Snowmobile Adventure with Zakopane and Optional Thermal Pools

About This Experience

KRK-KrakowTours picks up in central Krakow and drives about two hours to Podhale in an air-conditioned vehicle, with an English-speaking guide. The listing has three options, and what you get depends on which one you book.

The cheapest option, from $51 per person, covers the snowmobile day and Zakopane without the thermal baths. Adding the baths costs about $141 per person from a meeting point, or about $154 with hotel pickup or drop-off. On every option the snowmobile is extra: 400 PLN per two-seat machine, paid in cash on the day after signing a rental agreement.

The day starts in Chochołów, a village of wooden houses, where you step inside a traditional log house that belonged to a local wood sculptor (closed on Sundays and public holidays). After a safety briefing, you follow a guide on another snowmobile, with a viewpoint stop for the Tatras and a more technical section on the way back. Vehicles are banned in Tatra National Park, so the ride stays outside it. Without enough snow, the tour uses off-road buggies or quads.

Next comes a bacówka in Witów for smoked sheep's-milk cheese (sold as oscypek) grilled over an open fire, then about an hour and a half in Zakopane for lunch or a walk. On the baths options, the day ends with about two and a half hours in the pools at Chochołowskie Termy; the ticket allows 3 hours 15 minutes inside.

The tour holds a rating of 5.0 from 310 GetYourGuide reviews.

Highlights

• Follow a guide on your own snowmobile, with a route adjusted to your confidence level.
• Stop at a viewpoint for a wide panorama of the Tatra Mountains during the ride.
• Step inside a wood sculptor's traditional log house in the wooden village of Chochołów.
• Taste smoked sheep's-milk cheese grilled over an open fire at a bacówka in Witów.
• Spend about an hour and a half in Zakopane for lunch, shopping or a stroll.
• Soak for about two and a half hours at Chochołowskie Termy on the baths options.

What's Included

• ✓ Round-trip transport from central Krakow in an air-conditioned vehicle
• ✓ Hotel pickup or drop-off (only on the hotel option)
• ✓ English-speaking guide and a safety briefing before the ride
• ✓ Chochołów village visit with entry to the wood sculptor's hut (closed Sundays and public holidays)
• ✓ Smoked cheese tasting and free time in Zakopane
• ✓ Chochołowskie Termy entry ticket (only on the options with thermal baths)

Not Included

• Snowmobile rental: 400 PLN per two-seat snowmobile, paid in cash on the day
• Towels at the thermal baths: 10 PLN per towel
• Thermal baths on the cheapest option (from $51)
• Meals in Zakopane
• Spending at the baths, added to your wristband and paid on exit

What to Bring

• Swimwear
• Towel
• Flip-flops
• Cash in PLN for the snowmobile
• Warm clothing

Good to Know & Caveats

• The 400 PLN snowmobile fee is paid in cash on the day after signing the rental agreement; two people can share one machine.
• The operator recommends each person rides their own snowmobile, as it is safer and more comfortable.
• The ride is guided: you follow a guide on another snowmobile, and the route is adjusted to your skills.
• Without enough snow, the tour uses off-road buggies or quads instead.
• The sculptor's hut in Chochołów is closed on Sundays and public holidays.
• Chochołowskie Termy is closed for building work from 19 to 30 October 2026, and some operators send groups to Terma Bania in Białka Tatrzańska on those dates, so check which baths your date uses.

Meeting Point

The tour starts in central Krakow, with the pickup point depending on the option booked; the hotel option collects you from your accommodation. Drop-off points include the Kiss&Ride tourist pickup point, Plac Bohaterów Getta, Kiss&Ride Dajwór and the Metropolo Krakow by Golden Tulip.