids get a free family pass if under 16 at any station too and never pay a cent for anything the adults pay for. For a run-down on what to do in that area and Swiss trains and gondolas check www.swisstravelsystem.com; BETS-European Rail Experts and www.ricksteves.com. If traveling much around Switzerland then may a Swiss Pass or Berner Oberland Pass, etc. may be good.

dwatson -

You'd get more help if you provided a few more details. Are you only visiting Wengen? Are you flying into Switzerland? If so, to which airport? Are you traveling exclusively by public transport? Transport to and from an airport is a big consideration in determining whether or not you need some sort of pass, and which kind. Are you only in the country for three days? What time of year?

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Berner Oberland transport should not be done in isolation unless you are driving to Lauterbrunnen. There are various passes that combine flat land rail / lake boat trips / museum / high mountain trips in addition to Berner Oberland area only passes of all kinds.
The transportation in Switzerland are tightly coordinated. It can be done by point to point tickets, but unless you stick to the initial itinerary, you really don't have much time to buy tickets between transports. This is where I think the passes have the most value. Not major discount, but they allow you to seamlessly connect from one transport to others.
The higher you go up, more expensive the tickets. Many people come to this forum asking the similar question with just a rough idea. There are just too many ways the transport tickets/passes can be combined to come up with a decision based only on rough ideas.

Hi, I will visiting on Sep-19 in the evening and will stay on Sep-20 to Sep-22, 2018. I will be coming through train. My kids ages are 8 and 10 yrs. Should I buy daily pass fir every day? Appreciate your help on this trip.

Hi, I will visiting on Sep-19 in the evening and will stay on Sep-20 to Sep-22, 2018. I will be coming through train. My kids ages are 8 and 10 yrs. Should I buy daily pass fir every day? Appreciate your help on this trip.

Still can't really tell you what to do in the way of passes--depends on how much time overall you are going to spend in Switzerland and where.

As to things to do with kids, I'm not sure that the Jungfraujoch would be my first choice, given how expensive it is. I'm thinking that riding some lifts and walking some trails would probably suit the kids more.

The Half Fare card is generally what is suggested if a trip to the Jungfraujoch is involved. It will save you more money than a Swiss Travel Pass. AND you get the free Family card so instead of your children paying 50% of the fare - they are free. Everywhere you go on trains, buses, boats (and cable cars in most places.)

In addition to the Jungfraujoch you could:
-Take the children to the Open Air Museum at Ballenberg - www.ballenberg.ch here you can see chalets and farm buildings from all over the country, grouped by cantons and regions. Also craftsmen at work - potters, weavers, smiths, charcoal makers, bee keepers etc. Great fun! Your children can wander in and out of the houses at will.
- Take a lake cruise on lake Thun from Interlaken West to Thun. Visit the castles at Spiez, Oberhofen and Thun and take the next boat on... Schloss Thun is especially wonderful.
- Go to the Trümmelbach Falls in the Lauterbrunnen valley. These are underground waterfalls. Noisy, wet and fun for children.
- take the Männlichen lift up from Wengen and down to Grindelwald. Walk through the village. Take the First lift to First and walk to the Bachalpsee.
- and should you get a rainy day - go to Bern. Bern has 6km of arcaded streets so you can sightsee and stay dry. Our Federal Parliament is there on a lovely square with fountains (except on market days). There is a Bear Park so you can see the bears. The Museum of Communications is especially interesting to young children - telegraph, phone, etc etc

Could also investigate the Jungfraubahn Pass if doing a lot of transports during that time - sold locally but Half-Fare Card with free Family Pass seems best - buy it once there.

YOu asked abaout things to do in Wengen. There is a little playground right in wengen near the lift up to the Mannlichen, aat least there was one last year, should be still there.. There also is a prety good pizza shop on the main street of the tiny village, sort of looks like a bar, and has good pizza, reasonable cost. Also a grocery/COOP right as you get off the train in the village. Book hotel in Wengen asap. Sue

also, right in Wengen, take the lift up to the Mannlichen, as suggested above. It is fine for children, and there is a wide plateau up there, and hiking paths. Get a good book on This area from your bookstore. However, not sure about the weather in Sept. be sure to check this out, and bring clothing to layer, as would be much cooler up on the Mannlichen in Sept. I was there in July.

As a rule you loose 7°C for every 1000m you go up. So - Wengen is 1274m and the Männlichen 2343m. That is roughly 1100m. If it is 10° in Wengen expect it to be 3° at the Männlichen. If there is sunshine, no wind, you wont feel the difference as much as you think you would....The air is thinner and the sun is stronger.

The poster left Wengen one week ago.