Gondola · Nigeria
Obudu Cable-Car
Obudu Cable-Car is a gondola near Nigeria. It climbs 868 m over 3.90 km, from 730 m to 1,598 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 226 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
96/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Obudu Cable-Car is scarier than 96% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site.
- Highest above the ground: about 226 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 2.16 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 977 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.80 km of the 3.90 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Obudu Cable-Car is in Nigeria, at 730 m above sea level (6.40007° N, 9.40556° E). From there it runs 3.90 km up to the top station at 1,598 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
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.