Gondola · Tai O, Hong Kong
昂坪纜車 Ngong Ping Cable Car
昂坪纜車 Ngong Ping Cable Car is a gondola near Tai O, Hong Kong. It climbs 422 m over 5.75 km, from 16 m to 438 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 208 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
94/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, 昂坪纜車 Ngong Ping Cable Car is scarier than 94% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site.
- Highest above the ground: about 208 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.64 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.49 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 11°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 3.08 km of the 5.75 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 昂坪纜車 Ngong Ping Cable Car is near Tai O, Hong Kong, at 16 m above sea level (22.29028° N, 113.93851° E). From there it runs 5.75 km up to the top station at 438 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2006-09-18
- Operator
- 昂坪360有限公司 Ngong Ping 360 Limited
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 25 min
Nearby lines
- 海洋列車 Ocean Express funicular · 26.7 km away · rises 115 m
- 海洋公園登山纜車 Ocean Park cable car gondola · 26.9 km away · rises 0 m
- 景山观光索道 cable car · 35.3 km away · rises 106 m
- 松山纜車 Teleférico de Guia (Cable Guia) cable car · 38.5 km away · rises 1 m
- 觀光纜車 SkyCab gondola · 38.6 km away · rises 0 m
- 斜行電梯L4 funicular · 39.1 km away · rises 18 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.