Ngong Ping 360 is the cable car from Tung Chung, next to the MTR station, up to Ngong Ping on Lantau Island, for the Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery. The ride is about 25 minutes over 5.7 km. The price depends on the cabin, the fare you qualify for and where you buy.
Every price below is in Hong Kong dollars, read from Ngong Ping 360’s own ticket pages and from Pelago on 1 October 2026.
The official prices
| Ticket | Adult | Child, 3 to 11 | Senior, Hong Kong residents only |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard, round trip | 295 | 150 | 155 |
| Crystal, round trip | 365 | 220 | 235 |
| Crystal one way, Standard the other | 330 | 185 | 195 |
| Crystal+, round trip | 545 | 400 | 405 |
| Standard, single trip | 205 | 100 | 105 |
| Crystal, single trip | 240 | 135 | 145 |
Children under 3 ride free.
Standard cabins have an ordinary floor, Crystal cabins have a glass floor, and Crystal+ adds glass on all four sides, which Ngong Ping 360 says gives “more than 80% visibility”. If you are unsure about the glass floor, the combination ticket goes up in Crystal and comes down in Standard, or the other way round, for HK$35 more than a Standard round trip.
Visitors do not get the senior fare. Ngong Ping 360’s terms say: “Senior fare is only applicable to Hong Kong residents holding valid Hong Kong JoyYou Card or Hong Kong Senior Citizen Card as proof of age.” A visiting 70-year-old pays the adult fare.
Where it costs less
Pelago, Singapore Airlines’ experiences platform, sells the same tickets and is cheaper on the regular fares. With the currency set to Hong Kong dollars on 1 October 2026:
| Ticket, adult | Official | Pelago |
|---|---|---|
| Standard, round trip | 295 | 245.03 |
| Crystal, round trip | 365 | 323.71 |
| Standard, single trip | 205 | 176.78 |
| Crystal, single trip | 240 | 207.37 |
| Crystal+, round trip | 545 | 512.21 |
A Standard round trip on Pelago’s cable car ticket options is about HK$50 less per adult, and Pelago showed HK$131.48 for a child against the official HK$150. Pelago’s price was the same on every date we checked in October and November.
The official site is cheaper when it runs a promotion, and it is running two now:
- Crystal+ round trips are 35% off on Ngong Ping 360’s own website, HK$354 for an adult, for tickets used from 1 October to 31 December 2026. Pelago’s Crystal+ promotion is HK$410.45.
- For 1 to 7 October, a morning Standard round trip boarding between 9:00 and 10:30 was HK$148 on the official site with a free one-way upgrade to Crystal, against HK$172.99 for Pelago’s version. That offer has ended.
Hong Kong residents have more. Ngong Ping 360 is marking its 20th anniversary with Standard round trips at its opening price of HK$88 for residents on the 20th of each month until December 2026, which leaves 20 October, 20 November and 20 December.
Check the official promotions page for your dates first. If nothing applies, the regular Standard and Crystal fares are cheaper on Pelago’s Ngong Ping 360 page.
Buy from a channel Ngong Ping 360 accepts
Ngong Ping 360 warns about where tickets come from: “Any tickets purchased from unofficial websites or unauthorized channels will not be accepted. If discovered, such tickets will be voided without refund.”
On Pelago, we could establish that its page names Ngong Ping 360 itself as the provider of the tickets, and that its vouchers are redeemed at Ngong Ping 360’s own ticket offices and self-service machines at the terminals. We found no published list of authorised channels on Ngong Ping 360’s site. For certainty, the official website and the ticket offices are the channels its warning names.
Two rules apply whichever you use:
- The booker must ride. Ngong Ping 360’s ticket terms say “The person booking the ticket must also be the user of the ticket. Please present a valid ID for verification when using the ticket.”
- Everything is fixed-date and final: “Purchased tickets are also non-transferable, non-exchangeable, and non-refundable.”
The rules that decide your day
Both legs on one day. Asked whether a round trip can be split over two days, the FAQ says: “No. The two trips of the round-trip ticket are only valid on the same day.”
Weather is the one exception to no refunds. The ticket page says that when the cable car is suspended “for weather or other reasons, guests can exchange their tickets to another date or apply for a refund at the ticketing office”. The FAQ adds that it “may be suspended, depending on the actual circumstances” in rainstorms or thunderstorms, without naming a signal or wind speed. Check on the morning you go.
Maintenance days. The cable car closed for scheduled maintenance from 8 to 17 September 2026, and its visitor guide showed no further maintenance days when we checked. On servicing days the cable car stops but Ngong Ping Village stays open, so you would need the bus or taxi up.
Hours. The visitor guide gives 10:00 to 18:00 on weekdays and 9:00 to 18:30 on weekends and public holidays. The FAQ still says 10am to 6pm, so on a weekend, trust the guide but allow for the earlier figure.
Queues. At busy times Ngong Ping 360 runs a free electronic queue for the ticket counters, the EQ-Pass. During the October Golden Week holiday it sold a HK$100 express boarding pass that it says “does not guarantee immediate boarding”. Booking online ahead avoids the ticket queue, and the FAQ says tickets can be booked up to 14 days before your visit.
Getting there. The terminal is next to Tung Chung MTR station, a five-minute walk from Exit B.
If Lantau is part of a longer Hong Kong trip, read Hong Kong’s duty-free allowances before you fly in. If you are staying in a hotel, how Hong Kong hotel tax and service charges work explains the bill.
We have an affiliate arrangement with Pelago and earn a commission if you book through our link. The comparison above includes the two cases where the official site is cheaper.
Pelago's Ngong Ping 360 ticket page, with today's price for each cabin (affiliate link)