Our top pick586 reviews
3.5 hAirplane Skydiving over the Swiss Alps
★ 4.9 · 586 reviews
- 3.5 hours, Freefall over the Swiss Alps
- Instructor, gear and briefing
- Longest flight here
- Free cancellation
$526
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Skydive Interlaken
Skydive Interlaken delivers 45 seconds of freefall above the Swiss Alps. Compare 10 flights from $526, with free cancellation, and the top tour rated 4.9 from 586 reviews. From 4,000 metres, the Alps and lakes unfold before five to seven minutes of glide.
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The skydive$526
Today's lowest skydive across all 10 flights
Average rating
All 10 flights49
4,915 verified reviews across 10 flights
Time in the air
Shortest to longest60min–3.5h
Shortest: Paragliding
Longest: Airplane Skydiving
Free cancellation
One instructor per jumper
Mobile voucher
Instant confirmation
Equipment and briefing included
Licensed pilots and tandem masters
Everything you can book here
One jump and nine tandem flights, side by side
Ten listings, all of them a seat in Alpine air with someone qualified strapped in behind you: the airplane skydive over the Swiss Alps, and nine tandem paragliding flights from Interlaken, Mürren above the Lauterbrunnen cliffs, Chamonix under Mont Blanc, Zermatt facing the Matterhorn and Lucerne. What separates them is the shape of the air — 45 seconds of freefall and a canopy ride, or ten to twenty quiet minutes with a pilot. Tandem flights start at $198, the jump is $526.
Rated 4.92,580 reviews
1.5 hTandem Paragliding Flight with Pilot
★ 4.9 · 2 580 reviews
- 1.5 hours, Tandem flight above Interlaken
- Pilot and equipment included
- Most booked
- Free cancellation
$222
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Rated 5.0655 reviews
1.5 hTandem Paragliding Flight
★ 5.0 · 655 reviews
- 1.5 hours, Tandem flight from Beatenberg
- Pilot and equipment included
- Day trip
- Free cancellation
$234
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Rated 5.0367 reviews
1 hParagliding over Lauterbrunnen Cliffs and Waterfalls
★ 5.0 · 367 reviews
- One hour, Flight over the Lauterbrunnen cliffs
- Launch high above the valley
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
$209
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Rated 4.9328 reviews
2 hTandem Paragliding Flight
★ 4.9 · 328 reviews
- Two hours, Tandem flight facing Mont Blanc
- Flight from Chamonix
- Cheapest here
- Free cancellation
$198
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Likely to sell out194 reviews
2 hParagliding Panorama Tandem Flight Full Experience
★ 4.9 · 194 reviews
- Two hours, Panorama flight from Mürren
- Longer time in the air
- Likely to sell out
- Free cancellation
$234
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Extra altitude73 reviews
1 hParagliding Tandem High Flight Interlaken
★ 4.7 · 73 reviews
- One hour, High flight above Interlaken
- Extra altitude before landing
- Guided tour
- Free cancellation
$259
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Rated 5.066 reviews
2 hTandem Paragliding Flight - Best Matterhorn Views
★ 5.0 · 66 reviews
- Two hours, Flight with the Matterhorn in view
- Launch above Zermatt
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
$371
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Rated 4.942 reviews
2 hFLYMATTERHORN VIP - Premium Tandem Paragliding Zermatt
★ 4.9 · 42 reviews
- Two hours, Premium flight over Zermatt
- Longer route, small operator
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
$420
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Rated 4.924 reviews
2 hParagliding Tandem Flights
★ 4.9 · 24 reviews
- Two hours, Tandem flight above Lucerne
- Pilot and equipment included
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
$272
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Fall, or fly?
Seen the ten above and still torn? It comes down to what you want the air to feel like. Forty-five seconds of freefall from 4,000 metres, then a canopy ride down. A long tandem glide over Interlaken and the two lakes. The same wing launched high over the Lauterbrunnen cliffs. Or a flight with the Matterhorn or Mont Blanc in front of you. Pick the one you came for and we will point at a ticket.
