Is the Jungfrau Travel Pass worth it? An honest review

What is the Jungfrau Travel Pass?

The Jungfrau Travel Pass is a convenient ticket that grants you access to a network of trains, cable cars, and gondolas within the Jungfrau Region, allowing unlimited travel for a set number of consecutive days.

What does the Jungfrau Travel Pass include in 2026?

• The Eiger Express cable car from Grindelwald to Eigergletscher
• The Jungfrau Railway from Kleine Scheidegg to Eigergletscher
• A discounted price for the final leg of the Jungfrau Railway from Eigergletscher to Jungfraujoch (Top of Europe), so for the Interlaken-Jungfraujoch round trip you’ll pay a total price of 63CHF in low season (November to April), 79CHF return in peak season (May to October). This is the best price available, vs. 151.20CHF for the same trip with the Swiss Travel Pass or Berner Oberland Pass in the low season, or 112.20CHF for the Half Fare Card price.
• A discounted price for the Stechelberg to Schilthorn cableway, 86.40CHF (instead of 115CHF full fare)
• Trains between Interlaken, Grindelwald, Wengen and Lauterbrunnen
• The Harder Kulm funicular
• The mountain railway to Schynige Platte
• The Wengernalp Railway from Lauterbrunnen to Kleine Scheidegg and Grindelwald
• The trains and cable cars to Grütschalp, Winteregg and Mürren
• The gondola to Grindelwald-First
• The cableway from Grindelwald or Wengen to Männlichen
• Lake Thun and Lake Brienz BLS cruises
• Grindelwald Bus local lines

Phew!

The Jungfrau Travel Pass coverage is best explained by the map below:

What does the Jungfrau Travel Pass not include?

The Jungfrau Travel Pass doesn’t include:

• The full trip to Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe (no travel pass includes this anymore!). It covers you all the way to Eigergletscher and then provides a discounted rate for the final leg of the trip to Jungfraujoch.
• The seat reservation from Eigergletscher to Jungfraujoch, this costs 10CHF and is mandatory from May to October
• The full trip to Schilthorn (it covers you until Mürren and then offers a discounted rate on the cable car to Schilthorn)
• Activities like ziplining at Grindelwald-First
• Any travel beyond the map of validity, i.e. getting to or from Interlaken

Where to buy a Jungfrau Travel Pass

You can purchase a Jungfrau Travel Pass on the Klook website if you want to get 10% off with the promo code above, or book it direct if that’s what you prefer (no promo code sorry!).

Is there a Jungfrau Travel Pass app?

There’s no Jungfrau Travel Pass app. When you purchase your JTP online you’ll get send a confirmation email with a PDF attached, this ticket can be presented on your phone or you can choose to print it if you prefer.

How long is the Jungfrau Travel Pass valid?

You choose! There are options for 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 consecutive days of travel.

Is the Jungfrau Travel Pass available all year?

The Jungfrau Travel Pass is available until 12 December 2026.

There used to be a separate Jungfrau Travel Pass Winter, this one was a bit cheaper as some of the mountain railways shut over the winter (like Harder Kulm and Schynige Platte), but they got rid of this in 2025 and now it’s just the same pass available all year.

Do you need to make seat reservations with the Jungfrau Travel Pass?

Generally, no. Most of the trains within the Jungfrau region don’t require reservations, you can simply hop on and off as you please and your JTP acts as your ticket.

But the exception is Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe, this trip is highly popular so seat reservations are mandatory from May to October and recommended during busy periods outside of these months, if you want to guarantee your train time rather than waiting in line. You can book them on the Jungfrau website, they cost 10CHF return.

How do you book mountain railways with the Jungfrau Travel Pass?

Super simple, simply show your Jungfrau Travel Pass at the mountain ticket office and they’ll give you your ticket to access the mountain railway or cable car.

How do you book Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe with the Jungfrau Travel Pass?

To book your discounted Jungfraujoch ticket with a JTP you can either go to a station at Interlaken Ost, Grindelwald or Wengen and show them your pass to get access to the discounted Jungfrau Travel Pass price, or book through the official Jungfrau – Top of Europe website if you’d prefer to do it online.

If you book online you just go through the normal Jungfraujoch ticket system to select your date and departure, then when you get to the ‘add passenger’ stage you just tick ‘Jungfrau Travel Pass’ in the list of discounts.

It’ll show you the price including the 10CHF seat reservation even at times where the reservation isn’t mandatory (which is why it’s showing 73CHF in the screenshot below instead of 63CHF), but you can remove this on the next page before checking out if you’re not visiting in peak season.

How to calculate if the Jungfrau Travel Pass is worth it for your trip

You need to look at your actual itinerary (or lack of itinerary) to figure out if a Jungfrau Travel Pass is worth it for your trip.

