Engelberg in Central Switzerland is a spectacular destination at any time of year.
Open for snowsports until 22 May thanks to its glacier, 2,000 vertical metres above the town, it has a huge programme of summer activities too.
Fancy a bungee jump from a cable car, perhaps? Or, new this summer, really getting back to nature by hiking barefoot in the mountains? Then Engelberg is the place for you!
Getting up high is easy too, as Engelberg has spent tens of millions of Swiss francs over the past few years building a fancy new gondola linked to a cable car with circular cabins that gently revolve through 360° as you ascend!
Barefoot hiking is possible along the “Tickle Trail” on Engelberg’s Brunni mountain, and is described as “an enjoyable tactile experience” – so long as you don’t mind having your feet tickled, that is. Separate night hikes (with your boots on) are also being organised on Brunni on 18 June and 19 August.
Also new this year is the “Buiräbähnli” Safari which combines hiking and overnight stays in simple mountain huts with the use of traditional “Buiräbähnli” (the small Alpine cable cars that the local farmers use) to ascend.
The whole tour takes approximately 20 hours and includes one or two overnight stays in one of the many Alpine huts along the way. It conveniently starts and ends at the Engelberg train station.
And if you’re missing winter in summer, why not attend the resort’s ice festival up on the glacier on 3 July? Free for kids and with half-price lift tickets for adults to access, there’s everything from abseiling in glacial crevasses, chocolate-covered marshmallow shooting, face painting and snow tubing at the Glacier park. Engelberg.ch, Titlis.ch, Brunni.ch
