Sky Tower is one of the most exciting attractions New Zealand. It is the tallest building in the southern hemisphere and the tallest man in the creation of New Zealand. The height of the Sky Tower is 328 meters. The tower was built by the construction company Fletcher Construction, the design of the tower developed Gordon Moller. The construction of the tower was spent 2 years and 9 months, the plan was required for six months more. The design of the tower allows for storms with wind gusts up to 200 km / h, as well as earthquakes in 8 points in a 20 km radius of the tower.

Three glass elevators Sky Tower can take 225 people at a time. Lifts run on schedule every 15 minutes. They move at a speed of 18 km / h, thus wasting a trip to the top is only 40 seconds. On the tower has 3 viewing platforms, each of which you can observe the panorama of 360 degrees. On a clear day, the distance at which scans the neighborhood, is 82 km away.

Sky Tower, in addition to the opportunity to enjoy unprecedented views of the surrounding area of ​​Auckland, offers great opportunities for entertainment. In its interior, anyone can visit any of the 11 restaurants and 10 bars, each of which has its own kitchen, theme and atmosphere.

The Sky Tower are two of the hotel (Skycity Hotel and Skycity Grand Hotel), offering a variety of accommodations, food and the rental period, depending on the needs of tourists. There is even a casino where anyone can play poker.

The most daring can experience all the pleasures of ski jumping (SkyJump). Under the supervision of an experienced instructor lovers of extreme sports falling from a height of 192 meters down. Flight lasts about 11 seconds and held at approximately 85 km / h. The flight ends with a smooth landing at Sky City Plaza. Flying is so safe that can take advantage of this service wishes of almost any age.

To carry out all sorts of business activities provided Sky Tower Convention Centre SKYCITY Auckland Convention Centre area of ​​5000 sq.m. In addition to conferences, the tower has all the conditions for banquets, exhibitions, meetings, web conferencing, gala dinners, awards, charity dinners and so forth.

Auckland's Sky Tower - it's actually a city within a city.