Cable car · Banos, Ecuador
Tarabita San Pedro
Tarabita San Pedro is a cable car near Banos, Ecuador. It climbs 42 m over 310 m, from 1,490 m to 1,533 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 122 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
72/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Tarabita San Pedro is scarier than 72% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 4 of 6 in Ecuador.
- Highest above the ground: about 122 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 192 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 310 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 8°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 236 m of the 310 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Tarabita San Pedro is near Banos, Ecuador, at 1,490 m above sea level (1.40711° S, 78.32211° W). From there it runs 310 m up to the top station at 1,533 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Cable car near Banos, 1,640–1,650 m cable car · 5.2 km away · rises 10 m
- Cable car near Banos, 2,059–2,077 m cable car · 12.5 km away · rises 18 m
- Teleférico de Mera cable car · 23.2 km away · rises 16 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.