See it before you pay for it
Forty-five seconds of freefall, or twenty minutes of flight
The jump is the short, loud one: an airplane climbs to 4,000 meters over the Bernese Alps, you leave it attached to a tandem master, and the ground comes up at 200 km/h for 45 seconds before the canopy opens and turns the last five to seven minutes into a glide. Paragliding is the long, quiet one: a running start off a slope above Interlaken or Mürren and ten to twenty minutes of circling the valley, the waterfalls and the snow line. The jump is rated 4.9 across 586 reviews; the Interlaken flight has 2,580 of them at the same score.
Side by side
The jump, the valley flight, the mountain flight
People book these interchangeably and then find out they bought different days. The airplane skydive is 3.5 hours door to door for 45 seconds of freefall and a canopy ride, with the briefing, the equipment and a tandem master in the price, and it starts in Interlaken but jumps over Reichenbach, 30 minutes away. The valley flights are shorter errands: an hour to an hour and a half for ten to twenty minutes in the air over Interlaken or the Lauterbrunnen cliffs. The mountain flights — Chamonix under Mont Blanc, Zermatt in front of the Matterhorn, Lucerne over the lake — run two hours because the drive up to the take-off is part of them.
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| Tandem Paragliding Flight with Pilot | TOP PICKAirplane Skydiving over the Swiss Alps | Paragliding over Lauterbrunnen Cliffs and Waterfalls | |
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| Price per person | $222 | $526 | $209 |
| What it is | A tandem paragliding flight over Interlaken with a pilot | A tandem skydive from an airplane over the Swiss Alps | A tandem paragliding flight from Mürren over the Lauterbrunnen valley |
| The part you came for | The glide, with the pilot working the wing above the lakes | 45 seconds of freefall from 4,000 metres at 200 km/h, then 5–7 minutes under the canopy | Up to 20 minutes above the waterfalls and the cliff faces |
| Time door to door | 1.5 hours | 3.5 hours | 1 hour |
| Where it starts | Interlaken | Interlaken, at the Outdoor Höheweg Shop, Höheweg 95; the airfield at Reichenbach is 30 minutes away | Mürren, above the Lauterbrunnen valley |
| What is included | The flight, a qualified pilot, hiking boots, equipment and transport | The skydive, the safety briefing, the skydiving equipment and a tandem master | The flight, a licensed tandem pilot, a helmet, boots or a jacket when needed, and insurance |
| Who is with you | A pilot flies the wing and you sit in front | One tandem instructor for each person jumping | A licensed tandem paragliding pilot |
| Photos and video | Ask the pilot on the day | Filmed on a handcam from the instructor’s wrist, paid for on site | Ask the pilot on the day |
| Rating | 4.9 across 2,580 reviews | 4.9 across 586 reviews | 5.0 across 367 reviews |
| Cancellation | Free cancellation | Free cancellation | Free cancellation |
Verdict
Book the tandem skydive
It is the one on this page that gives you the fall: forty-five seconds from four thousand metres over the Swiss Alps, the ground coming up at 200 km/h, and then five to seven minutes under the canopy with the mountains and the lakes going past slowly. The safety briefing, the equipment and a tandem master for each person jumping are in the fare, and it is rated 4.9 across 586 reviews. Add a tandem flight in the afternoon if you want more air.
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The valley is the reason the jump is here
Interlaken lies flat between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau standing up behind it, and there is enough level ground down the valley at Reichenbach for an airfield and a landing area. That is why the tandem skydive meets in the middle of town, on Höheweg, and then drives thirty minutes to the strip. From four thousand metres you get the snow wall on one side and both lakes on the other for forty-five seconds, and then five to seven minutes of quiet under the canopy. The nine tandem paragliding flights use the same landscape from lower down, with a pilot working the wing above you — a long glide rather than a fall, which is the choice worth making before you pick a date.
Two-minute check
Which one fits your morning?
Three things decide it: how long you want to be in the air, how far you are willing to travel to the take-off, and who is coming with you. The jump meets in town at the Outdoor Höheweg Shop, Höheweg 95, and the bus out to the airfield at Reichenbach carries the jumpers, so friends who are only watching make their own way for the 30-minute ride. The paragliding flights take off closer to Interlaken, or a drive away in Mürren, Chamonix, Zermatt and Lucerne. Answer three questions and find out before you pay rather than at the meeting point.
