Auschwitz-Birkenau & Wieliczka Salt Mine Day Trip
About this activity
Highlights
- Explore Auschwitz-Birkenau's historical significance
- Discover Wieliczka Salt Mine's underground chambers
- Learn about Poland's rich history and culture
- Experience guided tours with expert insights
- Enjoy a convenient day trip from Krakow
Full description
Included / Excluded
- Round-trip transportation from Krakow
- Guided tours of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine
- Lunch during the tour
- Personal expenses and gratuities
Itinerary
Pass by: The pickups are provided between 5:300 and 7:30, depending on the entry time, your accommodation, and our schedules. The pickup time is always confirmed by text and email the day before the tour. The tour is operated in a group of a maximum of 30 people. During the trip, you will watch a documentary movie about the history of the Nazi concentration camps.
Guaranteed entrance tickets! We do not cancel the tours. Firstly, You will be taken to Auschwitz I, where you will join an English tour – provided by the museum’s guide – for about 2 hours. After that, we will transfer you to Auschwitz II-Birkenau, about 2 km away. You will spend there about one hour with the same guide. After Camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau, you will have time to eat our freshly prepared lunchboxes (which include chicken pasta salad, sandwich, sweet bar, fruit, and water). We also provide vegetarian, vegan, gluten, and dairy-free options. Please add a remark in your booking if you have any special requirements. Please note that the tickets are titular. Make sure the information in the booking is correct. Change of this data is possible for an additional fee paid to the supplier.
In a second part of the day, you will be transferred to Wieliczka Salt Mine, which happens to be one of the oldest working salt mines in the World: it has been producing salt for over 700 years. You will be attending an English guided tour at 4pm or 5pm (depending on road conditions). Your guide will take you up to 140 meters underground for a 2.5-hours journey through over 2.5-km tourist route full of chambers with amazing salt carvings and statues.
Pass by: After the tour, you will be dropped off at your accommodation or in the Krakow city center. If your hotel is located within the Old Town or Jewish Quarter, we will drop you off at the closest meeting point.
Important information
Know before you book
- Confirm the tour's availability and book in advance to secure your spot.
- Review the cancellation policy to understand any applicable fees.
- Ensure you have valid identification for entry to the sites.
Know before you go
- Wear comfortable walking shoes suitable for uneven terrain.
- Bring a water bottle to stay hydrated throughout the day.
- Check the weather forecast and dress accordingly for the tour.
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Accessibility
- Infant Seats Available
Good to know
- The entry tickets are booked in advance. The entry to Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum is guaranteed. We do not cancel the bookings!
- Please note that the maximum size of bags and backpacks allowed to carry on the Museum grounds is 30 x 20 x 10 cm. You can always leave your belongings inside the bus which will be parked nearby.
- Please note that this tour is not available on: 25th of December, 1st of January, Easter Sunday and March of the Living Day.
- Please note that to reach the first level of the mine (64 meters underground), You have to descent a wooden stairway which has 378 stairs. There are around 800 steps on the whole route in the Salt mine. After the tour, You will be taken up to the surface with a lift.
- Temperature in the Salt Mine is approximately 14 degrees C (57 degrees F), please wear warm clothes and comfortable shoes.
- Student and child tickets available.
- Please note that admission tickets to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum are personalized. Each participant is required to provide their full name as it appears on their official ID during the booking process. Any errors in names or failure to provide this information at least 24 hours before the tour may result in denied entry to the museum.
- If you are travelling with other passengers but have made separate bookings, please inform us in your booking and provide the full name of the lead passenger so we can try to assign you to the same group. Please note that we cannot guarantee that passengers with separate bookings will travel together.
- The Museum is not recommended for visitors under the age of 14. The final decision depends on parents or legal guardians.
Traveler reviews
Great tour as advertised! No issue! Punctual!
Excellent driver! Excellent tour guides! No issues, heard people having problems with tickets on other tours. Ease your mind and book via viator! Note, I booked about 5 months ahead.
Auschwitz and Birkenau visit
A thought provoking and sad story was told by a very good guide. A visit that I will never forget. Recommended.
An excellent but thought-provoking tour
If you are short of time in Krakow, this is the tour to do to cover two of the most important sites near this beautiful city. But be warned: this is a long day (about 11 hours) and involves a huge amount of walking, including hundreds of steps into the salt mine. If you are a slow walker or have other mobility issues, you need to be aware of this and possibly visit each site separately and on different days to give yourself a bit of a break. Visiting Auschwitz is harrowing, but very important to acknowledge and reflect on one of the darkest times of our modern history. The guided tour is in great detail and fully explains the workings of the death camp. Most of Auschwitz 1 is intact so you really appreciate how it operated. It is poignant and sad, and few people on my tour spoke at all during the three hours of touring. Auschwitz 2 - Birkenau is mostly not intact, but the remains still enable you to understand the enormity of the Nazi death machine. So professionally and respectfully conducted by their guides. The salt mines which are more than an hour's drive from Auschwitz, are quite staggering in their size and beauty. Again, a professionally and well conducted through the mines, but hundreds of steps and lots and lots of walking along paths which are smooth and not rough. The lunch option is a good one to take and the hotel pick-up and return invaluable due to the early start and the late finish. An excellent tour that brings with it the full range of emotions, but one I would highly recommend.
Good.
A very good setup and good that they came punkish. And made sure none of the fellow travelers messed up. What was less good was that it was not possible to call the company
A long day but well worth it!
Excellently organised trip by Mr Shuttle. I received several texts beforehand advising & reminding me of the pick up time. We were picked up exactly on time & picked up a few others before transferring to another bus. Our pick up time was 6.20am & our Aushwitz tour started at 8.40am. We arrived at Auschwitz about 30mins before the tour. We were then handed over to our Auschwitz tour guide who was excellent. We were at Auschwitz for approx 2 hours before we were transferred to Birkenau where we had a 1 hour tour, with the same guide. Really interesting & sad tour. After Birkenau, as we had opted for lunch included, we had our packed lunch which was excellent. Sandwich, salad bowl, chocolate biscuit & water. We then had a 1.5hour drive to the Salt mines, and a 2 hour tour. We returned to Krakow about 6pm. A very long day but a great tour. As we are only in Krakow for 3 nights, we felt this was a great way to visit both Auschwitz & the salt mines.