Private Zakopane Tours from Krakow

For a private day that covers the classic Zakopane route and the thermal pools, book Cracow Top Tours’ Private Zakopane and Thermal Springs Tour on Viator. A private car and driver collect you at your Krakow address, and the day brings about two hours in Zakopane, the Gubałówka funicular, a smoked-cheese and local-spirit tasting near Chochołów and about two and a half hours in thermal pools. It costs about $215 (£159) per person for two, £139 each for three and £99 each for seven to 15, while a solo traveller pays about £299. It holds 5.0 from 32 reviews on Viator (prices checked October 2026).

Private pricing needs one thing understood first. Every private listing here charges per person, and the from-price you see is a group rate, usually for two. Put your real party size into the booking form before comparing anything.

How private prices change with group size

These are the tiers the listings publish, per person:

• Private Zakopane and Thermal Springs Tour: about £299 solo, about $215 (£159) each for two, £139 each for three, £99 each for seven to 15. From two to seven people the per-head price falls by more than a third.
• Private Full-Day Zakopane and Thermal Baths Tour: 1,000 PLN solo, then a flat 900 PLN (about $238) each for two to 15. Cheaper than Cracow Top Tours for one person, dearer for larger groups.
• Private Zakopane Sleigh Ride, Bonfire and Funicular: about €453 solo, about $308 (€267) each for two, about €129 each for eight, the maximum.
• Morskie Oko Lake and Zakopane Day Tour, private ride option: about $312 each for two, falling to about $111 each for eight.
• Private Zakopane and Tatra Mountains Full-Day Tour: from $156 per person, with group pricing on the listing.
• Private Customisable Tatra and Zakopane Car Tour: from $180 per person, with private options at about $295 and $321.

For a couple, the Cracow Top Tours day works out at about $430 for the two of you before lunch. For a family of four or a group of friends, ask for the exact total, because that is where the tiers start to pay back.

Private or shared on the same day

Many of the big shared Zakopane days sell a private option on the same itinerary. ExploreCracow’s Zakopane, Gubałówka and Chochołów Hot Springs Day Trip costs from $96 per person shared, and its Private VIP option about $231 per person. Cracow Top Tours’ Zakopane and Tatra Mountains Day Tour with Funicular costs about $81 shared on Viator, and its VIP private option £159 each for two. The flagship Thousand Miles day, sold on GetYourGuide as Cable Car, Chocholow Baths, Cheese and Vodka, has a luxury private option at about $234.

So for two people, private costs roughly two to three times the shared seat. What that buys is your own vehicle and timing, pickup from your door, no waiting for other passengers, and a driver who will stop where you ask. What it does not buy is a different route: the stops are much the same. If you are happy in a group of strangers, the shared days on our Zakopane thermal baths tours page cover the same ground for less.

The private days compared

Cracow Top Tours’ thermal springs day is the classic route, with a stop at the ski jump on request. The listing describes the pools as about 30 minutes from Zakopane but does not name them. See our full breakdown of this tour.

Poland is beautiful’s private full-day tour follows almost the same plan: about two hours on Krupówki and at the regional market, an hour on Gubałówka, short stops in Chochołów and at a cheese hut, and 2.5 hours at the baths. It is the one private day here whose listing marks the tour and vehicle as wheelchair accessible. It holds 5.0 from 27 reviews on Viator.

Krakowdirect’s Private Zakopane and Tatra Mountains Full-Day Tour on GetYourGuide has no baths. Instead you get the market below Gubałówka, about an hour and a half on the ridge, about an hour and a half on Krupówki, the old cemetery at Pęksowy Brzyzek and the wooden Jaszczurówka chapel, built in 1904–1907 to Stanisław Witkiewicz’s design. It runs about 9 hours and holds 4.6 from 34 GetYourGuide reviews. For more days built around the town itself, see our Zakopane day trip page.

Francis Kubalio Exploreain’s customisable car tour is a private driver more than a guided tour. The only fixed stop is about two hours at Gubałówka; the rest you choose, from SkyWalk Poronin to the baths or Morskie Oko. Entrance fees are paid as you go: a Gubałówka return is 37 PLN online or 42 PLN at the office in the low season, and Tatra National Park entry is 11 PLN. One reviewer noted it works better if you arrive with your own list. It holds 4.8 from 23 GetYourGuide reviews.

Seasonal private days

Prime Tours Krakow’s sleigh ride day runs from 31 October 2026 to 30 April 2027: Chochołów, free time in Zakopane, the Gubałówka funicular or ski lift, then about an hour on a horse-drawn sleigh and a bonfire with grilled sausage, smoked cheese and Highlander’s tea. Without enough snow a carriage replaces the sleigh. Between 14 December and 8 January transport may be shared with another small group, and 24 December runs as a group tour. It holds 4.8 from 49 reviews on Viator. Snowmobile days are compared on our snowmobile tours page.

For the lake, Legendary Krakow’s Morskie Oko day sells a private ride option. Morskie Oko is a walk of about 8 km each way on an asphalt road, so a private car changes the timing, not the distance; our Morskie Oko tours page explains what that means for your group.

Before you book

• Lunch is not included on any private day here; budget for a meal in Zakopane.
• The baths days do not name their complex. Chochołowskie Termy is closed from 19 to 30 October 2026, so confirm which baths your date uses.
• Infant seats are available on the Cracow Top Tours and Poland is beautiful days.
• Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead applies to the Cracow Top Tours, Poland is beautiful, Krakowdirect and customisable days.

Where to go next

To weigh private against every other format, see our best Zakopane tours from Krakow or the guide to which Zakopane tour from Krakow is right for you. When you know your group size, check availability for the Cracow Top Tours private day and see the price for your party.