DAY 05
EXCURSION TO CHAMONIX VALLEY AND ENROUTE VISIT CHATEAU DE CHILLON
Breakfast at Hotel at 0700 hrs. Proceed for Day Excursion to Chamonix Valley at 0800 hrs. Arrive Chamonix at 1130 hrs. Enjoy the majestic mountains of Mont Blanc Range. A ride on the highest and most impressive cable car, the Aiguille du Midi, which lifts you to 3842 meters for an unforgettable view of the Alps, with its own postage stamp and a letterbox! Continue your excursion with a ride on the nostalgic red rack and pinion railway to Montenvers. The train climbs a steep track, through scenic Alpine scenery, to a stunning vantage point above the 'Mer de Glace' (sea of ice) Glacier. You know you've really arrived when you stand at 1913 meters, at the 'Mer de Glace' , which is 7 kms long and 200 meters thick, with a surface dimension of 40 kms! A crystal gallery, a wildlife exhibition, an ice garden and the famous ice grotto 100 meters long, carved each year into the heart of the glacier, awaits you! Lunch at Indian Restaurant 1400 hrs. Enroute visit Chateau De Chillon. Proceed back to Leysin at 1700 hrs. Dinner at Indian Restaurant at 1900 hrs.
Overnight at Mercure Leysin Hotel or similar (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)