Gondola · La Paz, Bolivia
Teleférico Línea Azul: 16 de Julio ↔ Río Seco
Teleférico Línea Azul: 16 de Julio ↔ Río Seco is a gondola near La Paz, Bolivia. It climbs 60 m over 4.97 km, from 4,037 m to 4,097 m above sea level. Between its 36 pylons, the cable runs up to about 35 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
10/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Teleférico Línea Azul: 16 de Julio ↔ Río Seco is scarier than 10% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 13 of 14 in Bolivia.
- Highest above the ground: about 35 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 834 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 464 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 2°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico Línea Azul: 16 de Julio ↔ Río Seco is near La Paz, Bolivia, at 4,037 m above sea level (16.48993° S, 68.20973° W). From there it runs 4.97 km up to the top station at 4,097 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Empresa Estatal de Transporte por Cable Mi Teleférico
- Capacity
- 3,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 17 min
Nearby lines
- Teleférico Línea Roja: 16 de Julio ↔ Central gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 408 m
- Teleférico Línea Plateada: 16 de Julio ↔ Ciudad Satélite gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 37 m
- Teleférico Línea Morada: 6 de Marzo ↔ Faro Murillo gondola · 3.9 km away · rises 22 m
- Teleférico Línea Naranja: Armentia ↔ Villarroel gondola · 5.7 km away · rises 4 m
- Línea Amarilla: Mirador-El Libertador gondola · 6.3 km away · rises 664 m
- Funicular funicular · 6.7 km away · rises 13 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.