Final-year school trip to Switzerland: Lucerne, Bern, Interlaken and the Jungfrau (6 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Lucerne

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to Switzerland via Luxembourg, Alsace and Basel (about 7.5 hours from Brussels, excluding breaks), with two drivers on board.
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Free lunch on the way.
• Arrival in the late afternoon and check-in at the accommodation, in or around Lucerne, for two nights; dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 2: Lucerne and Lake Lucerne

• Walk through the old town: the Chapel Bridge and its Water Tower, the squares with their painted façades and the Lion Monument.
• Cruise on Lake Lucerne, between mountains and lakeside villages.
• Free lunch, then visit to the Swiss Museum of Transport (on request).
• Dinner and a supervised evening.

Day 3: Bern, the federal city, and on to Interlaken

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to Bern (about 1 hr 15 min).
• Discovery of the UNESCO-listed old town: its miles of arcades, the Zytglogge clock tower, the Bear Park and the Federal Palace seen from outside.
• Visit to the Einstein House, where he lived in 1905, the year of special relativity (on request).
• Free lunch, then drive to Interlaken (about 1 hour).
• Check-in at the accommodation for three nights, dinner and a supervised evening.

Day 4: Lauterbrunnen, the Jungfraujoch and Grindelwald

• Drive to Lauterbrunnen (about 20 min), the valley of 72 waterfalls, and stop at the Staubbach Falls.
• Visit to the Trümmelbach Falls, thundering inside the mountain (on request).
• Cogwheel train up to the Jungfraujoch, Europe’s highest railway station (3,454 m), with views of the Aletsch Glacier, returning via Grindelwald (on request).
• Free lunch, then supervised free time in Grindelwald, at the foot of the Eiger North Face.
• Return to Interlaken, dinner and a supervised evening.

Day 5: Lake Brienz and Interlaken

• Drive to Brienz (about 25 min), a woodcarving village on its turquoise lake.
• Visit to the Aare Gorge near Meiringen, on walkways above the torrent (on request).
• Free lunch, then return to Interlaken and a walk on the Höhematte, the large meadow facing the Jungfrau.
• Funicular up to Harder Kulm and its panoramic platform above the two lakes (on request).
• Dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 6: Return to your school

• Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded onto the coach.
• Departure early in the morning and daytime drive back to Belgium (about 8.5 hours to Brussels, excluding breaks), with two drivers on board.
• Free lunch on the way and regular breaks.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.