Cable car · Merida, Venezuela
Teleférico de Mérida
Teleférico de Mérida is a cable car near Merida, Venezuela. It climbs 3,186 m over 12.11 km, from 1,582 m to 4,768 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 482 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
99/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Teleférico de Mérida is scarier than 99% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 1 of 10 in Venezuela.
- Highest above the ground: about 482 m, higher than the Eiffel Tower (330 m), 11.11 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 2.91 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 8.91 km of the 12.11 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico de Mérida is near Merida, Venezuela, at 1,582 m above sea level (8.59153° N, 71.14148° W). From there it runs 12.11 km up to the top station at 4,768 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 330 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 60 people
- Ride time
- about 50 min
Nearby lines
- Trolcable de Mérida gondola · 6.2 km away · rises 150 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.