Sky Tower is New Zealand's leading man-made wonder. At 328 metres (over 1000 feet) it is the tallest structure in the southern hemisphere. Tall and very thin, on windy days it can sway up to one metre from side to side. Visitors can take a lift to the very top, or even jump - certainly not for the faint-hearted!
The tower is part of the Sky City complex, a city-centre compendium of casinos, entertainment and eateries. All rather on the tacky side, the tower itself is definitely the central attraction. There are three observation decks, and a somewhat-terrifying glass-fronted elevator that takes you to them. The views at the top are naturally breathtaking - as far as 80km on a clear day.
The tower also makes a stunning structure from the outside - soaring out of the fairly small set of skyscrapers in Auckland's city centre, it is everyone's bearing point for working out where they are in the city. It stands out particularly at night, when the whole "mast" is floodlit in different colours (the choice of colours depending on current sponsors or charity events).
For the really crazy, there's Sky Jump, a jump of 192 metres - making it the highest land-based jump in the world. Using state of the art technology and wires, this is strictly for the bungee obsessed. You free fall for 20 seconds . . .
The tower also makes a stunning structure from the outside - soaring out of the fairly small set of skyscrapers in Auckland's city centre, it is everyone's bearing point for working out where they are in the city. It stands out particularly at night, when the whole "mast" is floodlit in different colours (the choice of colours depending on current sponsors or charity events).
For the really crazy, there's Sky Jump, a jump of 192 metres - making it the highest land-based jump in the world. Using state of the art technology and wires, this is strictly for the bungee obsessed. You free fall for 20 seconds . . .
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