Here are some ways to calculate the value of the Jungfrau Travel Pass and nail down once and for all whether it will save you money or not.

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If you know your itinerary

If you already know your itinerary, you can easily figure out whether the Jungfrau Travel Pass will be worth it.

1️⃣ Write each trip in the region into a spreadsheet, e.g. Interlaken to Jungfraujoch return, Interlaken to Grindelwald-First return and Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen return

2️⃣ Create three columns in the spreadsheet, for the full fare price, the Swiss Half Fare Card price and the Jungfrau Pass price

3️⃣ Go to SBB.ch and search each train/bus/boat route you’re taking on the public network. Note down the price for each trip with the Half Fare Card as well as the full fare price. Note: The SBB website automatically shows you the half fare price as the ‘from’ price so you’ll need to select full fare on the next page to see the actual full price.

4️⃣ For mountain railways and cable cars, you’ll have to go to their websites to find the full fare and half fare prices

5️⃣ For all trips within the validity map except Jungfraujoch, put ‘0’ in the JTP column as these are all covered

6️⃣ For Jungfraujoch, put the special discounted price in the JTP column (63CHF return in low season or 79CHF from June-August)

7️⃣ Add in a final row with the pass price (150CHF for the Half Fare Card and whatever price for the length of Jungfrau Travel Pass you need)

8️⃣ Total up the columns and see which one comes out on top!

Your spreadsheet should look something like this:

If you don’t know your itinerary yet

It’s a bit trickier to determine if a Jungfrau Travel Pass is worth it without knowing your itinerary in advance, but we can do some estimations to see whether it’s going to be an obvious good or bad idea.

First up you’ll want to decide whether you want to visit Jungfrau or not.

If you want to visit Jungfraujoch from Interlaken, you’ll immediately save 161CHF from November to April or 182CHF from May to October with the Jungfrau Travel Pass vs. paying the full fare price.

That makes the pass vs. full fare tickets a no brainer, it would only take one or two other trips for the pass to pay itself off.

Pros of a Jungfrau Travel Pass

✅ Hassle-free travel: Just jump on and off public transport and show your online pass when asked for your ticket, and show your online pass at the ticket counter for mountain trains and cable cars to get the physical ticket to access those modes of transport

✅ Cheapest Jungfraujoch ticket: Access to the best price for Jungfraujoch, cheaper than the Swiss Travel Pass, Swiss Half Fare Card or Berner Oberland Pass

✅ Potential cost-savings: If you’re planning on doing a lot of travel in the Jungfrau region then you’re most likely going to save money with a Jungfrau Travel Pass

✅ Flexibility: Choose a pass length that suits your trip, ideal options between 3-8 days (vs. the Swiss Travel Pass which has annoyingly spread out options)

✅ Extra discounts: Save 10% on the pass with the promo code FINDINGALEXXKLOOK, get an even better deal if you combine it with the Swiss Half Fare Card or Swiss Travel Pass, and you can use the promo code to save 10% off them too! Buy them all at once for the discount to be applied to the whole bundle.

Cons of a Jungfrau Travel Pass

👎🏼 Upfront cost: The pass can be a bit of an investment, especially for shorter trips

👎🏼 Limited area: The pass is only valid within the Jungfrau region, so if you’re travelling on a longer Switzerland itinerary you’ll probably need to get a Half Fare Card or Swiss Travel Pass to cover travel within other regions

👎🏼 Activities not included: The activity packages for Grindelwald-First aren’t covered so you’ll need to pay extra to do things like the First Flyer, First Glider or Trotti bikes

👎🏼 Weather dependent: If the weather is poor during your Jungfrau visit and you decide to skip some mountain excursions, you might not get the full value of your pass

Swiss Half Fare Card

The Swiss Half Fare Card does it exactly what it sounds like it does, it gives you a 50% discount on trains, buses and boats in the Swiss Travel System network. It also gives you half price on most mountain railways and cable cars.

It’s just 150CHF for a one month pass, which means you only need to be using 300CHF worth of transport to make the Swiss Half Fare Card worth it.

The best news is that you can combine the Swiss Half Fare Card with the Jungfrau Travel Pass for a 21-23% discount depending on the pass length, so you can use the Half Fare Card for all travel outside of the Jungfrau region, then get the Jungfrau Travel Pass for cheap and use that for travel within the region.

💰 Save 10% on the Swiss Half Fare Card with the promo code FINDINGALEXXKLOOK

Read my full guide to find out if the Swiss Half Fare Card is worth it 👉🏼

Swiss Travel Pass

The Swiss Travel Pass covers unlimited travel across trains, buses and boats on the Swiss Travel System network. Your pass acts as your ticket so there’s no need to buy tickets for each trip you take (unlike the Half Fare Card).

