Gondola · Oruro, Bolivia
Línea Turística Santuario Virgen del Socavón
Línea Turística Santuario Virgen del Socavón is a gondola near Oruro, Bolivia. It climbs 154 m over 839 m, from 3,730 m to 3,884 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 40 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
32/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Línea Turística Santuario Virgen del Socavón is scarier than 32% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 7 of 14 in Bolivia.
- Highest above the ground: about 40 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 408 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 377 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Línea Turística Santuario Virgen del Socavón is near Oruro, Bolivia, at 3,730 m above sea level (17.96729° S, 67.11815° W). From there it runs 839 m up to the top station at 3,884 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2018-02-07
- Operator
- Empresa Estatal de Transporte por Cable Mi Teleférico
- Capacity
- 1,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
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.