Garmisch day trip reviews, read line by line
The eight tours with a page here
I have read every review on each of these and written up what the people who went actually said, including the parts that are inconvenient. Four more tours carry a rating and are still on my list. The remaining four have no ratings yet, so they get no reviews and no invented ones either — they are in the full catalogue instead.
Munich: Alps Canyon Waterfall Adventure Day Trip with Guide
The only tour here whose reviewers write about the gorge. Five reviews, and the gate fee is not in the price.
from about a hundred and forty euros per personRead the review ›
Munich: Private Eibsee, Partnach Gorge & Mittenwald Day Trip
A private four-stop day. Its listing calls the gorge entry included and excluded on the same page.
from about a hundred and ninety euros per personRead the review ›
From Munich: Zugspitze Mountain Van Tour with Garmisch Town
More reviews than everything else here put together, and it does not come to the gorge at all.
from about a hundred and thirty euros per personRead the review ›
From Munich: Tour of Germany’s Highest Peak Zugspitze
The summit day, with an observation deck, a glacier and a queue for the cable car at the top.
from about a hundred and fifty euros per personRead the review ›
Munich: Private Alpine Day Tour by Tesla — Zugspitze & Eibsee
A private car for the day, a driver who reworks the route, and the gorge fee left out of the price.
from about four hundred euros per personRead the review ›
From Munich: Day Trip to Lake Eibsee by Minivan
Nine hours built around one lake. Reviewers name their guides more often than they name the views.
from about a hundred and eighty euros per personRead the review ›
Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Pretzel Making Experience
Two hours in a bakery in town. The cheapest thing in the catalogue and nowhere near the gorge.
from about a hundred and twenty euros per personRead the review ›
Lenggries: Tandem Paragliding Flight
Ninety minutes off a hill at Lenggries. Highly rated, and in a different valley from everything else.
from about two hundred euros per personRead the review ›Almost nobody reviews the gorge
This surprised me when I first counted it. The Partnachklamm appears in the title of several listings, but the reviewers who bother to write more than a line are writing about the summit, the cable car and the lake. The exception is the entry fee canyon and waterfall day trip, which has five reviews, all of them at five stars, and which is the only tour on this site whose reviewers describe the gorge itself.
- “The Partnach Gorge was breathtaking – clear water, stunning scenery…” A GetYourGuide traveller — canyon and waterfall day trip
- “The most beautiful day of my daughter’s vacation… These gorges with a waterfall” A GetYourGuide traveller — canyon and waterfall day trip
- “Nina… very accommodating” Gareth — on the guide
Five reviews is a thin sample and I would not lean on it. What it does tell you is that the gorge is what people remembered from that particular day. The full read is on the canyon and waterfall review.
The most reviewed tour skips the gorge
The van tour carries 759 reviews at 4.7 stars. Nothing else here is close: the next busiest listing has 272. It runs to the Zugspitze and into Garmisch-Partenkirchen town, and it does not go to the Partnachklamm. If you found this site looking for the gorge, that is the single most useful thing on this page. The full review is here, and why most Partnach tours are really Zugspitze tours is here.
One reviewer on how long these days need to be
The Munich day trips on this site run from 7 to 10 hours. That is a long time in a vehicle for a place you could reach on a 1.5-hour train, and the sharpest line I have read about it comes from somebody who still gave five stars. Wes, on the Zugspitze and Eibsee day tour:
- “…I don’t feel the trip needs to be 8+ hours. it could be done in 6 in my opinion.” Wes — Zugspitze & Eibsee day tour
He is right about the arithmetic. Three hours of it is the drive, and the rest is the stops the operator has chosen to string together. Whether that suits you is the whole of the day trip from Munich decision. If you would rather set the pace yourself, the per-group options are the ones that let you.
How I read a rating
A 5.0 from five reviews and a 4.7 from 759 are not the same measurement, and I say so on each page rather than sorting by score. Where a tour comes to the gorge I also check what its listing says about the entry fee at the gate, because that is the number the listings disagree about. The operator warns that short-notice closures for safety are sometimes unavoidable, so check partnachklamm.de on the morning you travel.
The tours these reviews are about
Gorge day tripMunich: Alps Canyon Waterfall Adventure Day Trip with Guide
Three stopsMunich: Private Eibsee, Partnach Gorge & Mittenwald Day Trip
Most reviewedFrom Munich: Zugspitze Mountain Van Tour with Garmisch Town
Frequently asked questions
Which Garmisch tour has the most reviews?
The van tour to the Zugspitze, with 759 reviews at 4.7 stars — more than everything else on this site combined. It does not visit the Partnach Gorge, which is the catch. The review is here.
Do any reviewers describe the Partnach Gorge itself?
Only on one tour, the entry fee canyon and waterfall day trip, which has five reviews in total. Everyone else writes about the summit, the cable car or the lake. Read them on the canyon and waterfall review.
Are the ratings on this page reliable?
Treat them as a rough signal. Several of these tours sit on fewer than twenty reviews, where one bad day moves the score, and four tours in the catalogue have no ratings yet. Compare them side by side on the full tour list.
Do these reviews say whether gorge entry is included?
I check every listing for it, because the answers conflict. Two tours include the entry fee, four exclude it in writing, one says “if available” and one is silent. The tour-by-tour reading is on which tours include the entry.