Cable car · Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil
Teleférico do Horto
Teleférico do Horto is a cable car near Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil. It climbs 215 m over 1.99 km, from 372 m to 587 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 40 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
22/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Teleférico do Horto is scarier than 22% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 11 of 13 in Brazil.
- Highest above the ground: about 40 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 1.48 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 274 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico do Horto is near Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil, at 372 m above sea level (7.19144° S, 39.31701° W). From there it runs 1.99 km up to the top station at 587 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
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.