Gondola · Caracas, Venezuela
Teleférico de Caracas
Teleférico de Caracas is a gondola near Caracas, Venezuela. It climbs 1,127 m over 3.25 km, from 999 m to 2,126 m above sea level. Between its 16 pylons, the cable runs up to about 200 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
95/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Teleférico de Caracas is scarier than 95% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 2 of 10 in Venezuela.
- Highest above the ground: about 200 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.87 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 677 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 34°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.26 km of the 3.25 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico de Caracas is near Caracas, Venezuela, at 999 m above sea level (10.51239° N, 66.88663° W). From there it runs 3.25 km up to the top station at 2,126 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1956
- Operator
- Ventel
- Capacity
- 2,500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 20 min
Nearby lines
- MetroCable San Agustín, Caracas, 872–997 m gondola · 4.2 km away · rises 125 m
- MetroCable San Agustín, Caracas, 971–997 m gondola · 4.6 km away · rises 26 m
- MetroCable San Agustín, Caracas, 875–941 m gondola · 4.9 km away · rises 65 m
- MetroCable San Agustín, Caracas, 941–971 m gondola · 4.9 km away · rises 31 m
- Cabletrén, Petare, 850–851 m funicular · 9.9 km away · rises 1 m
- Cabletrén, Petare, 840–855 m funicular · 10.0 km away · rises 15 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.