Cable cars in Southeast Asia

Cable cars are not a common sight in Southeast Asia, though there are plans for new cable cars around the region. The exception is in Vietnam, where there are more cable cars than in every country in Southeast Asia combined.

This article list every cable car in Southeast Asia. There is also a news archive of proposed cable cars for every country.

“Cable car” is used as a catch-all term, even though some are classified as gondolas or aerial trams.

Map of cable cars in Southeast Asia

[Map of cable cars in Southeast Asia.]

Cable cars in Southeast Asia

Indonesia

Gondola Ancol
Location: Ancol Dreamland, Jakarta.
Website: gondola-ancol.com

Guci Cable Car
Location: Guci Hot Spring Water, Tegal Regency, Central Java.

Can’t find a reliable website, but here is a news article with a photo.

Skylift Indonesia
Location: Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, East Jakarta.

Taman Safari Indonesia, Cisarua
Location: Taman Safari Indonesia, Cisarua, Bogor, West Java.

Video of the cable car ride.

Kumala Island
Location: Kumala Island, Tenggarong, East Kalimantan.

There are references to a cable car on this island in the Mahakam River, but the island park and cable car appear to be abandoned.

Malaysia

Genting Skyway
Location: Genting Highlands, Selangor.
Line length: 3,380 m.
Wikipedia: Genting Skyway

Awana Skyway
Location: Genting Highlands, Bentong, Pahang.
Line length: 2,400 m.
Wikipedia: Awana Skyway

Langkawi SkyCab
Location: Langkawi Island, Kedah.
Line length: 2,200 m.
Website: panoramalangkawi.com
Wikipedia: Langkawi Cable Car

The Langkawi Cable Car (Langkawi SkyCab) provides an aerial link from the Oriental Village at Teluk Burau to the peak of Gunung Machinchang.

Penang Hill Cable Car (under construction)

Penang Hill Corp expects to start construction of cable car project in Q2 2024

Penang Sky Cab (propsed)

Proposed Penang Sky Cab connecting Butterworth to Unesco heritage site.

Mount Santubong, Damai Peninsular, Kuching (proposed)

Damai Peninsular Master Plan to transform Damai into major tourist attraction – [25/10/24]
“Abdul Hadi explained in the interview that among the plans in the master plan is to have a marina, a cruise ship terminal, expanded golf course, cable cars and a few more iconic hotel chains.”

Santubong cable car? Go ahead, build it – [28/11/20]

No decision yet on proposed cable car at Sarawak’s Mount Santubong – [27/11/20]

Padawan Highlands, Kuching (proposed)

Thumbs up for cable cars in Padawan highlands – [18/12/22]

Bukit Nanas Cable Car, Kuala Lumpur (closed)

‘Bubble cars’ over a KL green lung – [18/10/20]
“The Bukit Nanas cable cars were popularly known as ‘bubble cars’ because of their walls, which gave them sort of a bubbly shape.”

Bukit Nanas cable car service may return – [23/01/15]

Myanmar

Kyat Thyii Yo Sky Cable (Golden Rock Cable Car)
Location: Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, Mon State.
Website: myanmarcablecar.com

Golden Rock cable car opens – [21/12/17]
“Myanmar’s first-ever cable car finally opened this week, giving visitors to Mon State’s Kyaiktiyo Pagoda a new way to get up the mountain.”

Singapore

Singapore Cable Car Sky Network
Location: Mount Faber to Sentosa Island, Singapore.
Line length: 1,650 m
Website: sentosa.com.sg
Wikipedia: Singapore Cable Car

Charting Singapore Cable Car’s 50-year history through five generations of cabin designs – [18/03/24]
“Since its 1974 launch, the iconic attraction has seen improvements such as audio commentaries, glass bottoms and LED illumination.”

Thailand

Hat Yai Cable Car
Location: Hat Yai, Songkhla.
Line length: 535 m

Hat Yai Cable Car is the first cable car in Thailand, operating in the Hat Yai City Park recreation area.

