Trips & tickets
A 30-minute guided boat trip on the calm Rhine that ends right up close to the falls.
A coach from Zurich through the villages and vineyards of northern Switzerland, with a guide and entry tickets included.
Through wine villages to the falls at Schloss Laufen, then the medieval old town of Stein am Rhein.
The full GetYourGuide listing for the Rhine Falls — boat trips, viewing platform tickets and day tours from Zurich, with live prices.
The Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen can be seen from both banks. On one side, Schloss Laufen runs paid viewing platforms that reach close to the water; from the basin below, small boats cross to the rock that stands in the middle of the falls.
Rhine cruises from upstream and day tours from Zurich complete the options. These pages compare them and what each one shows you.
Plan it properly
Getting to the Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen: the station at Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall, the free north bank at Schlössli Wörth versus the Schloss Laufen side (CHF 5), driving and parking, round-the-clock access, and the day tours from Zurich.
How to experience the Rhine Falls up close: the rock trip (from CHF 22.50), the crossing (from CHF 6) and round trips in the basin, the Schloss Laufen platforms, Historama, glass lift and Fischetz (CHF 5), and how to combine them.
The Rhine Falls as a day out from Zurich: the guided half day with entry tickets, Stein am Rhein, the small-group morning, the Black Forest and Titisee, doing it yourself by train, and how to choose.
The falls
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About 150 m across.
From the north bank, yes: the basin at Schlössli Wörth is free. Entry to Schloss Laufen on the other bank — with the Historama, panorama path and viewing platforms — is charged.
Yes. Boat line 1 (the yellow line) runs to the middle rock, which you can climb. Check what is running on your date.
Yes — there is a station called Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall. Guided day trips from Zurich are on the tours page.