If you decide to ride Skyline Queenstown's luge, tickets – which include round-trip gondola rides and five luge rides – cost NZ$55 ($37) for adults and NZ$45 ($30) for kids. Two luge tracks ...

but the gondola cables and luge tracks can get in the way of photos. After you've had your fun here, consider making the short hike up nearby Queenstown Hill for an even better lookout point.

While it may not look it to the naked eye, luge is one of the most complex sports at the Winter Olympics. Athletes race feet-first down an icy track without mechanical breaks, using only slight ...

One of Skyline's offshore luge sites in Tongyeong, South Korea. What started as a single gondola on Queenstown Hill in 1967 has expanded to a multimillion-dollar business in seven countries ...