Switzerland - Jungfrau Region

As our end of the trip approaches and the sky is still cloudy and raining, we have no choice but visit the Jungfrau area and see how much we can visit.



We take a train to Interlaken, transfer to Grindelwald where we buy the Jungfrau ticket to climb to the Kleine Scheidegg station, the starting point of the rack railway to the Jungfraujoch.







Jungfraujoch (3454m): the Jungfrau railway has been plying its way through a 7-km-long tunnel to the ‘Top of Europe’, the ultimate excursion destination in the Bernese Oberland, since 1912.


Outside View at the Eigerwand station



It is very very cold up there. Even though I have already prepared myself by wearing as much as I could.


At Sphinx, the sky is not clear. Fog are all around us.





At Glacier area.



One more thing is that I almost think that I were now in India instead of in Europe. Since all around me are Indian tourists. All other nationality seems to be the minorities around these areas.





The Ice Pavilion



Then we have lunch at the cafeteria, although I would not recommend you to lunch here if you don't feel well. Don't know because of the high altitude or the heavy wind striking the building that make me feel dizzy.

Jungfrau Region :The Jungfrau-Aletsch Region is now labelled World Natural Heritage by Unesco. Known for the extraordinary beauty of its landscape, it is the first and only site in the Alps to bear this honorable distinction.

The AletschGlacier is the biggest glacier in the Alps, with a length of 23 km. To cross the Aletsch Glacier is to take a magnificent journey into a stunning world of ice and rocks, Alpine flowers and forests.

On the way down from the Kleine Scheidegg station we choose to come down to the other route - Wengen and then Lauterbrunnen. As there are two different routes up to the Jungfraujoch, the trip can be done as a circular journey.





Wengen



Lauterbrunnen.

Lauterbrunnen is situated in one of the most impressive trough valleys in the Alps, between gigantic rock faces and mountain peaks. With its 72 thundering waterfalls, secluded valleys, colourful alpine meadows and lonely mountain inns, the Lauterbrunnen Valley is one of the biggest nature conservation areas in Switzerland.

The very name ‘Lauter Brunnen’ (‘many fountains’) suggests the magnificence of this landscape.

This one might be the Staubbach Falls: on the edge of the village of Lauterbrunnen. The water plunges almost 300 metres from an overhanging cliff face. It was the inspiration for one of Goethe’s famous poems.



At Lauterbrunnen, we then take a double-cable ropeway and then a train to Murren, a car-free village. The village claims to have a breathtaking panoramic view where we can enjoy the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. However, due to the cloudy sky, I can't confirm that statement. Murren this evening is very quiet. There are only 3 tourist groups up there.