Vietnam

Bà Nà Hills Cable Car
Location: Bà Nà Hills, Danang.
Line length: 5,801 m.
Website: banahills.sunworld.vn

Bà Nà Hills is a theme park that is famous for the Golden Bridge. Bà Nà Hills Cable Car holds the Guinness World Records for the longest non-stop single-track cable car.

[Ba Na Hills Cable Car and Golden Bridge.]

Perfume Pagoda Cable Car
Location: Chùa Hương Quỳnh, Hương Sơn, Mỹ Đức, Hà Nội.
Line length: 1,218 m

Cable cars to take tourists on tour of Perfume Pagoda Festival – [13/12/05]
“Cable cars will be used from 1st January 2006 to take tourists to tour the Perfume Pagoda festival”.

Da Lat Cable Car
Location: Da Lat, Lâm Đồng Province
Line length: 2,300 m

Cable car from Robin Hill to the Truc Lam Monastery.

Huong Tich Gondola
Location: Chua Huong Tich, Ha Tinh.

Cable car to Hương Tích Pagoda.

Ba Den Cable Car
Location: Nui Ba Den, Tây Ninh.
Website: badenmountain.sunworld.vn

A cable car at Núi Bà Đen (Black Lady Mountain) in Tây Ninh City, Tây Ninh Province.

Vung Tau Cable Car
Location: Vũng Tàu, Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu.

Vung Tau Cable Car (or Nui Lon gondola) connects the ferry terminal to Hồ Mây Park on Nui Lon peak.

Ta Cu Cable Car
Location: Thuận Nam, Hàm Thuận Nam, Bình Thuận.

Ta Cu cableway is a cable car to the Linh Son Truong Tho Pagoda on Ta Cu Mountain 28 km west of the tourist area of Phan Thiet.

Yên Tử Cable Car
Location: Thượng Yên Công, Uông Bí, Quảng Ninh.

Yên Tử Mountain is about 50 km from Ha Long Bay. The mountain is a Buddhist pilgrimage site.

Fansipan Cable Car
Location: Sa Pa, Lào Cai.
Website: fansipanlegend.sunworld.vn

Aerial cable car between Sapa and Fansipan (the highest mountain in Vietnam).

Vinpearl Cable Car
Location: Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa.
Line length: 3,320 m.
Wikipedia: Vinpearl Cable Car.

Vinpearl Cable Car connects Nha Trang to VinWonders Nha Trang on Hon Tre Island.

Hon Thom Cable Car
Location: Bãi Đất Đỏ, An Thới, Phú Quốc, Kiên Giang.
Line length: 7,899.9 m.
Website: honthom.sunworld.vn.

Hon Thom Cable Car is the longest non-stop three-rope cable car according to Guinness World Records.

Queen Cable Car
Location: Hồng Gai, Thành phố Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh.
Website: halong.sunworld.vn.

Queen cable car in Ha Long City, held the record of the tallest cable car tower in the world (188.88 m tall). It also holds the record for the biggest aerial tramway cabins, being able to accommodate 230 passengers.

Cat Ba Cable Car
Location: Thôn Chấn, Đồng Bài, Cát Hải, Hải Phòng.
Line length: 3,955 m.
Website: catba.sunworld.vn.

Cat Ba Cable Car connects Cat Hai Island in Hai Phong to near Cai Vieng wharf on Cat Ba Island. The cable car has the tallest cable car tower in the world (214.8 m).

Northern cable car operator posts $12M loss – [17/06/23]

Cam Mountain Cable Car
Location: An Hảo, Tịnh Biên, An Giang.
Line length: 3,500 m.

Cam Mountain (Nui Cam) is the highest mountain in the Mekong Delta (710 metres). The cable car travels between Lam Vien tourism site at the foot of Cam Mountain and Vo Ong Buom on the peak.

Cable car riders on Cam Mountain seen surging – [24/02/2023]

Cable car service to An Giang’s mountain peak launched – [14/02/15]
“Tourists to the Mekong Delta province of An Giang now can enjoy the scenery of Cam Mountain more easily with a cable car service launched on February 14 carrying them to the peak in just eight minutes.”