How are you getting to the start?The skydive meets at the Outdoor Höheweg Shop, Höheweg 95 in Interlaken, and the airfield at Reichenbach is 30 minutes from there
How are you on your feet?A tandem launch is a short run down a slope; a skydive landing is a slide onto grass with your instructor behind you
What do you want the air to feel like?This is the choice that decides the price, the length of the day and what you remember
Answer the three questions above
You’ll get the flight that fits the day you described, and the one thing on its listing that would catch you out.
Six ways into the air
4,915 reviews across ten ways into Alpine air
Ratings are the operators’ own numbers on GetYourGuide, shown as published. We do not write reviews and we do not average other people’s into a score of our own.
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Airplane Skydiving over the Swiss Alps
From $526 · 586 reviews
★★★★★
Our top pick: the tandem skydive over the Swiss Alps
Forty-five seconds of freefall from 4,000 metres, the ground coming up at 200 km/h, then five to seven minutes under the canopy with the Alps and the lakes in front of you. One tandem instructor takes one person, and the skydive, the safety briefing, the equipment and the tandem master are all in the price. Rated 4.9 across 586 reviews.
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Tandem Paragliding Flight with Pilot
From $222 · 2,580 reviews
★★★★★
The most reviewed flight in Interlaken
A tandem glide over Interlaken with a qualified pilot, the lakes on one side and the snow-capped peaks on the other, an hour and a half door to door with the equipment, the hiking boots and the transport in the price. It carries 2,580 reviews, more than anything else on this page. Rated 4.9.
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Paragliding over Lauterbrunnen Cliffs and Waterfalls
From $209 · 367 reviews
★★★★★
Flying the Lauterbrunnen waterfalls from Mürren
The launch is high above the valley at Mürren, and the flight runs up to twenty minutes along the cliff faces and the waterfalls with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau across from you. A licensed tandem pilot, the helmet, the boots or jacket where needed and insurance come with it. Rated 5.0 across 367 reviews.
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Paragliding Tandem High Flight Interlaken
From $259 · 73 reviews
★★★★★
The highest tandem launch above Interlaken
The same valley from higher up: panoramic views of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau and the turquoise water of Lake Thun and Lake Brienz below, with the transfer to the take-off point, a certified tandem pilot and the equipment included. An hour door to door. Rated 4.7 across 73 reviews.
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Tandem Paragliding Flight - Best Matterhorn Views
From $371 · 66 reviews
★★★★★
A flight with the Matterhorn in front of you
Zermatt, and the one mountain everybody recognises across the valley for the length of the flight. Fully certified pilots, the safety briefing, all the equipment and a flysuit, hat and gloves to keep you warm come with it, and the listing is a family-run operation. Rated 5.0 across 66 reviews.
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Tandem Paragliding Flight
From $198 · 328 reviews
★★★★★
The Mont Blanc range from the air
A tandem flight from Chamonix with a professional pilot, Le Brévent below you and the Mont Blanc range along the whole flight, with the glacier and the high peaks in view. The sail, the harness, the helmet and the insurance are part of the price. Rated 4.9 across 328 reviews.
What it really costs
What the jump and the flights cost, line by line
Prices are per person and cover the flight itself, the pilot or tandem master, the equipment and the briefing. What moves the number is time in the air and how far the take-off sits from town: a valley flight above Interlaken is the short end, a Matterhorn flight from Zermatt the long one, and the airplane skydive sits above both because it buys an aircraft, 4,000 meters of climb and one instructor to one guest. Photos and video from the handcam on your instructor’s wrist are ordered and paid for at the airfield, on top of the ticket.
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| What you book | Price | What that buys | Cancellation |
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| Tandem paragliding in Chamonix, under Mont Blanc | $198 | 2 hours, pilot, gear and insurance, 4.9 from 328 reviews | Free cancellation |
| Paragliding from Mürren over the Lauterbrunnen cliffs | $209 | 1 hour, up to twenty minutes in the air over the waterfalls, 5.0 from 367 reviews | Free cancellation |
| Tandem paragliding flight over Interlaken | $222 | 1.5 hours, pilot, equipment and transport, 4.9 from 2,580 reviews | Free cancellation |
| Tandem paragliding in Zermatt, facing the Matterhorn | $371 | 2 hours, certified pilot, flysuit and helmet, 5.0 from 66 reviews | Free cancellation |
| Airplane skydive over the Swiss Alps from Interlaken | $526 | 3.5 hours, 45-second freefall from 4,000 meters, briefing, gear and tandem master, 4.9 from 586 reviews | Free cancellation |
Costs the listing doesn't show you
- Photos and video. The handcam footage from your instructor’s wrist is arranged and paid for at the airfield on the day.