The pass also gives you discounts on most mountain railways and cable cars (although the Half Fare Card and Jungfrau Travel Pass both get Jungfraujoch for cheaper), free public transport in 90+ towns and cities, and free museum entry to 500+ museums.

The Swiss Travel Pass is expensive but it can sometimes be worth it, especially for expensive panorama trains like the Glacier Express.

You can also combine the Swiss Travel Pass with the Jungfrau Travel Pass to get it at a reduced rate, but this requires your Swiss Travel Pass to be valid that day, and it usually wouldn’t end up being very cost effective to double up these two.

💰 Save 10% on the Swiss Travel Pass with the promo code FINDINGALEXXKLOOK

Read my full guide to find out if the Swiss Travel Pass is worth it 👉🏼

Buying individual mountain excursion tickets

Instead of getting a travel pass you could buy tickets for each mountain excursion separately, but this is only really worth it if you’re just doing one or two mountain trips in the region in the low season and if you’re driving to and from Interlaken (or another base) rather than taking the train.

If you’re driving to Interlaken and just want to do Jungfraujoch plus Harder Kulm, you’ll pay 224.40CHF + 38CHF so 262.40CHF total, whereas the cheapest JTP would cost 210CHF + 63CHF for the seat reservation so 273CHF total, just a bit more expensive. Add on any other transport or mountain trips and the JTP quickly pulls ahead.

And if you’re using public transport to get to Interlaken then a Half Fare Card is almost guaranteed to be cheaper vs. individual train and mountain tickets, even if you don’t hit the threshold to make the JTP worth it.

Eurail/Interrail Passes

If you’re travelling Europe by train, you might be considering a Eurail or Interrail Pass for your trip.

These are my go-to for train trips outside of Switzerland, but within Switzerland they don’t cover many (if any) mountain excursions so it really brings down their value. They do cover regional and panoramic trains like the expensive Glacier Express though so they can be handy for that!

Within Switzerland you’ll probably want a pass that covers or discounts mountain railways and cable cars, and you can save your Eurail travel days for inter-city trips, panoramic trains or travel outside of Switzerland.

Is a Jungfrau Travel Pass worth it? Four cost comparisons

The best way to show that the Jungfrau Travel Pass is worth it (or find out if it isn’t) is by looking at some example itineraries and comparing the JTP with the Half Fare Card, Swiss Travel Pass and full fare tickets.

I haven’t included the Berner Oberland Pass here as the value of that completely depends on where you’re coming from/going to before and after your time in the Jungfrau region, but I recommend you include this in your calculations to see the full picture.

I also haven’t taken into account the 10% promo code discount on any of the passes in these calculations either, so if you book a pass on Klook using the promo code FINDINGALEXXKLOOK you’ll save even more money than what I’ve shown below.

Here are four example itineraries, these are based on someone staying in Interlaken but it wouldn’t be hugely different if you stayed in Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen or any other mountain village.

Note: All of these use the 2026 prices which are valid until 12 December 2026.

Three days in the Jungfrau region without Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe

Let’s say you’re visiting Interlaken in low season and want to see some epic mountain views but don’t want to go all the way to Jungfrau. This might be your itinerary, with all of these trips as return trips to and from Interlaken:

• Interlaken to Grindelwald-First
• Interlaken to Eigergletscher
• Interlaken to Harder Kulm
• Using a three day Jungfrau Travel Pass

Here’s a table showing the breakdown, all prices in CHF:

JTP: Jungfrau Travel Pass, STP: Swiss Travel Pass, SHFC: Swiss Half Fare Card

🥇 In this example, the Jungfrau Travel Pass ends up being about 12% cheaper than buying full fare point-to-point tickets.

It’s also cheaper than the Swiss Travel Pass-only option or the Half Fare Card-only option, but these calculations don’t take into account the value of those passes for your other travel outside the region. For more detailed calculations on those passes you can check out these blog posts:

👆🏼 Is the Swiss Travel Pass worth it?
👆🏼 Is the Swiss Half Fare Card worth it?

Three days in the Jungfrau region including Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe

Let’s look at the same itinerary but go all the way to Jungfrau this time, assuming we’re travelling outside of the peak season and get the cheaper discounted Jungfraujoch ticket with the pass.

🥇 Once again the Jungfrau Travel Pass comes out on top, saving 25% compared to full price point-to-point tickets.

Four days in the Jungfrau region

Let’s look at a slightly longer itinerary with some more adventures involved.

• Interlaken to Grindelwald-First
• Interlaken to Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe
• Interlaken to Harder Kulm
• Lake Brienz + Lake Thun cruise day ticket
• Interlaken to Mürren

You could cram these into a four day pass, the lake cruises and Harder Kulm could easily be done the same day.