Sam Mountain Cable Car
Location: Châu Đốc, An Giang
Line length: 900 m.

Sam Mountain cable car officially opens in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta – [13/02/23]
“With the height of 280 meters above sea level, Sam Mountain is among the popular tourist destinations of the Mekong Delta and Vietnam in general.

It is home to several tourist hot spots including Ba Chua Xu Temple, Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb, Tay An Pagoda, and Phuoc Dien Pagoda.”

Cable car news

Cambodia

Phnom Penh

Austrian cable car firm invited to submit plans for transport network – [08/02/23]
“After listening to a company presentation, Chan Kosal recommended that the company prepare a more detailed study regarding the capabilities, benefits and features of the cable car project. The study would be submitted to Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol for review.”

European Firm Mulls Investing in Cable Car Public Transport in Cambodia – [23/11/22]
“A major European company Doppelmayr Group plans to invest in building a cable car system to serve as public transport in Phnom Penh.”

Preah Sihanouk Province

Austrian investment in Ropeway Mobility in Preah Sihanouk deliberated – [27/11/22]

Kep Province

Tourism projects to create jobs in Kep province – [08/09/22]
“Rabbit Island Development Investment, owned by Try Pheap Group, is developing a $130 million multiple resort projects located in Koh Tonsay Island, four kilometres off Kep province.

Across 180 hectares, the project includes five-star hotels, a residential zone, a commercial zone, casinos, bungalows, sports on the beach, public places and transportation by boat and cable car.”

Cable car over the sea Project in Keb Province – [27/06/22]
“The investment project to build a cable-stayed recreation center with a length of more than 600 meters from Kep National Park to connect the site of the former Royal Palace at a cost of about 2 million dollars is under construction and is expected to help promote tourism in Kep. Attract more guests to another level.”

Indonesia

Bandung, West Java

Bandung cable car project to start in November – [22/10/15]
“Bandung municipality will start construction of an 8 million euro (US$9 million) cable car prototype project in November, a top official of the construction company said on Thursday.”

Bogor, West Java

LRT or cable car? BPTJ plans mass transportation for Puncak tourist area – [04/12/19]
“The Greater Jakarta Transportation Agency (BPTJ) is mulling whether to build an LRT or a cable car system to accommodate visitors to the popular tourist destination of Puncak in Bogor, West Java, to ease traffic congestion.”

Lake Toba, North Sumatra

Cable cars for Lake Toba – A guide outlining the proposal.

Chinese, Singaporean Businesses to Invest in Lake Toba – [20/11/17]
“The most serious ones are Chinese [investors]. They want to build resorts, cable cars and railway encircling Lake Toba”.

West Sumatra

Waiting for the cable car to awaken West Sumatra tourism – [23/10/21]
“If the cable car is built in the Puncak Lawang area, Maninjau, or in the Twin Lakes area of Mount Talang, Solok Regency, the assumption is that one cabin is planned to accommodate 6 people with 1 service cabin. The distance traveled one lap will pass 2.85 km in 20 minutes if the speed is at 5 meters per second.”

Mount Rinjani, Lombok

Work on cable car line to Indonesian volcano to begin despite concerns – [01/12/22]

Makassar, South Sulawesi

Aerial cable car in the city centre of Makassar: The potential routes, technology and station locations – [2020]

Philippines

Metro Manila

Marikina-Ortigas cable car project up for NEDA body approval – [04/06/21]
“In a step toward Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade’s dream of having cable cars in Metro Manila, the project is now up for the approval of a National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) body.”

