Gondola · Batumi, Georgia
საბაგირო "არგო" (Argo Cable Car)
საბაგირო "არგო" is a gondola near Batumi, Georgia. It climbs 245 m over 2.58 km, from 2 m to 247 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 93 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
75/100 · Scary
By the numbers, საბაგირო "არგო" is scarier than 75% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 6 of 22 in Georgia.
- Highest above the ground: about 93 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 2.26 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 720 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 10°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.00 km of the 2.58 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of საბაგირო "არგო" is near Batumi, Georgia, at 2 m above sea level (41.64753° N, 41.64536° E). From there it runs 2.58 km up to the top station at 247 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2012
- Capacity
- 500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 10 min
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.