Family experiences: Adventure

Not quite a go-kart, not quite a toboggan – mountain carts offer a real adrenaline rush. On these three-wheeled, low-seated vehicles, equipped with hydraulic brakes, the terrain of the Savognin holiday region can be mastered with confidence, even in summer. Fun for the whole family.

Even when you’re wearing the right clothes for the occasion, adventures in the great outdoors aren’t much fun when it’s raining cats and dogs outside yet again. Your teenager is already in a bad mood and your toddler is slowly getting grizzly… But don’t panic! The Indoor Fun Park at the Sunstar Hotel Arosa is just the thing to save your family holiday in Arosa from becoming a literal washout.

This is a dam made of debris from prehistoric landslides that separates the Klöntal and Linthtal valleys.

Take the cable car from Wasserauen to Ebenalp in Appenzeller Alpstein. At the top, prehistoric caves, the world-famous Äscher mountain inn and hiking trails to the turquoise Seealpsee await you.

Switzerland’s biggest indoor amusement park. More than 4,200m2 of family-friendly space! One entry ticket, hours of play.

A circular trail leads from Tête-Noire to the tantalisingly named Gorges Mystérieuses – mysterious gorges.

Connbächli is a stream located at Flims, and it is also the official route for cruises of the little “Connschiffli” boats. Families are invited to make their own boat from bark, then follow it for an hour and a half on its cruise through the forest of Flims.

The little Melchtal valley in the canton of Obwalden, also known as Tobel, has long been a popular year-round hiking area. In deepest winter, the water on the rock walls turns into a vast landscape of icicles.

A giant 700 m toboggan in La Vue-des-Alpes – a great show for families and groups.

The exciting summer toboggan run is located at 1000 meters above sea level on the Gypsera Parking Lot near the training lift in Schwarzsee.

Over a thousand nail-biting metres of track await you: Solarbob is the only sledging run to combine fun and ecology: you are pulled up by a lift powered by the energy of the sun. But don't worry, you can still use the Solarbob when the sun isn't shining. An unforgettable experience.

The rugged cliffs, just a few meters apart, show the force behind the River Linth as it found its course here.

Journey of discovery with SiSu and his friends on the Hannigalp in Grächen.

The journey from Engelberg to Ristis serves as the starting point of the Walenpfad, a popular high-altitude hike from Ristis to Bannalp. The cable car ride up to Ristis, featuring breathtaking mountain panoramas, is worth the trip itself.

This suspension rope and bike park is located on the Flüela Pass, right by the “Stilli” bus stop. Enjoy extraordinary thrills and spills on five courses with varying levels of difficulty. The children’s course perfectly tailored to younger visitors.

Children love stories - and in the enchanted HäxäWäldli on the Flumserberg, a particularly exciting one is told. The staged and unprepared downhill run starts next to the forest piste below the Chrüz mountain restaurant. From there, young and old alike embark on the adventure piste into the realm of fairy tales.

The “Mirror, mirror” exhibition at the Technorama Winterthur brings together over 40 enjoyable and thought-provoking experiments from the virtual world behind mirrors.

This augmented-reality digital game is a new attraction offered by TéléMarécottes. You can play it on your smartphone or tablet while exploring the area around La Creusaz on foot!

Discover Areuse Gorge. It is a study in contrasts: sometimes wide open, sometimes narrow, with burbling waters and spaces of deep silence.

Inspired by the Niagara Falls and created over seven years of painstaking manual labour: the rock gallery of the Roffla Gorge.

Discover the Taubenlochschlucht gorge near Biel/Bienne. Steep rock faces, wooden footbridges and the sound of the river Schüss accompany you through the Bernese Jura. You will experience one of the most popular excursion destinations in the Biel/Bienne region.

The entrance to the Gasterntal Valley leads through the narrow Chluse Gorge. This passageway was used from earliest times. Mules were used on this narrow pass, which is the first steep ascent on the way to Lötschen Pass.

Not far from the vibrant hustle and bustle of the city of Bern you’ll find the Sense-Schwarzwasser nature reserve. Here, large glacial meltwater rivers have dug impressive gorges into the molasse rock.

A nature experience that really gets under your skin: This is the Wolfsschlucht Gorge in Thal Nature Park in the Solothurn Jura region. It is also an ideal adventure playground for children.

The Suspension Rope Park on the Pradaschier Mountain is equipped in such a way that even children from ages 10 upwards (accompanied by adults) can have fun.

An unforgettable experience, pure adventure; that is Flying Fox. On the six courses of varying difficulty you can slowly approach your limits. You cross challenging balance bridges, hanging bridges and tyrolean slides loaded with action.

The Schöllenen Gorge is probably the most legendary section of the historic Gotthard route. On the Devil's Bridge over the roaring Reuss, you can get an idea of how hard and dangerous the path across the Alps once was.

A trip to the Breggia Gorges is a real time travelling experience. In this part of the Mendrisiotto along the Breggia River you will find some unusual geological formations.

Crossing the Schin Gorge between Tiefencastel, Alvaschein and Sils in Domleschg was not for nervous travellers.

The Secret of Auge is an outdoor detective enigma game that brings players back to 17th Century in Fribourg.

Take a seat in a bob and listen to the instructions, then get yourself pulled up to the top of the run by a cable. Attention: go!

Ballons du Léman offers several exceptional hot-air balloon flights, from discovery flights to fondue tastings on board a balloon or high-altitude flights. They operate all year round in French-speaking Switzerland.

The name Tüfelsschlucht means “The Devil’s Gorge” and this is considered to be one of the most beautiful of the numerous gorges in the Jura. The 2.2km long gorge winds its way along the Cholersbach Stream and is connected by 32 bridges and catwalks.

Experience fast-paced tobogganing fun on Mount Pilatus: The 1350-metre-long Fräkmüntegg summer toboggan run offers thrills with a view of Lake Lucerne and the surrounding mountains.

The Foxtrail Furisto takes you on a unique search for clues. As a team, you will solve puzzles and follow clues so as not to lose the trail of Fredy Fox.

A highly attractive and 1.9 kilometre-long tobogganing slope will set many tobogganing fans' pulse racing. The start is easily reached via chair lift.