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 ...

Whilst at the top, there are countless adventure activities that you can do, from luge rides to zip lining with Ziptrek ...

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.

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 ...

It’s all a long way from the Queenstown Thomas arrived at in 1969, where the gondola was a tiny operation and its famous luge wasn’t even thought of. A lot of the subsequent growth has been due to ...