Chamonix and Mont Blanc Day Trip from Geneva: A Scenic Journey to Europe's Highest Mountain

Embark on a scenic day trip from Geneva to Chamonix and Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest mountain. Marvel at the majestic Alps, ride a cable car to Aiguille du Midi, and witness the famous Mer de Glace glacier.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Geneva - Board our bus to Chamonix Mont Blanc, the bus will have the name of the tour
  • Aiguille du Midi - If option selected - Ride up the cable car and discover a spectacular panoramic view of the Chamonix Valley and the French, Swiss and Italian Alps at 3842m ! On a clear day, you may even see the Mattherhorn, the famous Swiss peak and icon…
What's Included
  • Cable car ride to summit of Aiguille du Midi (if option selected)
  • Guide if more than 10 people or driver guide for small groups
  • Train ride to Montenvers (if option selected, caves included but the opening is NOT guaranteed)
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Skip the line tickets
What's Not Included
  • Food and beverage
Additional Information

Embark on a day trip from Geneva to Chamonix and Mont Blanc, Europe’s tallest mountain, guided expertly across the Swiss-French border. Enjoy traveling through the Arve Valley to arrive at the charming mountain town of Chamonix. A cable car ride up to the Aiguille du Midi peak offers mesmerizing views of the French, Swiss and Italian Alps. The journey…

Location
Geneva Bus Station
Place Dorcière 1201 Geneva
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Fareeda_s
Dec 12, 2024
Chamonix tour - Chamonix tour . Great experience up the mountain via train . Great tour guide Chris . Explained the tour well . Very knowledgeable. Thank you. Hope to visit again. Fareeda USA/ NYC
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Sharmashambhu
Dec 6, 2024
Excellent experience - Excellent experience , well managed crowd control. The cable car takes to the too in a very steep climb. We travelled from Geneva by Swisstours bus and enjoyed the ride. The view from the top is superb , one gets good time to spend at the top. We didn't experience snow as the weather was clear but we got excellent view of mountains.
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Phillip
Dec 6, 2024
Tour to the Alps - The tour to Mont Blanc was excellent. We were able to easily locate the meeting point a Geneva bus station. Our guide was great, he was very informative and provided great information.
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Carol
Nov 9, 2024
Trip changed to Glacier 3000 - Unfortunately due to the closure of the cable car and train (not advised at the time of purchase) we changed trip to glacier 3000 which I can highly recommend. The guide was great. Glacier and the view were amazing. Would check if the add ons are actually running before you book. The trips were still being advertised even though the cable car and train were closed for scheduled maintenance.
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Brady_f
Nov 29, 2024
Last minute cancelation - rebooked to different tour (which was still nice) - I was told 24 hours before departure that the trip was unavailable due to pre-scheduled maintenance on the cable car/train. If this was known maintenance, then it was surprising to be given such short notice about cancelation. The trip should not have been book-able as such. Though the tour company was helpful in rescheduling onto a comparable trip (which was a nice time), the hassle of doing last minute (and seemingly avoidable) changes was less than ideal. The trip I ended up on (Glacier 3000) was a nice time nonetheless. Though it seemed very busy, seemingly because of people like myself being rebooked.
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Nick_c
Dec 1, 2024
Disappointed and was really looking forward to the day - We originally booked the Chamonix day tour including the cable car and mountain train costing - £200 each, but we thought for the experience it was worth it and once in a lifetime. Three days before the trip we were notified the cable cars were not operating on the day of our tour and we would receive a refund - okish. The day before we were notified by message again and told the mountain train wasn’t working either, so all we had was a day trip to Chamonix for £200 each. We were offered an alternative, which we opted for the guided Chamonix day trip along with a visit to Annecy, with a refund for the activities we wouldn’t do. The day of the actual tour, we arrived and got on the bus, nothing said further about the tour. 30 mins into the bus drive we were told we were going to a lake which we’ve never heard of and spent an hour in a random location - nothing guided or explained about the lake. Next we were taken to Chamonix and guided to the centre of town, only to be told to be back at 3pm, we learnt nothing about the area or history of the town (no guided tour), plus to be told at this point the mountain train was open and we had to pay for it ourselves (strange). Four hours later we all met up at the meeting point and told the second part of the tour wouldn’t happen to Annecy, we weren’t notified of that till 3 in the afternoon. After this we took a 10 min ride to a waterfall that we weren’t told about and ended up back at the bus station three times to collect other passengers - very random and plus we were told a hot alcoholic drink would be served and it never was. We did learn on the day the cable car was in planned maintenance for two months and the booking should have stated this, not just for that day we planned the trip. And it sounded like the tour company had fallen out with the mountain train company as it was open. The trip was full of false promises, lies and very disorganised. I have asked for a refund and only been offered a slight % off. We feel like we paid £120 for a bus trip each and got nothing else - very disappointing.
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Michelle_s
Nov 30, 2024
Left us stranded in Chamonix - I booked all the extras, but they canceled both. We got dropped in Chamonix early, nothing open, no guide. Thankfully, 7 of us were stranded together, so we made the best of it. Use another tour company!
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Tyler_c
Nov 28, 2024
Horrible Service - This company did a horrible job. They offered a service for ppl to travel to Mont Blanc w/ a tour guide, etc, meanwhile they knew that certain parts of the excursion was closed to Dec. These ppl live here and should have been more proactive so that ppl didn’t (1) spend their money and (2) could have e prepared to do something else. We showed up and were told of this change, and then offered us a ride there and said there are shops and food so just walk around for nearly 8 hours. Smh. Well this place was desolate and the shops were closed and all we could do was just walk in the cold. Thank God we meet other ppl who also were on this bus and were stranded and we stayed together until another bus arrived to take us back to Geneva. Poor planning and consideration on this company’s part.
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Peter_o
Dec 16, 2024
False advertising - Well don’t go with the photos and include mount blanc . Non are on tour. No glass box or going up mountain blanc
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F4894iprajeshk
Nov 24, 2024
Avoid - One of the worst experiences I’ve had. The address provided by Tripadvisor in the booking was incorrect however it was only about 10 minutes away from the correct address. We reach there about 20 minutes before the departure time since we couldn’t find it we called the desk and they put us on a hold for 25 minutes, no surprises here we missed the trip, when we reach the office, the lady at the counter got very aggressive and manhandle my wife would avoid
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