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AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand
Sky Tower SkyWalk - 192m High Edge Walk
4.9 (91) · from $121.54
The cheapest Sky Tower tickets on GetYourGuide cost $121.54 for the SkyWalk, rated 4.87 from 91 reviews, which makes it the most reviewed too. SkyJump and SkyRide are $186.54 each. Every one includes entry to the tower, which is 328 m tall, according to Wikipedia, with the Skydeck at 220 m. I’d go in the hour before sunset.
| Tour | From | Rating | Length | Free cancellation | Book |
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| Sky Tower SkyWalk - 192m High Edge Walk | $121.54 | ★ 4.9 (91) | 1.5 hours | Yes | Check availability |
| SkyJump with Sky Tower Entry Ticket | $186.54 | ★ 4.9 (48) | 45 minutes | Yes | Check availability |
| SkyRide with Sky Tower Entry Ticket | $186.54 | ★ 5.0 (3) | 45 minutes | Yes | Check availability |
I checked every Sky Tower ticket that GetYourGuide sells for Auckland, and they are all add-ons built around the same tower entry. There is no plain observation deck ticket in this set, so if you only want the view, the official SkyCity site is where I’d look for the standard entry price. The figures below come from Wikidata, Wikipedia and Open-Meteo, and each one links to its source.
| What | Detail |
|---|---|
| Main observation level | 186 m, with sections of glass flooring, per Wikipedia |
| Skydeck | 220 m, just below the main antenna (Wikipedia) |
| Address | Victoria Street West, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010 (per Google Maps) |
| Opening hours | 9:30 AM to 8 PM Monday to Thursday, 9:30 AM to 8:30 PM Friday to Sunday (per Google Maps) |
| Time to allow | 45 minutes for SkyJump and SkyRide, 1.5 hours for SkyWalk, per the listings |
| Google rating | 4.6 from 22,183 reviews |
The top observation deck labelled Skydeck sits just below the main antenna at 220 m (720 ft).
If your main aim is to stand on a Sky Tower observation deck and also do something more memorable than look through glass, the SkyWalk is the one of the Sky Tower tickets I’d start with. It is a guided walk around the outside of the tower at 192 m, on a walkway about 1.2 m wide, and the listing says there are no handrails. You are clipped by a harness to an overhead safety rail, and the guide talks you through the skyline.
What matters for the price is what is included. The $121.54 listing covers a one hour SkyWalk, a Sky Tower entry ticket for the levels afterwards, and a photo and video package, though the description says you have the chance to buy photos and video of the adventure, so read the page before you assume the extras are free. It is a small group experience run by AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand. Reviewers of these Sky Tower tickets praise the guides, and one wrote that the experience gave them a gigantic view over Auckland.
AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand
My pick: My pick for a first visit if you want the deck and an outdoor edge walk in one booking: it is the cheapest of the three and the most reviewed.
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Because the entry pass is included, you can go up to the observation levels after the walk instead of buying a second ticket. That is the practical reason I rank the SkyWalk first among these Sky Tower tickets: it is the lowest price and it still gets you on the deck.
The SkyJump costs $186.54, which is $65.00 more than the SkyWalk. For that you get a SkyJump of about 45 minutes in total, a Sky Tower entry ticket and a photo and video package that arrives by email after the experience. The ride itself is a controlled drop of 9 seconds from 192 m, and the listing calls it New Zealand’s highest drop. Wikipedia adds that the jump is cable-controlled so that jumpers do not hit the tower in a gust.
AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand
My pick: The one I'd pick for people who want a drop rather than a walk. It has the highest rating of the three that count (4.94 from 48 reviews) and entry is included.
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One reviewer called the jump very tame, not a high speed fall, and said you feel completely secure as you drop. That fits the listing, which says it does not give a sickening gut drop feeling. If you dislike the idea of falling at all, the walk is the gentler thing to book.
Most people who search for Sky Tower tickets in Auckland want one thing: a way up. The tower stands on Victoria Street West in the CBD, and the meeting point on each listing is the corner of Federal and Victoria Streets, with check-in at the office underground in the base of the tower. None of the listings includes transport, and they say you will not need it, because the tower is in the middle of the city.
Booking works the same way across all three Sky Tower tickets: choose a date, pay in US dollars and get free cancellation up to 24 hours before for a full refund. Two of the three listings say English only, and the SkyJump page does not list languages, so confirm with the operator if you need another one. I’d book ahead rather than turn up, because I can’t see live availability in the data and slots at the busiest hours can fill.
SkyRide is the third of the Sky Tower tickets and the one I would call the oddity. At $186.54 it costs the same as SkyJump, and it has only 3 reviews, all five stars, so the rating tells you little yet. The listing describes a seated harness ride up the outside of the tower at 6 m per second to 192 m, then a controlled descent. The whole thing takes around 90 seconds, though the listed duration is 45 minutes.
AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand
My pick: The leftover of the three, and not the cheapest: only 3 reviews so far. Worth it if you want a ride with a view rather than a walk or a drop.
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The listing says the ride includes a Sky Tower pass and a photo and video package. It also excludes children under 10, people under 35 kg and people over 150 kg. I would not pay the same as SkyJump for a product with three reviews unless the lift-and-descent format appeals to you.
For a group, the price per person is simple but the total is not, so use the calculator.
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Prices are the lowest per-person prices on GetYourGuide when I last checked; the final price depends on the date, time slot and age.
Google Maps gives the Sky Tower 4.6 from 22,183 reviews, which is a lot of data for a single attraction. The three Sky Tower tickets here are rated higher than that, but on far fewer reviews: 4.87 from 91 for the SkyWalk, 4.94 from 48 for SkyJump and 5.0 from 3 for SkyRide. Treat the first two as reliable and the third as too early to judge.
Pure adrenaline rush! Gigantic view over Auckland.
The pattern in the review snippets is consistent. People mention the guides by name for the walk, safety focus and friendliness for the jump, and a gradual, low stress ascent for the ride. Nobody I read said the tower entry itself was a letdown, but the snippets are about the activities, so they say little about the indoor levels.
I can’t point to a verified discount on these Sky Tower tickets. The prices in the data are the listed ones, and there is no coupon or bundle in the listings. What the listings do offer is free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance, which lets you book early and drop the plan if the forecast turns. If a bundle or a local resident rate exists, the official SkyCity site is where it would be published, so check there before paying.
The one saving that is real is on the entry itself. Each of the three prices includes a Sky Tower entry pass, so you don’t pay for the observation levels twice. The SkyWalk at $121.54 is the lowest total price among the tickets for the Sky Tower I found for an experience plus entry.
Buying Sky Tower tickets online here means a mobile voucher for the date you choose, and the booking link sends you to GetYourGuide. Each of the Sky Tower tickets has the same booking button on this site, so you can compare the three and then book the one you want.
Two practical points. First, the meeting point is the underground office at the base of the tower, so don’t join the queue for the lifts and expect to be waved through. Second, the SkyRide excludes children under 10 and certain weights, and a guest who fails the check will not ride. Weight limits are the sort of thing the operator enforces on the day, so read the listing before you pay for Sky Tower tickets of this kind.
The tower is 328 m tall to the top of the mast, according to Wikipedia, and it opened on 3 August 1997. The Main Observation Level is at 186 m, with 38 mm thick glass flooring in sections, and the Skydeck is at 220 m. The adventure activities use a lower platform: the SkyWalk, SkyJump and SkyRide listings all say 192 m.
That gap matters for expectations. The deck you reach with your Sky Tower ticket is higher than the 192 m where the SkyWalk and SkyJump happen, so a trip combining both gives you two vantage points about 28 m apart.
Google Maps lists the Sky Tower as open from 9:30 AM to 8 PM Monday to Thursday and 9:30 AM to 8:30 PM Friday to Sunday. That is a long day, and I wouldn’t turn up in the final half hour. Hours can change on public holidays and when the weather is bad, so before you buy Sky Tower tickets, check the official SkyCity site close to your visit.
Wind is the usual reason for disruption. Wikipedia notes that when sway is detected the lifts return to the ground and wait until high winds have abated, and the tower is designed to withstand winds over 200 km/h. An outdoor activity such as the SkyWalk is more likely to be affected than the indoor levels, so keep a flexible day in your Auckland plan.
For a family, the SkyRide is the one with a hard rule: no children under 10 and no one under 35 kg. The listings for the SkyWalk and SkyJump do not state a minimum age, so I’d ask the operator before booking for a young child. I would not guess.
The practical advice is simple. If one adult wants the walk or the drop and the rest of the party would prefer to stay inside, remember that the ticket you buy includes the tower entry for the person doing the activity only. Others in the group would need their own entry from the official site, since none of these listings is a plain deck ticket. That is a gap in this set, and I’d rather say so than imply the family is covered.
