[2025 Nantou Attraction] Travel Guide for Sun Moon Lake Ropeway Station (Updated Jan)

The Sun Moon Lake Ropeway connects the Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village with Sun Moon Lake. The Sun Moon Lake Station is located southeast of Sun Moon Lake, north of Ita Thao and west of the Youth Activity Center on the lakeshore. The ropeway spans 1.877 km from the Youth Activity Center at Sun Moon Lake to the Guanshan Building in the Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village, with only two stations. From the ropeway, you can enjoy a panoramic view of the famous Sun Moon Lake and the Puli Basin. In a 7-minute aerial journey, you can fully appreciate the beautiful scenery of Sun Moon Lake and the surrounding mountains! At the destination, the Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village, you can experience indigenous culture and enjoy the latest entertainment facilities, making it enjoyable for people of all ages.

#newyearnewtrip You will get to enjoy an extremely beautiful view of the entire Sun Moon Lake and the surrounding hills and greenery on the cable car. They even have crystal base cabins which you do not need to pay extra for, if you are brave enough. You can take a round-trip journey from the ropeway station to the Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village and then back to Sun Moon Lake to continue with your itinerary.

Definitely make the cable car a priority on your trip to Sun Moon Lake! I purchased a combo ticket form Klook that included three boat trips (Ita Thao to Shuishe, Shuishe to Xinshuang, and Xinshuang to Ita Thao - you can do it in a different order if you want) and a return trip on the cable car for 500NT. I started at the cable car where I scanned my QR code at the information desk on the 2nd floor in exchange for a physical ticket for the ropeway (I picked up the boat ticket from Ita Thao pier). The queues were small because it was a weekday so I waited for one of the special glass bottomed cars (1 in 3 is glass bottomed) and found the journey and views to be spectacular. At the terminus there are some gift and snack shops, as well as the Formosan Aboriginal Village (which I didn’t go to). I used the bathroom and went straight back down and had to cart to myself!