- Getting a spectator there. The bus seats are for the people jumping, so anyone coming to watch travels the thirty minutes to Reichenbach on their own.
- Half a day, not an hour. Three and a half hours door to door is a morning or an afternoon, which is worth knowing before you plan the rest of it.
- Getting to the other valleys. Six of the ten flights launch from Mürren, Zermatt, Chamonix or Lucerne, and the train or the drive there is yours.
What is genuinely included
- The skydive itself, from four thousand metres over the Swiss Alps
- The safety briefing and the full set of skydiving equipment
- A tandem master, one instructor for each person jumping
- On the paragliding flights: a licensed pilot, the wing, the harness and the helmet, with boots and transport where the listing says so
- Free cancellation on every listing here, with a full refund
The honest answer
Is skydiving in Interlaken worth it?
Two hundred dollars buys twenty minutes above the Lauterbrunnen waterfalls, and that is a fine morning, so the question is really about the three hundred above it. What the jump buys is an aircraft and 4,000 meters of altitude that no slope in the Bernese Oberland can give you: 45 seconds when the Alps are coming up at 200 km/h and nothing is holding you, then five to seven minutes under the canopy to look at them properly. One instructor is assigned to you alone for the whole 3.5 hours, the briefing and the equipment are in the price, and 586 people have rated it 4.9 afterwards. It is the one thing on this page you cannot reproduce with a longer walk uphill.
What makes it worth it
- Forty-five seconds of freefall from 4,000 metres, and then five to seven minutes under the canopy — the listing states both
- One tandem instructor for each person jumping, with the safety briefing, the equipment and the tandem master in the price
- Rated 4.9 across 586 reviews, and it is the skydive bookable in Interlaken itself
- The whole thing is 3.5 hours door to door, so it takes a morning and leaves the rest of the day
- Free cancellation, so holding a date weeks ahead costs you nothing
- Nine tandem flights around the same valleys if you want more air on the same trip
Keep in mind
- The meeting point is the Outdoor Höheweg Shop at Höheweg 95 in Interlaken, and the airfield at Reichenbach is 30 minutes from there
- Seats on the bus are kept for the people jumping, so anyone coming along to watch travels to Reichenbach separately
- Photos and video are filmed on a handcam from the instructor’s wrist and paid for on site
- Six of the ten flights here launch from other valleys — Mürren, Zermatt, Chamonix and Lucerne
- The tandem flights run an hour to two hours door to door, which is a shorter outing than the jump day
The trip, hour by hour
From Höheweg 95 to 4,000 meters and back
Book the slot, keep the flexibility
Free cancellation runs on the listing, so holding a date early costs you nothing. The jump and the tandem flights both fill up in the summer weeks.
Meet on Höheweg
The skydive meets at the Outdoor Höheweg Shop, Höheweg 95, in the middle of Interlaken. The seats on the bus are for the people jumping.
Thirty minutes to Reichenbach
The airfield and the landing area are at Reichenbach, half an hour from town along the valley. Anyone coming to watch makes their own way there.
The briefing and the gear
The safety briefing, the skydiving equipment and the tandem master are part of the price, and your instructor is with you from here to the ground.
Up to 4,000 metres
The airplane circles up over the Bernese Oberland, and the door opens at four thousand metres with the Alps and the lakes laid out below.
Freefall at 200 km/h
Forty-five seconds of it, the ground coming up at 200 km/h (120 mph), with a handcam on your instructor’s wrist if you want the footage afterwards.
The canopy, and then grass
The canopy opens and the noise stops. Five to seven minutes of quiet over the valley, then the landing area at Reichenbach and the ride back into Interlaken.
