Hiking Switzerland: From the Jungfrau to the Matterhorn

After you enroll, we’ll ask you to provide or update your personal information and preferences, which includes your health information, lodging and meal preferences for your program.

A passport is required for this program. It must be valid for at least 6 months after your return date.

This information about travel documents pertains to participants holding U.S. passports. Non-U.S. citizens should refer to their country's requirements to ensure they have the necessary documentation for travel.

United States citizens don’t need a visa for any of the countries you’ll be visiting. Non-U.S. citizens should refer to their country's requirements to ensure they have the necessary documentation for travel.

If Road Scholar is arranging your air travel to and from the program, and you travel on the scheduled start and end dates, you’ll receive free round-trip transfers from the airport to the hotel.

Arrival day is on September 23, 2025

Meet the group at Hotel Falken in Wengen

Start of Trip:  Group transfer to Wengen; 3:00 p.m. hotel check-in. 6:00 p.m. Orientation; 7:00 p.m. Welcome Dinner

Getting to the site: Traveling from Zurich Airport to Wengen requires the use of four to five trains and the trip takes 3-4 hours total. Please contact Rail Europe for assistance with schedules (www.sbb.ch). You may purchase tickets at the SBB ticket counter at the airport. Total cost is approximately 90-120 CHF. Once in Wengen, call the hotel and the hotel porter will pick you up with the electric car and help you with your luggage. Taxis are available; taxi fare from Zurich Airport to Lauterbrunnen will cost approximately 700 CHF. To book a taxi, please visit www.7x7.ch/en/home. From Lauterbrunnen, take the mountain train to car-free Wengen for 6.80 CHF. A private car and driver from the airport to Lauterbrunnen will cost approximately 700 CHF. You can book a private car and driver by contacting www.7x7.ch/en/home. From Lauterbrunnen take the mountain train to car-free Wengen for 6.80 CHF.

Getting to the site by train or bus: Local transportation from the airport, instructions are supplied in final program packet.

Your trip ends on: Sunday, October 5, 2025 in Zurich at Dorint Airport-Hotel Zurich

End of Trip: After breakfast; 11:00 a.m. hotel check-out. Independent transfers to the airport using hotel shuttle.

Getting to the airport: A taxi from the Dorint Airport-Hotel Zurich to the Zurich Airport will take about 5 minutes and cost approximately 20 CHF. You can book a taxi through www.7x7.ch/en/home.

Information if you are purchasing your own airfare: Road Scholar no longer offers complimentary transfers to participants with “Program Only” Status. However, the arrival transfer on this program is an exception to that policy due to the distance and complicated nature of traveling to the first hotel. If you are arriving early or booked your own air, there is a possibility to reserve a seat on the group arrival transfer. The group arrival transfer time will be announced in the Final Information Packet, which is released 4-5 weeks prior to program departure. Reservations on this group transfer are only available after you have received the Final Information Packet, which will include instructions on how to reserve. Transfer times will vary from departure to departure. There is no guarantee that the transfer schedule will coincide with independently booked flights. If you wish to purchase airfare through Road Scholar, please call (800) 241-1404. Please note: In the unlikely event Road Scholar must make changes to the program's arrival or departure details, we will notify all participants as soon as possible. Participants who have purchased Road Scholar airfare are protected against airline change fees; however, anyone who has not purchased Road Scholar airfare will be required to make their own adjustments and may incur fees imposed by the airline.