Gondola · Saint-Denis, Réunion
Papang
Papang is a gondola near Saint-Denis, Réunion. It climbs 269 m over 2.69 km, from 22 m to 291 m above sea level. Between its 21 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
17/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Papang is scarier than 17% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site.
- Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 2.17 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 317 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 12°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Papang is near Saint-Denis, Réunion, at 22 m above sea level (20.89388° S, 55.48742° E). From there it runs 2.69 km up to the top station at 291 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2022
- Capacity
- 1,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 13 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.