Help with Itinerary for 3 Days in Wengenin late August

There are many many possible hikes, and they last varying amounts of time. There are also the rides up the Schilthornbahn and the Jungfraujoch, which take several hours total including time at the top. Furthermore I found that after doing the Jungfraujoch, I was very tired due to the altitude.

I had 4 nights (three full days) in Mürren in September 2014, and had no problem filling the time with just the immediate region. On my arrival day I went up the Allmendhubel and spent several hours up there (lovely). On my second day I did the Schilthornbahn and Rick's Gimmelwald walk. On my third day I did the Jungfraujoch (I left Mürren at about 8 AM and did not return until about 3 PM) and Interlaken. And on my fourth day (cloudy) I did Rick's valley walk (with the Trümmelbach Falls). With time out for some meal breaks, resting, and laundry, as well as the transit time to get to these various things, I felt my four days were quite full. I'm going back in September 2017, and can't wait to do all the things there that I missed the first time, such as the Männlichen to Kleine Scheidegg hike, at least part of the Schynige Platte to First hike, etc.

Summary: while you certainly can go further afield if you wish, you won't run out of things to do in the Berner Oberland with only three nights in Wengen. Like me, you'll probably find instead that it isn't nearly enough time!

Thank you for your reply. The Switzerland book should be arriving this week, and I plan on using a few of his hikes/walks on the trip!

Sorry for the confusion - here is our itinerary:
Thursday night 8/24 arrive in Zurich late at night. Stay in Hotel
Friday 8/25 travel to Wengen and explore all day (night #1)
Saturday 8/26 - Explore Wengen (night #2)
Sunday 8/27 - Explore Wengen (night #3)
Monday 8/28 - Travel to Lucerne and explore that area. We could spend this day entirely in Wengen still, but are leaving that open to options. We are staying in Lucerne Monday night
Tuesday 8/29 - Explore Lucerne and fly out in the evening back to London.

Hopefully that helps give the larger picture of the adventure. I appreciate your help with the map.

Wow, this website is INCREDIBLY helpful! Thank you!

Ronfer46 must be in great shape, because walking up to Faulhorn from Grindelwald is a LOT of walking uphill!! For those in more moderate shape, I'd recommend taking the cable car up to First, first time around.
Also, "exploring Wengen" is great. I've done it. But compared to the trails out there, it pales in comparison.
If you like to hike (and you can hike all day because several trails connect) here are my recommendations:

If you have 3 days in the region, here are the 3 "classic" hikes in the area, and they follow the 3 great ridges.
The first goes from Grutschalp to Murren. In your case, you want to hike Toward the mountains, so you should take the train to Grutschalp and hike back. From Murren, you can go down to Gimmelwald or you
can hike uphill on a diagonal from the Murren cablecar station, and eventually end up at the restaurant at
Spielbodalp. There you can get a drink and sit at a picnic table and watch the
cows. You can also get to Spielbodenalp via the Sprutz Falls route. About a third of the way up the trail branches near a hut. Take the upper one, you go to Spielbodenalp. The lower one goes fairly level into the woods and eventually to Sprutz Falls, which you cross under, climb up the trail on the opposite side, and end up in Spielbodenalp. You can see that trail and others here:
https://terrelledwards.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/hikingmap1-3-2.jpg

The second goes from Mannlichen to Kleine Scheidegg. The walk itself is
about 2 hours, and we save this for the sunniest day, because of the panoramic
views. (Leave in the morning--most afternoons the peaks cloud up!) Take the
train from Lauterbrunnen to Wengen, then a 5 min walk to the cable car
station, where you take the cable car up to Mannlichen. Once up, you can look
left at a 30 min up and back trail to a lookout point. If you look right
there is the main trail that leads toward the Jungfrau mountain, which takes
1.5 hrs and you end up in Kleine Scheidegg, where you can catch a train down
to Wengen and finally Lauterbrunnen. Great panoramic views all along the
route. This trail is so easy you could do it in a wheelchair.
It takes about 20 min train from Lauterbrunnen to Wengen, another 20 min cable car to Mannlichen, 1 and 1/2 hr hike to Kleine Scheidegg, 40 min train down to Lauterbrunnen.
The 3rd classic trail is from First to Bachalpsee. Take the Lauterbrunnen
train down to Zweilutschinen. Get off to switch to the train going up to
Grindelwald. Once in Grindelwald, walk about 20 min further into town to get
to the cablecar station, where you take it all the way up to First. From there
walk to Bachalpsee. There are trail signs, and it is about 45 min each
way. On a sunny day, you can get great pictures of the mountains reflected in
Bachalpsee, which is a small lake. Just Google image "Bachalpsee" and you'll
see what I mean.
If you want to turn this hike into a 6 hr hike (and this will be more strenuous than the rest), start at Wilderswil, take train up to Schynige Platte, and walk toward the Jungfrau mountains. There's a refreshment hut half way, then finally get to Bachalpsee, then 45 min more to First. Start early or you'll miss the 5:30 or so last cable car down from First to Grindelwald.
Finally, if you get a foggy or misty day, you can walk from Lauterbrunnen to Trummelbach Falls, which is about an hour each way (or take the PostBus). Google image it to see why Trummelbach Falls are worth seeing, and the nice thing is you can actually see them just fine on a dreary and foggy day.

http://ontheworldmap.com/switzerland/ski/jungfrau/jungfrau-summer-map.jpg

Thank you so much for such detailed information - this is incredibly helpful! After all of the replies I have no doubt that we will have more than enough to fill our three days. Thanks everyone!

In case you haven't yet purchased your Swiss Travel Pass, you might want to consider getting the (Swiss) Regional Pass Berner Oberland, instead.
Here's the link to it:
http://www.regionalpass-berneroberland.ch/en/
-also-:
https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-us/tickets-de/regionalpaesse/regionalpass-berner-oberland.html

It's sold only in Switzerland, but covers much more than the Swiss Travel Pass does, as long as you're in that region. Where the Swiss Travel Pass covers only 50% of the expensive costs of the cable cars, the Berner Oberland regional pass covers 100%. It covers various transportation (trains, cog rail trains, ships, buses, cable cars) to or from such cities as Bern, Lauterbrunnen, Mürren, Kleine Scheidegg (the settlement below the Jungfrau mountain), Grindelwald, First, and on the part of the scenic Golden Pass train route via Interlaken and via the Brunig Pass to Luzern (although it doesn't cover the Lucerne Lake ships). We'd already purchased our Swiss Travel Pass and Half Fare card from RailEurope from the US, but when we got to Switzerland (in July) we learned about the Berner Oberland's advantages from the TI (Tourist Information office) but it was too late for us.

On the other hand, the Swiss Travel Pass covers more excursions in the Luzern area, like the mountains Rigi and Pilatus, and ships on Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee). If you have time in the Luzern area, I highly recommend an easy hike on the Blumenpfad (flower trail) on Mt. Rigi, from Rigi Staffel to Rigi Känzeli to Rigi Kaltbad to Rigi First along the cliff to the end of the Blumenpfad trail. It's marked with blue trail signs. It has gorgeous views of the lake from above. You'd take a ship from Luzern to Vitznau, on Rigi, take the cog rail train up to Staffel, and take the trail down along the train tracks until you get to the blue Blumenpfad signs, then follow that trail down to Känzeli's spectacular viewing platform. The trail continues on a level path to the left from there and is well marked. When you reach the end of the cliff walk, turn back and return to Rigi Kaltbad, where you can take a dramatic cable car ride down to Weggis, and a ship from there to Luzern.