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Can we do this during our 4 days in Wengen?

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Husband & I are planning our first trip to Switzerland 🇨🇭 in September. We are in our mid-40s, enjoy moderately challenging hikes, beautiful scenery, small villages. First, we will be spending 2 days in Lucerne then heading to Wengen for 4 days. For our time in Wengen, is the itinerary below doable? What would you change/remove?

  1. Grindelwald -First cliff walk, bachalpsee hike

  2. Cable car to Männlichen; Hike to Kleine Scheidegg - Panorama trail 3 miles; Lunch; or Train back to Lauterbrunnen; Lauterbrunnen → Walk to Stechelberg (4 miles); Staubbach Falls, Trummelbach Falls

  3. Schilthorn; Birg thrill walk; Murren -Northface trail loop; Explore Murren; Walk Murren to Grimmelwald

  4. Brienz-boat tour on Lake Brienz to Giessbach Falls; St beatus caves

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If you get perfect weather all 4 days - yes. But skip Beatus Caves on #4 -- that's on Lake Thun, not Lake Brienz.

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That itinerary works. The Trummelbach Falls on day 2 takes about one hour as it involves stopping, paying an admission charge, then hiking inside a cave where the waterfalls are located. This is different from the Staubbach Falls which you can simply snap a few photos of as you hike past the waterfall on the way to Stechelberg,

Have fun in Switzerland!

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