Baguio

Baguio City closer to getting monorail, cable car system – [24/10/19]

Cebu

Cebu City eyes cable cars to address traffic congestion – [23/09/22]

Caticlan to Boracay

Feasibility Study for Caticlan – Boracay Aerial Ropeway Transit – [09/09/18]

Davao

Cable car mass transport eyed in Davao City – [19/07/16]

Thailand

Pattaya

With trams, monorail stalled, Pattaya now looks to cable cars – [17/12/22]

Phuket

China National Communications sign contract for Thailand cable car project – [26/12/22]
“The current project is divided into two phases. The first phase is the line from Kata Beach in the southwest to the Buddha Mountain in the east, and the second phase is the line from Badong Beach in the west to the old city of Phuket in the middle and Wangquan Shopping Center.”

B1.5bn Phuket cable car project given green light – [26/12/19]
“The Phuket provincial committee of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), chaired by Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana, has approved in principle for a sightseeing cable car operating three kilometres long to be built in Phuket.”

Phu Kradueng National Park, Loei

Fresh push for Loei cable car – [18/08/22] 2022 AT 10:14
“Loei province and the Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (Dasta) on Wednesday dusted off a cable car project for a mountaintop in Phu Kradueng National Park.”

Vietnam

If you can take the cable car to the Colosseum, you’re in Vietnam – [25/10/23]
“The country is in the middle of a cable-car bonanza, much of it driven by the over-the-top developments of the Sun Group, which feature giant Buddhas, ersatz European enclaves and selfie spots galore.”

New cable cars in Vietnam are springing up across the country. But not everyone is on board – [11/05/22]
“The success of Vietnam’s existing cable cars is driving the building of new ones, with every resort development worth its salt having such transport worked into its plans.”

Vietnam’s cable car craze is driving environmental decline – [02/05/22]
“As big business builds aerial lifts from north to south, citizens and experts worry over ecological impacts.”

Vietnam’s cable car mania – [19/11/14]
“At least a couple of times a year, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism is torn apart in the local press, along with the agency’s and often-terribly strange ideas for tourism promotion. Most recently has been a cable car in a cave.”

Hanoi

Can a cable car cure Hanoi’s traffic conundrum? This French company thinks so. – [02/07/18]
“A French firm has proposed a new cable car system to span the Red River in the nation’s capital.”

Ho Chi Minh City

Cable car proposed for passengers to reach Tan Son Nhat airport – [22/01/17]

Huong Binh Cable Car

USD74.2-million cable car project linking northern pagodas approved – [18/03/22]
“Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has approved a VND1.7 trillion (USD74.2 million) cable car project to connect two popular pagodas in Hanoi and Hoa Binh Province.

The three-kilometre Huong Binh cable car route will run from Huong Pagoda in Hanoi’s My Duc District and Tien Pagoda in Hoa Binh’s Lac Thuy District.”

Son Doong Cave

Quang Binh says no to controversial Son Doong cable car project – [10/04/19]

World’s largest cave in Vietnam threatened by cable car – [03/12/14]
“Vietnamese are protesting plans to build a cable car through remote Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park that could carry 1,000 visitors an hour to Son Doong cave.”

Lôi Âm Pagoda

Lôi Âm Pagoda to get cable car system – [05/07/17]
“The Quảng Ninh Province’s People’s Committee on Tuesday approved the sites to set up a cable car system and services zone at Lôi Âm Pagoda.

The proposal to start cable car services at the historical and cultural monument in Đại Yên Commune, Hạ Long City, was made by Thu Hà Construction Co Ltd.”

Mau Son Tourism Complex

Work starts on Mau Son tourism complex in Lang Son Province – [23/05/22]
“A ground-breaking ceremony was held on May 20 to commence the construction of an ecotourism complex and cable car system to Mau Son Mountain in the northern province of Lang Son.”

MerryLand Quy Nhơn

A cable car is being advertised as a feature of the MerryLand Quy Nhơn project.

Bach Ma National Park

Yet another cable car planned in Vietnam, this time through biodiverse national park – [15/08/17]
“Officials in the central province of Thua Thien Hue are awaiting permission from the construction ministry to build a resort complex that would include a cable car running through a national park.”

Vung Tau

Ho May Park Cable Car, also referred to as the Doppel Mayer Cable Car. Length not listed.

Dong Nai

Chua Chan Cable Car