Giessbach Falls – Lower Giessbach Falls loop from Giessbachfälle

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Switzerland

Espace Mittelland

Interlaken-Oberhasli

Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli

Brienz (BE)

Giessbach Falls – Lower Giessbach Falls loop from Giessbachfälle

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Giessbach Falls – Lower Giessbach Falls loop from Giessbachfälle

00:58

3.02km

130m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

299 m

Grandhotel Giessbach

Highlight • Monument

The non-profit Giessbach Foundation was founded in 1983 by the famous animal and environmental activist Franz Weber to save the historically valuable grand hotel from the Belle Epoque from demolition and to preserve this beautiful piece of home above Lake Brienz for the Swiss people as a common heritage.

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401 m

Giessbach Falls

Highlight • Waterfall

Beautiful in all seasons, although you have to push the bike a short distance. The waterfall is gigantic. There are always many visitors here!

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633 m

Giessbach Funicular

Highlight • Structure

The funicular railway was built from the shores of Lake Brienz up to the Granhotel Giessbach and the Giessbach Falls as early as 1897.
The ride up to the Giessbach Falls is still an experience in a special setting today.

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1,000 m

Lower Giessbach Falls

Highlight • Waterfall

Take a rain jacket with you!

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1.50 km

Giessbach Boat Dock

Highlight • Rest Area

The path from Iseltwald to Giessbach is considered one of the most beautiful riverside paths in Switzerland. Once a year, it lures me here. Could you also do a canoe :-), the main thing the ideas never go out.

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1.66 km

View of Lake Brienz

Highlight • Viewpoint

3.02 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.97 km

857 m

106 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.35 km

1.18 km

205 m

197 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 7 October

5°C

1°C

99 %

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Max wind speed: 5.0 km/h

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Comments

September 21, 2025,Griesbach Wasserfall Rundweg

Parking costs 15 Swiss francs, and you have to buy a ticket online in advance, but that's not a problem. Friendly parking attendants are posted at the barrier. The waterfall is enormous and visible from all angles. Several bridges cross over it. A train takes you down to the lake, but the path is also easy to walk.

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May 20, 2023,Giessbach - Giessbachfälle - Runde von Brienz 🇨🇭

First goal for today: the Giessbach or the Giessbachfall.

interlaken.ch/erlebnisse/poi/giessbach-wasserfall

The start is the large car park about 8 minutes from the waterfall (subject to a fee) - it is advisable to be on the road early so that the route and the "photo hotspots" are not yet overcrowded.

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