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Gondola · Pretoria, South Africa

Cable Car, Pretoria

Cable Car is a gondola near Pretoria, South Africa. It climbs 37 m over 685 m, from 1,299 m to 1,336 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 38 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

7/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, Cable Car is scarier than 7% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site.

  • Highest above the ground: about 38 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 624 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 174 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 7°.

How the score works · The scariest lines in the world

Where does it start?

The bottom station of Cable Car is near Pretoria, South Africa, at 1,299 m above sea level (25.73714° S, 28.18770° E). From there it runs 685 m up to the top station at 1,336 m.

Nearby lines

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.