Gondola · Nepal
Manakamana cable car
Manakamana cable car is a gondola near Nepal. It climbs 1,033 m over 2.79 km, from 264 m to 1,297 m above sea level. Between its 17 pylons, the cable runs up to about 88 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
81/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Manakamana cable car is scarier than 81% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 4 of 7 in Nepal.
- Highest above the ground: about 88 m, as high as a 29-storey building, 1.03 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 448 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 37°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 931 m of the 2.79 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Manakamana cable car is in Nepal, at 264 m above sea level (27.87845° N, 84.59039° E). From there it runs 2.79 km up to the top station at 1,297 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 6 people
Nearby lines
- Maula Kalika Cable Car cable car · 25.5 km away · rises 316 m
- Maulakali Cable Car cable car · 25.5 km away · rises 308 m
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.