Auckland is in the southern hemisphere, so summer is December to February and the sun sets late. Open-Meteo data for the tower in 2025 shows the latest sunsets in January at 20:41 and the earliest in June at 17:10.
| Month | Sunset (Auckland time) | Cloud cover | Sunshine a day | Rainy days |
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| Jan | 20:41 | 51% | 12.2 h | 13 |
| Febclearest | 20:17 | 48% | 12.1 h | 14 |
| Marclearest | 19:39 | 45% | 10.4 h | 8 |
| Apr | 17:55 | 69% | 7.2 h | 20 |
| Mayclearest | 17:22 | 49% | 8.2 h | 10 |
| Jun | 17:10 | 56% | 7.5 h | 13 |
| Jul | 17:22 | 63% | 6.8 h | 15 |
| Aug | 17:46 | 52% | 9.1 h | 16 |
| Sep | 18:11 | 65% | 8.9 h | 17 |
| Oct | 19:37 | 71% | 9.1 h | 15 |
| Nov | 20:08 | 56% | 11.6 h | 17 |
| Dec | 20:36 | 58% | 11.2 h | 13 |
The clearest month in that year was March, with 45 percent average cloud cover, followed by February at 48 and May at 49. The cloudiest were October at 71 percent and April at 69. October is the current month, so if you are visiting now, expect a decent chance of cloud and plan a backup slot.
I’d arrive 45 to 60 minutes before sunset, so you see the city in daylight, the sunset and the lights coming on. Use the planner to find your date.
Sunset planner
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sunset, Auckland time
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typical cloud cover that week
Sunset and cloud cover for the same dates in 2025 at the deck (Open-Meteo historical weather (ERA5), 2025); sunset moves by about a minute between years.
From 220 m the horizon is about 53 km away on a clear day. The calculator lets you test other heights, such as the 192 m of the adventure platform.
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Geometric horizon d ≈ 3.57 × √h (km, h in metres); refraction adds about 8%. Haze and clouds usually limit the real view first. Formula: Distance to the horizon.
Distances below are straight-line from the tower, from Google Maps coordinates. The Ferry Building is 0.74 km (0.46 mi) away on the waterfront, and The Big Wheel is 1.36 km (0.84 mi) away. Auckland Domain is 1.66 km (1.03 mi) and Auckland Museum 1.94 km (1.21 mi). Maungawhau / Mount Eden is 3.23 km (2.01 mi) away, Highwic is 2.81 km (1.74 mi) and Maungauika / North Head Historic Reserve is 4.90 km (3.04 mi). The SkyRide listing names the Waitematā Harbour, Westhaven Marina, the volcanic cones and the Waitākere Ranges as its views.
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There is no other ticketed deck in Auckland on this site yet. Google Maps lists several viewpoints around the city, which are good for photographing the tower itself, something you can’t do from inside it.
| Place | Google rating | Reviews | Distance from the tower | Tickets |
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| Sky Tower | 4.6 | 22,183 | n/a | Yes, from $121.54 |
| Viaduct Lookout | 4.7 | 209 | 0.63 km (0.39 mi) | None on this site |
| Cyril Bassett VC Lookout | 4.5 | 312 | 2.37 km (1.47 mi) | None on this site |
| Auckland Lookout | 4.8 | 310 | 3.12 km (1.94 mi) | None on this site |
| Maungawhau / Mount Eden | 4.7 | 8,438 | 3.23 km (2.01 mi) | None on this site |
If you are also crossing the Tasman, the Sydney Tower page covers the closest deck on the site, about 2,155 km away, and the SkyPoint Observation Deck page covers the Gold Coast, about 2,219 km away.
On GetYourGuide the cheapest Sky Tower ticket I found is the SkyWalk at $121.54, which includes entry to the tower. SkyJump and SkyRide are both $186.54 and also include entry. All three are adventure add-ons, so a plain observation deck ticket is not among the listings here. Check the official site for its standard entry price.
Everyone goes up by the internal lifts. All three listings tell you to meet at the Sky Tower, corner of Federal and Victoria Streets, where check-in is at the office underground in the base of the tower. Your Sky Tower ticket is a voucher for the date you pick. Free cancellation applies up to 24 hours before.
I think so if you want a view over the harbour and the volcanic cones. Google Maps rates the Sky Tower 4.6 from 22,183 reviews. The Skydeck sits at 220 m, according to Wikipedia, and on a clear day the horizon is about 53 km away. The tower is less rewarding under heavy cloud, so check the forecast first.
Not on an ordinary day, as far as I can tell. Wikipedia describes the stairs as a race course for firefighters, with 1,108 steps counted out of 1,267, and calls the climb a vertical marathon. Regular visitors take the lifts, which means buying one of the Sky Tower tickets above or entry from the official site.
SkyRide excludes children under 10, anyone under 35 kg (77 lbs) and anyone over 150 kg (331 lbs), per the listing. The SkyWalk and SkyJump listings on this page do not publish age limits, so check with the operator before you book children. Entry to the tower itself is included with each ticket.
Google Maps lists 9:30 AM to 8:30 PM on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and 9:30 AM to 8 PM Monday to Thursday. Hours can change on holidays and in poor weather, so check the official SkyCity site before you travel. Wind can also halt the adventure activities.