Best time of day
Jump in the morning and keep the afternoon for a wing
The jump day is three and a half hours door to door, and mountain mornings in the Bernese Oberland are the steadier half of the day, which is why an early slot is the one to ask for. It also leaves the rest of the day to you, and a tandem paragliding flight over Interlaken runs an hour and a half from town with the transport, the boots and the equipment in the price. Book the skydive first, because it is the one with the airfield, the climb to four thousand metres and the weather window in it, and put the wing after it. Two hours in the air on the same day, from two very different heights, and you are back on Höheweg for dinner either way.
On the ground and in the air
One jump, nine flights, one valley
The jump
Forty-five seconds from 4,000 metres, then five to seven minutes under the canopy.
Above Interlaken
A pilot flies the wing; the tandem flight runs about an hour and a half door to door.
Over the cliffs
Launched from Mürren, up to twenty minutes along the waterfalls of Lauterbrunnen.
The big peaks
Zermatt and Chamonix put the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc in front of you for the flight.
What it's like
Forty-five seconds over the Alps, and nine ways to stay up longer
Interlaken sits in a flat valley between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau standing up behind it. That is the whole reason people come here to leave the ground: there is a wall of snow on one side, turquoise water on the other, and enough flat land in the middle to run an airfield and a dozen landing fields.
The jump is the thing most people mean. A tandem skydive from an airplane over the Swiss Alps: forty-five seconds of freefall from four thousand metres, the ground coming up at 200 km/h, and then five to seven minutes under the canopy while the noise stops and the mountains go past slowly. It costs $526 and it is rated 4.9 across 586 reviews.
What that fare covers is stated plainly on the listing: the skydive itself, the safety briefing, the skydiving equipment and the tandem master. One instructor takes one person, so the whole day is yours rather than a group’s. Photos and video are filmed on a handcam from the instructor’s wrist and paid for on site.
The shape of the day matters more than people expect. You meet in the middle of Interlaken, at the Outdoor Höheweg Shop on Höheweg 95, and the airfield and landing area are at Reichenbach, thirty minutes down the valley. The seats on the bus are kept for the people jumping, so anyone coming along to watch travels there separately. Door to door it is three and a half hours.
The other nine things on this page are tandem paragliding flights, and they are a different purchase at a different price. The wing is already open, a pilot works it above you, and what you get is a long quiet glide instead of a fall. The Interlaken flight at $222 carries 2,580 reviews at 4.9, more than anything else here by a distance.
Where the wing launches changes the whole view. From Mürren, high above Lauterbrunnen, the flight runs up to twenty minutes along the cliff faces and the waterfalls at $209, rated 5.0. The high flight from Interlaken puts you higher over the same two lakes. And a second Mürren listing is a full panorama flight with more time in the air.
Further out, the same wing gets you the two mountains everyone recognises. Zermatt flies with the Matterhorn across the valley for the length of the flight, from $371, with a flysuit, hat and gloves supplied; the VIP listing there is a 25 to 30 minute route with a pilot of twenty years. Chamonix flies the Mont Blanc range, and Lucerne flies its own lake.
If you only do one thing in the air here, do the jump. It is the one on this page that gives you the freefall, it is rated 4.9 across 586 reviews, and it fits inside a single morning at $526 with free cancellation on the booking. The flights are what you add afterwards, on the afternoon or the day after, for $198 to $420.
Add a wing to the same trip
Three tandem flights over the same valley
The jump takes a morning, which leaves the afternoon. These three fly the same landscape with the wing already open above you: the Interlaken flight, which carries more reviews than anything else on this page; the launch from Mürren along the Lauterbrunnen waterfalls, rated 5.0; and the highest take-off above Interlaken, with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau on one side and both lakes on the other. A pilot flies all three, and the equipment comes with each of them.
Practical
Plan the day
Five things decide how it goes: which of the ten you book, how early you hold the slot, who travels with you to Reichenbach given that the bus seats go to the jumpers, whether you want the handcam photos and video that are paid for at the airfield, and what the Alpine weather does that morning — which is what free cancellation is for.
The tandem skydive
Our top pick: 45 seconds of freefall from 4,000 m, a 5–7 minute canopy ride, and 3.5 hours door to door from Interlaken.
