Enjoy a bird's eye view of glacial lakes, snow-capped peaks and the Bavarian capital with this Munich and Bavarian Alps Plane Ride.
Tour Options
When booking, you can choose between 3 options. All of them start at Augsburg Airport and have an English-speaking pilot. You can see the details of each option below:
45-Minute Flight
In this option, we'll enjoy the main attractions of Munich from the air. First of all, we'll fly over the Allianz Arena, the English Garden, the German Museums, Marienplatz, the Munich Cathedral, Munich Residenz and Nymphenburg Palace. We'll also fly over the BMW Welt museum and the Olympiapark.
Afterwards, we'll head for the Bavarian Alps, where we'll have a bird's eye view of the Starnberg, Ammer, Pilsen and Wörth lakes. At the end of the flight, we'll fly to Andechs Abbey in Upper Bavaria.
1 Hour and 15-Minute Flight
If you want to spend more time flying over the skies of Munich and the Bavarian Alps, this tour is for you. After flying over the above-mentioned places in Munich, we'll head to the Upper Bavarian lakes, where we'll admire the following lakes from an unforgettable perspective: Würmtal, Stanberger, Oster, Rieg, Staffel, Kochel, Walchen, Eib, Forggen, Hopfen, Ammer, Pilsen and Lake Wörth.
Our next destination will be the Bavarian Alps to see the Herzogstand, Benediktenwand and Zugspitze mountains, as well as the towns of Garmisch and Hohenpeißenberg.
To finish on a high note, we'll fly over one of the most famous sights in the country: the imposing Neuschwanstein Castle, perched above the Pöllat Gorge, and Andechs Abbey.
1 Hour and 45-Minute Flight
This is the ideal option if you want to see the most while flying over Munich and the Bavarian Alps. In addition to all of the above, we'll fly over all the lakes that make up Upper Bavaria. Afterwards, we'll head to the Alps to visit the Kampenwand, Wilder Kaiser, Wendelstein, Brauneck, Benediktenwand and, of course, the highest peak in Germany, the Zugspitze.
We'll also fly over some of Germany's most beautiful historical monuments such as Herrenchiemsee Castle or Fraueninsel Island, as well as Neuschwasntein Castle or Andechs Abbey.
Schedule
The schedules of the plane rides are as follows:
- 45-minute flight: from October to April, from Monday to Friday at 3 pm and from May to September, every day at 7:15 pm.
- 1 hour and 15-minute flight: from October to April, Saturdays at 2 pm and from May to September, Sundays at 11.45 am and Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 5 pm
- 1 hour and 45-minute flight: from October to April, at 2 pm and from May to September, at 9 am. In both cases, this option only runs on Sundays.
What Are the Planes Like?
The flight will take place on board a Cessna T206H or similar aircraft for a maximum of 4 passengers plus the pilot.
