Dajti Ekspres, Gondola lift system in Tirana, Albania

The Dajti Ekspres is a gondola lift that runs from Porcelani, in eastern Tirana, to the Dajti National Park on Mount Dajti. Its 4,354-metre route is covered in fifteen minutes by thirty eight-person cabins. The lower and upper stations and the supporting towers are built to withstand strong pulling, bending and pressing forces.

The system was constructed in 2005 by Austrian engineers and became one of the longest cable car installations in the Balkans. Its creation made the mountain region easily accessible to the city's residents and visitors.

The cable car is the first installation of its kind in Albania, built by the private company Dajti Ekspres Sh.a. with an investment of 6.5 million euros, financed by Credins Bank. Muhamet Malo, president of Eurolloto and Telesport, holds 91% of the shares, the rest belonging to the SIGMA insurance company. The forest around the upper station once hosted a Workers' Camp and a Pioneers' Camp, and its trails still draw school groups, athletes, climbers and skiers in every season.

The lower station is in Porcelani, in the eastern part of Tirana, and the upper station lies in the Dajti natural park. The 4,354-metre route takes fifteen minutes, with thirty eight-person cabins running on a single cable. Bring a layer for cooler air at the top.

The mountaintop station sits at roughly 1,600 meters elevation and offers views extending to the Adriatic Sea on clear days. This rapid elevation change lets visitors shift from city surroundings to an entirely different landscape within minutes.