The Best Cable Cars & Mountain Railways in Asia

Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore

The Fansipan Legend cable car runs from near Sa Pa toward the Fansipan summit over rice terraces. Hon Thom Cable Car crosses about 8 kilometres of sea from Phu Quoc to Hon Thom island. Langkawi SkyCab climbs Gunung Machinchang to the SkyBridge, Awana SkyWay rises through rainforest to Genting Highlands, and the Singapore Cable Car links Mount Faber with Sentosa.

South Korea

Five of the six Korean lines run along the south coast or over water: Geoje, Mokpo, Sacheon and Tongyeong look over the sea and its islands, and the Samaksan cable car in Chuncheon crosses Lake Uiam. Balwangsan Cable Car climbs to a skywalk and yew forest in Pyeongchang.

Himalaya and Central Asia

Gulmarg Gondola climbs to the Kongdoori Valley in Kashmir. The Tsomgo Lake Ropeway near Gangtok starts at the lakeside and ends near 14,500 feet. In Nepal, gondolas run to Manakamana Temple and from Pokhara up to Sarangkot. The Medeu–Shymbulak gondola above Almaty reaches Talgar Pass at about 3,200 metres.

China, Hong Kong and Taiwan

Tianmen Mountain Cableway runs 7.5 kilometres from downtown Zhangjiajie to the summit. Ngong Ping 360 takes about 25 minutes from Tung Chung to Ngong Ping on Lantau Island. In Taiwan, Maokong Gondola climbs from Taipei Zoo to the tea shops of Maokong and the Sun Moon Lake Ropeway links Ita Thao pier with the hills above the lake.