Hergiswil

On the ‘Shaped by fire’ museum tour, you will learn exciting facts about glass and can blow your own glass ball or watch the skilled glassblowers at work. The Glasi Park offers a special experience for children with marble games, marble runs and a large sandpit to play in. Buy glass artefacts in the Glasi shop and enjoy various culinary delights made from fine glassware in the Glasi restaurant.

Combine a pleasant boat trip from Hergiswil with excursions around the lake. You can also experience the holiday feeling at the family lido in Hergiswil, which is open during the summer months and invites you to take a dip in the cool water.

Whether in summer or winter, you can dive in Lake Lucerne in (almost) any weather. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced diver, you are in the best of hands with Tauchsport Nidwalden.

Various hiking trails lead up the Pilatus from Hergiswil. One very special hike, for example, is the Ibex Safari, where you can experience the wild animals on the Pilatus up close. Those who prefer a more leisurely ride can take the gondola and aerial cableway from Kriens or the world's steepest cogwheel railway from Alpnach up to the Pilatus. Various attractions such as the toboggan run, the climbing park or an overnight stay in tree tents are waiting to be discovered. In winter, sledging and tobogganing fun are guaranteed on Fräkmüntegg. Three different snowshoe trails await snowshoe enthusiasts.