Gondola · Canico, Portugal
Teleférico do Garajau
Teleférico do Garajau is a gondola near Canico, Portugal. It climbs 130 m over 186 m, from 12 m to 142 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 47 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
44/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Teleférico do Garajau is scarier than 44% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 7 of 11 in Portugal.
- Highest above the ground: about 47 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 90 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 181 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 35°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico do Garajau is near Canico, Portugal, at 12 m above sea level (32.63865° N, 16.85326° W). From there it runs 186 m up to the top station at 142 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- Training cable car · 1.5 km away · rises 30 m
- Teleférico do Funchal gondola · 5.2 km away · rises 548 m
- Teleférico do Jardim Botânico gondola · 5.4 km away · rises 224 m
- Teleférico do Rancho gondola · 13.4 km away · rises 155 m
- Teleférico do Larano gondola · 14.4 km away · rises 209 m
- Teleférico da Fajã dos Padres gondola · 16.3 km away · rises 257 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.