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Skyline Skyrides
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A 2,900-foot cable-car system brings you to the summit of Mt. Ngongotaha for spectacular views over Lake Rotorua. At the summit, 1,600 feet above sea level, there's a café, a restaurant, a souvenir shop, a shooting gallery, and the Sky Swing, another Kiwi way of triggering a heart attack. Don't miss the luge track, where you can take hair-raisingly fast rides on wheeled bobsled-like luges. (You can also go slowly; a braking system gives you full control of your speed.) The track runs partway down the mountain, winding through the redwood trees; from the bottom, you can return to the summit on a separate chairlift.
- Address: Fairy Springs Rd., Rotorua, 3015
- Phone: 07/347-0027
- Cost: NZ$25 cable car, NZ$10 luge
- Website: www.skyline.co.nz
- Location: Rotorua Environs
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