---
title: Skyrail Rainforest Cableway
date: 2021-07-22T09:44:00+10:00
author: Peter King
canonical_url: "https://sugarworldestate.com.au/skyrail-rainforest-cableway"
section: Site Content Sugarworld
---
#  Skyrail Rainforest Cableway 

Skyrail Rainforest Cableway is a 7.5-kilometre scenic tourist cableway running above the Barron Gorge National Park, in the Wet Tropics of Queensland’s World Heritage Area in Australia.

 

 [View Website  ](https://www.skyrail.com.au/) 

 

 

 

 

  It operates from the Smithfield terminal in Cairns to the Kuranda terminal on the Atherton Tableland. It has won more than 25 awards. Skyrail Rainforest Cableway journeys through the Wet Tropics Rainforest, home to the world's oldest tropical rainforest, older than the Amazon Rainforest. It was the longest gondola cableway in the world when it was completed in 1995. The cableway, which journeys over the MacAlister Range between Smithfield and Kuranda, includes six-person gondola cabins that glide metres above the treetops. A one-way trip takes about 1.5 hours, and a return trip is about 2.5 hours. Two rainforest stations, Red Peak and Barron Falls, allow exploration of the forest floor on boardwalks and education of the World Heritage area. Complimentary ranger guided tours are available at Red Peak. An interpretative display the 'Rainforest Discovery Zone' is located at Red Peak.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 [![Skyrail Rainforest Cableway runs over the Barron Gorge National Park](https://landsalestasmania.com.au/volumes/images/Estates/Sugarworld/Attractions/Skyrail/_1700xAUTO_fit_center-center_60_none/trinity-beach-holiday-accommodation-blog24-nyejjc6xnny7h3rhcpgjj6vpp55q2i10ygi4ctwwaw.jpg)](https://landsalestasmania.com.au/volumes/images/Estates/Sugarworld/Attractions/Skyrail/_1700xAUTO_fit_center-center_60_none/trinity-beach-holiday-accommodation-blog24-nyejjc6xnny7h3rhcpgjj6vpp55q2i10ygi4ctwwaw.jpg)

[![Skyrail Rainforest Cableway runs over forest and waterfalls](https://landsalestasmania.com.au/volumes/images/Estates/Sugarworld/Attractions/Skyrail/_1700xAUTO_fit_center-center_60_none/62.jpg)](https://landsalestasmania.com.au/volumes/images/Estates/Sugarworld/Attractions/Skyrail/_1700xAUTO_fit_center-center_60_none/62.jpg)

[![Skyrail Rainforest Cableway scenic ride can be yours when you own your next property at Sugarworld Estates](https://landsalestasmania.com.au/volumes/images/Estates/Sugarworld/Attractions/Skyrail/_1700xAUTO_fit_center-center_60_none/Army-Duck-Tour-with-Skyrail-Cable-Car-and-Kuranda-Scenic-Railway-Ride.jpg)](https://landsalestasmania.com.au/volumes/images/Estates/Sugarworld/Attractions/Skyrail/_1700xAUTO_fit_center-center_60_none/Army-Duck-Tour-with-Skyrail-Cable-Car-and-Kuranda-Scenic-Railway-Ride.jpg)

[![Skyrail Rainforest Cableway](https://landsalestasmania.com.au/volumes/images/Estates/Sugarworld/Attractions/Skyrail/_1700xAUTO_fit_center-center_60_none/Skyrail-Rainforest-Cableway.jpg)](https://landsalestasmania.com.au/volumes/images/Estates/Sugarworld/Attractions/Skyrail/_1700xAUTO_fit_center-center_60_none/Skyrail-Rainforest-Cableway.jpg)

[![Skyrail Rainforest Cableway view](https://landsalestasmania.com.au/volumes/images/Estates/Sugarworld/Attractions/Skyrail/_1700xAUTO_fit_center-center_60_none/1-Skyrail-Hero-Lead-Image3.jpg)](https://landsalestasmania.com.au/volumes/images/Estates/Sugarworld/Attractions/Skyrail/_1700xAUTO_fit_center-center_60_none/1-Skyrail-Hero-Lead-Image3.jpg)

[![Skyrail Rainforest Cableway relax as you take in the view](https://landsalestasmania.com.au/volumes/images/Estates/Sugarworld/Attractions/Skyrail/_1700xAUTO_fit_center-center_60_none/3f.jpg)](https://landsalestasmania.com.au/volumes/images/Estates/Sugarworld/Attractions/Skyrail/_1700xAUTO_fit_center-center_60_none/3f.jpg)