The Interlaken glide
An hour and a half over the town and the two lakes with a qualified pilot, and the most reviewed flight on this page.
The Mürren cliffs
Launched high above Lauterbrunnen at $209, up to twenty minutes along the waterfalls, rated 5.0.
The high flight
The highest tandem launch above Interlaken, with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau and both lakes in the panorama.
The Matterhorn flights
Zermatt flies with the Matterhorn across the valley; the VIP listing runs 25 to 30 minutes with a pilot of twenty years.
Mont Blanc and Lucerne
Chamonix flies the Mont Blanc range at $198, and Lucerne flies above its own lake.
Trousers and a top layer
Four thousand metres is a long way above a warm valley, and the temperature at the door is the reason for the layer.
Shoes that stay on
Trainers or boots that lace up. The landing at Reichenbach is onto grass, with your instructor behind you.
The gear is supplied
The skydiving equipment comes with the booking, and so does the harness you wear over your own clothes.
Hiking boots for the wings
The Interlaken and Mürren paragliding listings include boots where they are needed, because the launch is a short run on a slope.
A flysuit in Zermatt
The Matterhorn listing hands out a flysuit, hat and gloves, because the air over a glacier is its own climate.
Something to tie back
Long hair and loose hats belong in a pocket for the climb, the door and the canopy ride.
Book the date early
Free cancellation runs on the listing, so holding a summer slot weeks ahead costs you nothing.
Weather decides the morning
The operator flies when the sky allows it, and moves or refunds a booking when it does not.
The Mürren panorama fills up
That listing is marked likely to sell out, which is what two hours and a full panorama route tends to do.
Photos are paid on site
Handcam footage from the instructor’s wrist is arranged and paid for at the airfield rather than at booking.
One price everywhere
Operator desk, platform or hotel — the fare is the same. Booking ahead buys the slot.
Check the limits first
Age and weight limits are published on each listing, and they are worth reading before you pick a date.
Meet on Höheweg
The skydive meets at the Outdoor Höheweg Shop, Höheweg 95, 3800 Interlaken, in the middle of town.
Thirty minutes to Reichenbach
The airfield and the landing area are down the valley, and the drive is part of the 3.5 hours.
Seats are for jumpers
Anyone coming along to watch makes their own way to Reichenbach, because the bus seats are kept for the people jumping.
The briefing comes first
The safety briefing, the equipment and the tandem master are all part of the fare.
One instructor, one jumper
You are attached to your own tandem master from the door to the grass.
Back in town by lunch
A morning slot leaves the whole afternoon, which is when most people add one of the tandem flights.
Best time
When to come
The mountains decide the timetable here more than the calendar does: take-offs and jumps are a weather call made on the morning, and every listing on this page carries free cancellation for exactly that reason. What changes month to month is what you are looking at on the way down.
Jun – Aug
Long days, the whole page running
The busiest window and the easiest one to plan around: long daylight over the Bernese Oberland, green valleys under the canopy, and every take-off site on this page in season, from Interlaken and Mürren to Chamonix, Zermatt and Lucerne. Also when the small daily slots go first, so hold a date early and keep free cancellation behind it.
Sep & Oct
Clear air, fewer people
Autumn gives the sharpest air of the year over the Alps and thinner queues at the airfield and the take-off slopes. Days are shorter, so the morning departures are the safer pick, and the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc flights are at their most photogenic.
Dec – Mar
Snow under the canopy
Winter turns everything below you white, which is the view people come back for. Days are short and mornings are more weather-dependent, so leave a spare day in the trip and book a ticket you can move.
Apr & May
Spring, the quiet half
Snow still on the peaks, green already in the valleys, and the lightest booking pressure of the year on both the jump and the tandem flights. Weather swings more in spring than in high summer, so the morning call matters and free cancellation holds up to 24 hours before the start time.
Worth knowing
Six things that aren't in the listing
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The jump is a morning, not an hour. Three and a half hours door to door covers the meeting point on Höheweg, the thirty-minute drive to Reichenbach, the briefing, the climb to four thousand metres and the ride back.
02
The bus seats belong to the jumpers. If somebody is coming to watch you land, plan their trip to Reichenbach separately, because the transport in the fare is for the people jumping.
