Gondola · Puli, Taiwan
日月潭纜車 (Sun Moon Lake Ropeway)
日月潭纜車 is a gondola near Puli, Taiwan. It climbs 118 m over 1.86 km, from 759 m to 877 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 216 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
96/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, 日月潭纜車 is scarier than 96% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 1 of 5 in Taiwan.
- Highest above the ground: about 216 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.22 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 788 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 803 m of the 1.86 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 日月潭纜車 is near Puli, Taiwan, at 759 m above sea level (23.85226° N, 120.93482° E). From there it runs 1.86 km up to the top station at 877 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- 九族空中纜車 gondola · 1.1 km away · rises 98 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.