Cars leave Cable Car Lane, off Lambton Quay, every 10 minutes for the five-minute climb to Kelburn.
At the top are the Kelburn Lookout, the Cable Car Museum, Space Place and the top gate of the Botanic Garden, so you can ride up and walk back down to the city. Under-5s ride free.
Photos: Bahnfrend (CC BY-SA 4.0); Clilly4 (CC0); Nick-D (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons.