Gondola · Camara de Lobos, Portugal
Teleférico do Rancho
Teleférico do Rancho is a gondola near Camara de Lobos, Portugal. It climbs 155 m over 322 m, from 9 m to 164 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 91 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
74/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Teleférico do Rancho is scarier than 74% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 4 of 11 in Portugal.
- Highest above the ground: about 91 m, as high as a 30-storey building, 199 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 322 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 245 m of the 322 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico do Rancho is near Camara de Lobos, Portugal, at 9 m above sea level (32.65184° N, 16.99606° W). From there it runs 322 m up to the top station at 164 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Teleférico da Fajã dos Padres gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 257 m
- Teleférico do Funchal gondola · 8.8 km away · rises 548 m
- Teleférico do Jardim Botânico gondola · 9.4 km away · rises 224 m
- Training cable car · 12.0 km away · rises 30 m
- Teleférico do Garajau gondola · 13.4 km away · rises 130 m
- Teleférico da Rocha do Navio gondola · 21.2 km away · rises 298 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.