Gondola · Kuranda, Australia
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway is a gondola near Kuranda, Australia. It climbs 334 m over 7.50 km, from 8 m to 342 m above sea level. Between its 31 pylons, the cable runs up to about 82 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
74/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Skyrail Rainforest Cableway is scarier than 74% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 3 of 5 in Australia.
- Highest above the ground: about 82 m, as high as a 27-storey building, 6.81 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 552 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 598 m of the 7.50 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Skyrail Rainforest Cableway is near Kuranda, Australia, at 8 m above sea level (16.84781° S, 145.69479° E). From there it runs 7.50 km up to the top station at 342 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Ride time
- about 6 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.