🥇 The Jungfrau Travel Pass is significantly cheaper this time, saving 39% vs. full fare individual tickets.

Eight days in the Jungfrau region

• Interlaken to Grindelwald-First
• Interlaken to Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe
• Interlaken to Harder Kulm
• Day cruise ticket
• Interlaken to Mürren
• Interlaken to Mannlichen
• Interlaken to Schynige Platte
• Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen

🥇 The Jungfrau Travel Pass wins again, saving 41% vs. individual tickets.

Jungfrau Travel Pass vs. Swiss Half Fare Card

As you can see from those example scenarios, the Jungfrau Travel Pass comes out as being between 18-24% cheaper than if you just used the Swiss Half Fare Card during your time in the Jungfrau region.

What that doesn’t include, though, is the value of the Half Fare Card if you’re travelling more of the country than just the Jungfrau area.

If you’ve got other travel to cover in Switzerland, it’s almost certain that a combo of the Swiss Half Fare Card and Jungfrau Travel Pass will save you money.

If we look at the eight day itinerary:

• Using a JTP only would cost 393CHF all up (330 for the pass + 63 for Jungfraujoch in low season)
  
• Using a Half Fare Card only would cost 484.70CHF all up (all tickets half price + 150CHF Half Fare Card)
  
• Combining the two would give you the JTP for only 255CHF at the discounted rate, a Half Fare Card for 150CHF, and the Jungfrau return ticket for 63CHF, making the total 468CHF, and giving you half price travel on the rest of your itinerary which is much better than just getting the JTP alone and paying full price on travel outside the region.

I hope that makes sense, but if it doesn’t then please let me know in the comments where you’re getting confused!

Jungfrau Travel Pass vs. Swiss Travel Pass

The Swiss Travel Pass generally isn’t as good value as the Swiss Half Fare Card, so for *most* itineraries the Half Fare Card + Jungfrau Travel Pass combo will end up giving you the best deal.

In saying that, if you’re travelling on the Glacier Express (where the Swiss Travel Pass saves loads!) and are only doing mountain railways that are free with the Swiss Travel Pass (like Rigi and Stanserhorn near Lucerne) then the Swiss Travel Pass + Jungfrau Travel Pass combo might end up being the most cost effective option.

Jungfrau Travel Pass vs. Berner Oberland Pass

Now this is a closer comparison for sure, made even more interesting with the changes made to the Berner Oberland Pass in 2025 and 2026.

The Berner Oberland Pass gives some clear benefits over and above the Jungfrau Travel Pass:

👍🏼 It covers inter-city travel on trains beyond the JTP’s validity, so if you’re travelling into Interlaken from Bern, Lucerne, Montreux or Brig those trips are covered too.

👍🏼 It covers the entire train journey between Interlaken and Montreux, including the iconic GoldenPass Express train (seat reservations recommended).

👍🏼 It fully covers the cable car journey to Schilthorn (vs. 69-86CHF with the JTP depending on route).

👍🏼 The Swiss Half Fare Card discount on the BOP is a higher percentage, making the Half Fare Card + Berner Oberland Pass combo potentially better value than the combo with the Jungfrau Travel Pass (dependent on your exact itinerary).

👍🏼 If you’re between 16 and 25 then you get access to the Berner Oberland Pass youth rate (same as the reduced rate for STP/HFC holders).

👍🏼 There’s 10-day BOP option if the 8-day Jungfrau Travel Pass won’t cut it for you.

But there are downsides too:

👎🏼 More expensive for every single adult pass, getting progressively pricier for longer passes.

👎🏼 Travel on most Jungfrau Railway-owned lines are only discounted rather than fully included: Harder Kulm and Grindelwald-First are 50% off, Jungfraujoch is just 25% off the final leg, but Schynige Platte is included again in 2026.

The bottom line: If you’re planning on visiting Jungfrau, it’s most likely that the Jungfrau Travel Pass will serve you better because you get Interlaken-Jungfrau return for 63-79CHF (depending on season), instead of 151-180CHF with the BOP.

But if you’d rather do Schilthorn over Jungfraujoch (or want to see both), or if you want to make use of the validity to get to and from Interlaken, the BO Pass could come out on top for you.

There are a few posts online comparing the two that all clearly profess the Berner Oberland as being the best option, but from what I can see all of these were either written pre-2023 when the previously-named Top of Europe Pass got a makeover and prices/inclusions changed, or pre-2025 when the BO Pass had a better Jungfrau discount and full coverage of Grindelwald-First, Harder Kulm etc.

In 2026, whether the Berner Oberland Pass ends up being better for you than the Jungfrau Travel Pass will depend on your travel to and from Interlaken, if you need a 10-day pass, and if you’re eligible for the reduced rate due to being under 25 (as opposed to needing to buy the Half Fare Card).