Cable car · Canela, Brazil
Bondinhos do Caracol
Bondinhos do Caracol is a cable car near Canela, Brazil. It climbs 143 m over 359 m, from 638 m to 782 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 14 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
0/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Bondinhos do Caracol is scarier than 0% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 13 of 13 in Brazil.
- Highest above the ground: about 14 m, as high as a 5-storey building, 271 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 182 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Bondinhos do Caracol is near Canela, Brazil, at 638 m above sea level (29.30871° S, 50.85114° W). From there it runs 359 m up to the top station at 782 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.