Culinary delights on the Niederhorn

Pick up your backpack, set off and enjoy!

Unpack your backpack in the middle of a breathtaking natural landscape, prepare a delicious Swiss cheese fondue and savour it. The adventure begins at the railway ticket office in Beatenberg. The lovingly packed fondue backpack is waiting for you there. Now it's up to you to decide which is the best place on the Niederhorn for you to prepare and enjoy your fondue in the midst of idyllic nature.

The fondue backpack contains the following items:

• Regional fondue mix
• Fondue bread
• Spices
• Picnic blanket
• Caquelon
• Rechaud with windbreak and gas burner
• Fondue crockery and forks
• Lighter

The fondue backpack experience can be booked daily in winter and summer during operating hours. You can pick up the fondue backpack at the railway ticket office in Beatenberg.

Please note that the offer does not include drinks. These can be purchased from the Bärgrestaurant Vorsass.

Return: Please return your backpack to the Bärgrestaurant Vorsass or the railway station in Beatenberg by 17.30 hours at the latest.

The above prices are per person. Please note that you will receive one backpack per two adults.

Breakfast buffet

From Monday to Saturday, a generous breakfast buffet awaits you, providing you with everything that you will need for a day in the mountains.

Mon–Sat 09.00–11.00 hours
Price per person: from CHF 47.00 (incl. train ride)

Niederhorn brunch

Start your Sunday with a brunch on the Niederhorn. Like breakfast only better. Croissants, bread rolls, fresh bread from Beatenberg, braided butter, jam, honey, butter, meat and cheese platters with delicacies from the region, smoked salmon, crunchy vegetables, yoghurts, cereals, Bircher muesli, fresh fruit salad, egg dishes, cipolata, bacon slices, omelettes, coffee, tea, ovo, chocolate, fruit juices and much more.

Sunday and selected holidays, 09.00–11.00 hours
Price per person: from CHF 61.00 (incl. train ride)

Lunch and snacks

The modern, regional menu offers soups prepared with finesse, traditional Swiss dishes such as Bratwurst with Rösti, and delicious burgers too. Of course, there is also delicious cake.

From the beginning of July to the end of October, the Niederhornbahn also runs in the evening on Fridays and Saturdays. Enjoy the wonderful evening atmosphere on the mountain.

   
From 4 July to 4 October, you will be spoiled with culinary delights with the «Gipfelgenuss» offer, including an aperitif in the lakeside restaurant, a refreshing drink on the way and a 3-course dinner in the Berghaus Niederhorn.

Price per person: CHF 89.00

Game specialties will be offered from 10 October. On Fridays with à la carte offer (with game options), on Saturdays with a rich game buffet.

Daily, from 1 May to 16 November 2025

You only pay for the first child (up to 16 years) in the family; each additional child travels for free.

Travel comfortably by train to Thun or Interlaken West. Continue with the STI bus (from Thun) or the PostBus (from Interlaken) to «Beatenbucht» or «Beatenberg Station». Or take the ship from any dock to «Beatenbucht».

The funicular and group cable car will then take you to Niederhorn.