Mount Titlis private tours put only your group in the car, with pickup at your hotel. Check the fare line: most include the cable car, but one does not.
The most time on the mountain of the private days: about four hours, with two in Lucerne first. Pickup is anywhere in Zurich, including the airport, and the cable car is paid. Room for up to 12.
From $925 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Hotel pickup in Zurich for up to 6, about four hours on Titlis, then a walk past Lucerne's Lion Monument and Chapel Bridge. The vehicle is marked wheelchair accessible; the listing mentions a driver, not a guide.
From $925 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The only private day with a guide named for the mountain itself, leading the Cliff Walk and the cave, plus walks in Lucerne and Engelberg. It is also the only fare here that leaves the cable car out.
From $418 per person
The Titlis cable car is not in this fare: the listing adds CHF 96 per person, and the cableway's own summer return from Engelberg is CHF 102 (half price with a Swiss Travel Pass or Half Fare Card).
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Walk instead of ride: a private guided hike from Lucerne for up to 8, on a circular route below the north face with a farm lunch stop. It stays below the summit, and solo walkers pay a CHF 50 surcharge.
From $518 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Pickup anywhere in Zurich, two hours in Lucerne and about four on the mountain, for up to 12. From $925 a person.
Check availabilityIt is the same mountain with nobody else in your vehicle. A private day collects you from your hotel, or from Zurich Airport, drives you to Engelberg and Lucerne, and brings you back. You choose the pace, and you leave when your group is ready rather than when the coach does.
There are two kinds here. The private days by car start in Zurich and ride up to the summit station. The private hike starts in Lucerne and stays on the trails below the mountain all day.
The Mercedes day and the private glacier day each give you about four hours on the mountain. The coach days give you one to two and a half.
No coach park, no check-in counter. The Mercedes day collects you anywhere in Zurich, including the airport.
Private fares are quoted per person, and the per-person price drops as you add people. For a family or a group of friends, the gap to a coach day narrows.
The private glacier day marks its vehicle as wheelchair accessible. None of the big coach days does.
The alternative is a shared coach day from Zurich. Here is how they compare per person.
| A private day | A coach day from Zurich | |
|---|---|---|
| Price basis | Per person, falling with group size | Per person, fixed |
| Fare | $418 to $925 a person | $199 to $220 a person |
| Pickup | Your hotel or the airport | The Sihlquai coach park |
| At the top | About 2 to 4 hours | About 1 to 2.5 hours |
| Group | Only you, up to 6, 12 or 15 | Up to 48 or 60 on the big coaches |
| Cable car | In the fare, except on the Trip Pilot day | In the fare |
For two people the premium is large. For a family of five or six, with a real need for door-to-door transport or more time on the snow, it can be worth it. Enter your group size on the booking page before you compare, because the per-person price you see first may assume a different number.
Hotel pickup in Zurich for up to 6, a wheelchair-accessible vehicle, and the Lion Monument on the way home. $925 a person.
Check availabilityFor how a private day compares with every other way up, see choosing a Mount Titlis tour.
Couples and solo travellers on a budget. A coach day costs a fraction of the private fare. The Mount Titlis and Lucerne day tour from Zurich options start at $199 a person.
Anyone staying in Lucerne who wants the summit. The guided half day is shorter and cheaper. See the Mount Titlis half day tour options.
Anyone who wants time alone at the top, not a guide. The cableway's own ticket from Engelberg costs $137 and has no time limit.
Anyone who books the hike for the glacier. It never goes up. For snow, take a private day by car.
Private days, coach days, half days and the cableway's own ticket sit side by side on Mount Titlis Tours.