03
Handcam footage is bought at the airfield. The camera sits on your instructor’s wrist, and the photos and video are a separate payment made on site rather than part of the booking.
04
The freefall is 45 seconds; the canopy is five to seven minutes. Most of what people remember is the quiet part after the parachute opens, with the Alps and both lakes going past slowly.
05
Six of the ten flights launch elsewhere. Mürren, Zermatt, Chamonix and Lucerne are their own valleys with their own meeting points, so check where a listing starts before you pick the date.
06
The wings and the jump are different purchases. A tandem paraglider gives you a long glide with a pilot working the wing; the skydive gives you the fall. Reading both as the same thing is the one mistake worth avoiding here.
Round out the trip
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Common questions
The Interlaken skydive, answered
How much does skydiving in Interlaken cost?
The tandem skydive over the Swiss Alps is $526 per person, and the fare covers the skydive itself, the safety briefing, the skydiving equipment and your tandem master. Photos and video are filmed on a handcam from the instructor’s wrist and paid for separately on site. The listing carries free cancellation.
How high is the skydive over Interlaken?
Four thousand metres. From there it is a 45-second freefall with the ground coming up at 200 km/h (120 mph), and then a canopy ride of five to seven minutes back down to the landing area, with the Swiss Alps and the lakes in view the whole way.
Where does the Interlaken skydive start?
You meet in the middle of Interlaken, at the Outdoor Höheweg Shop, Höheweg 95, 3800 Interlaken. The airfield and the landing area are at Reichenbach, thirty minutes down the valley, and the transport is part of the booking. Door to door the day runs three and a half hours.
How long does the whole thing take?
Three and a half hours from the meeting point to the return, which covers the drive to Reichenbach, the safety briefing and the gear, the climb to four thousand metres, the jump itself and the ride back into town. A morning slot leaves you the rest of the day.
Do you get photos and video of the jump?
Yes, filmed on a handcam worn on your instructor’s wrist, so the camera is right there with you through the freefall and the canopy ride. It is arranged and paid for at the airfield on the day rather than at the time of booking.
Can somebody come along and watch?
They can, and it is worth planning. The seats on the bus out to Reichenbach are kept for the people jumping, so anyone coming to watch travels to the airfield separately. The landing area is where to meet them.
Skydiving or paragliding in Interlaken — which one?
They are different purchases. The skydive is the freefall: 45 seconds from four thousand metres at $526, rated 4.9 across 586 reviews. A tandem paraglider is a long glide with a pilot working the wing above you, from $198, and the Interlaken flight alone carries 2,580 reviews. People on a longer trip often book one of each.
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The Interlaken jump day — the plan we'd follow
What the morning looks like from Höheweg 95 to the landing field at Reichenbach, what the fare covers, and which tandem flight to put in the afternoon. Built from the operators’ own listings and the same live prices as this page.
- All ten flights, with times, what each fare covers and what it costs
- The jump day hour by hour, from the meeting point to the grass
- What the operator hands you, and what you bring yourself
- Which flights launch from which valley, and how long each one takes
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Why trust this page
How we put this together
Checked, not guessed
Altitudes, durations, inclusions and meeting points come from the live GetYourGuide listings for each flight. Prices and ratings are read off the same listings and updated with the page.
How we pick
Ten flights bookable around Interlaken, with the tandem skydive first because it is the jump you can book here and it carries 586 reviews at 4.9. Nobody pays to be featured.
We say where a flight starts
Six of these launch from Mürren, Zermatt, Chamonix or Lucerne rather than from Interlaken itself. We mark that, because it is a journey you have to plan rather than a detail.
A fall and a glide are different things
Forty-five seconds of freefall and a twenty-minute tandem glide are different purchases at different prices. We lead with that, because it decides more than the fare does.
The answer
Book the jump first, and put a wing after it.
Forty-five seconds of freefall from four thousand metres, then five to seven minutes under the canopy over the Swiss Alps — that is the one on this page that gives you the fall, and it is rated 4.9 across 586 reviews. It starts at $526, runs three and a half hours door to door, and carries free cancellation. The nine tandem flights are what you add around it.
Check dates and availability→ Free cancellation on every flight here · Reserve now, pay later