Highest Bungee Jump in the World

I now have one more thing to do before I die.

The Macau Sky Tower is located in the for­mer Por­tuguese colony of Macau, now part of the People’s Repub­lic of China. It was cre­ated by casino bil­lion­aire Stan­ley Ho Hung-Sun after he saw a sim­i­lar tower in Auck­land, New Zealand. Mea­sur­ing 338 m (1,109 ft) in height from ground level to the high­est point, the Macau Tower fea­tures a num­ber of extreme actives, includ­ing the sky­walk, mast climb, sky jump, and of course, the ever pop­u­lar bungee jump.

The leap is taken from the main obser­va­tion deck, 233 meters (765 feet) above the ground. This hap­pens to cur­rently be the world’s high­est bungee jump from a stand­ing struc­ture (there are “higher” jumps). There are a few videos of the jump after the jump.

Some other facts about the tower:

• It was offi­cially opened in 19^th Decem­ber 2001.
• The steel mast on top is 90 meters tall.
• It was built on reclaimed land.
• It is cur­rently 14^th high­est free-standing telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion tower in the world, and the tenth tallest free-standing struc­ture in the world (eighth tallest in Asia).
• The tower is designed to resist 300 km/h winds.

I got a lit­tle excited just watch­ing this video. I bet you have a longer free fall time then most begin­ner sky­div­ing jumps.

The tower also does a “sky jump” activ­ity, where you have a more con­trolled plunge.

Jump from the outer rim of the Macau Tower, 233 meters above ground. Enjoy a 17-second flight while reach­ing a speed of nearly 75 km/hr. Based upon the tech­nol­ogy of fan descen­ders, clients are able to reach high speeds and then slow down for a com­fort­able land­ing speed before land­ing on the ground. This is the “High­est Com­mer­cial Decel­er­a­tor Descent” in the world and rec­og­nized by Guin­ness World Records.

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