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Cable car · Bogota, Colombia

Teleférico de Monserrate

Teleférico de Monserrate is a cable car near Bogota, Colombia. It climbs 410 m over 613 m, from 2,683 m to 3,093 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 37 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

50/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, Teleférico de Monserrate is scarier than 50% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 17 of 26 in Colombia.

  • Highest above the ground: about 37 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 282 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 579 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 35°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Teleférico de Monserrate is near Bogota, Colombia, at 2,683 m above sea level (4.60287° N, 74.06089° W). From there it runs 613 m up to the top station at 3,093 m.

Operator
Teleférico a Monserrate S.A.
Ride time
about 5 min

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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.