Cable car · Algiers, Algeria
Téléphérique Notre Dame d'Afrique
Téléphérique Notre Dame d'Afrique is a cable car near Algiers, Algeria. It climbs 94 m over 251 m, from 23 m to 116 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 17 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
2/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Téléphérique Notre Dame d'Afrique is scarier than 2% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 21 of 22 in Algeria.
- Highest above the ground: about 17 m, as high as a 6-storey building, 103 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 251 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Téléphérique Notre Dame d'Afrique is near Algiers, Algeria, at 23 m above sea level (36.80379° N, 3.04439° E). From there it runs 251 m up to the top station at 116 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1984
- Operator
- مؤسسة النقل الحضري وشبه الحضري لمدينة الجزائر
- Capacity
- 1,050 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 35 people
- Ride time
- about 2 min
Nearby lines
- Télécabine Z'ghara gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 93 m
- Télécabine Oued Korriche gondola · 2.6 km away · rises 308 m
- Téléphérique El Madania cable car · 6.4 km away · rises 101 m
- Téléphérique Mémorial cable car · 6.9 km away · rises 86 m
- Cable car near Algiers, 225–236 m cable car · 7.1 km away · rises 11 m
- Téléphérique Palais de la Culture cable car · 7.7 km away · rises 93 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.