Gondola · La Dolorita, Venezuela
MetroCable Mariches
MetroCable Mariches is a gondola near La Dolorita, Venezuela. It climbs 229 m over 4.79 km, from 876 m to 1,105 m above sea level. Between its 21 pylons, the cable runs up to about 83 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
75/100 · Scary
By the numbers, MetroCable Mariches is scarier than 75% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 5 of 10 in Venezuela.
- Highest above the ground: about 83 m, as high as a 28-storey building, 3.06 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 899 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 12°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 857 m of the 4.79 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of MetroCable Mariches is near La Dolorita, Venezuela, at 876 m above sea level (10.47814° N, 66.79840° W). From there it runs 4.79 km up to the top station at 1,105 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2012
- Operator
- C.A. Metro de Caracas
- Capacity
- 1,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 20 min
Nearby lines
- MetroCable La Dolorita, 1,065–1,089 m gondola · 0.7 km away · rises 24 m
- MetroCable La Dolorita, 848–1,065 m gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 218 m
- Cabletrén, Petare, 840–855 m funicular · 3.2 km away · rises 15 m
- Cabletrén, Petare, 850–851 m funicular · 3.3 km away · rises 1 m
- Teleférico de Caracas gondola · 13.2 km away · rises 1,127 m
- MetroCable San Agustín, Caracas, 872–997 m gondola · 13.7 km away · rises 125 m
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.