Merida's Cable Car-Venezuela
We started by paying our entrance tickets, being of Venezuelan nationality we could cancel them in local currency that is Bolivar Sovereign. If you are a foreigner and want to enter the cable car, you must cancel the cost of the dollar entry in cash per person.
Once the ticket is already canceled, you are given access to make a line to enter the wagon, which is all transparent so that you can appreciate more fully the great landscape that you will be fascinated by on all sides. This tour is accompanied at first by a recording that explains many curiosities of the flora and fauna that inhabit there, as well as curiosities about the creation of the cable car in general.
The Mérida Cable Car (Spanish: Teleférico de Mérida) or Mukumbarí is a cable car system in Venezuela. Its base is located in the Venezuelan city of Mérida at an altitude of 1,640 metres (5,380 ft), and its terminus is on Pico Espejo, at 4,765 metres (15,633 ft). It is the highest and second longest cable car in the world for just 500 meters, but is in first place for being the only one which combined such height and length. Mérida Cable Car is a journey of 12.5 kilometers, reaching a height of 4,765 meters, making it an engineering marvel that is one of a kind and has over 40 years of history. The whole system was opened to the public in 1960; it was closed indefinitely in 2008, with a declaration that it had reached the end of its service life and would be rebuilt.[1] In 2011 a project of total modernization of the fixed and mechanical infrastructure of the cable car system was launched. In October 2016 a new regular service was inaugurated. SOURCE
None of the 5 stations is more fun than the last, but on this trip that fifth station was closed for maintenance, but nevertheless it could be seen from the fourth station how it was snowing in the Bolivar peak.
The route that I'm going to make is for that quarter station, where you can also have a great time. The climate is incredibly spectacular and imposing, the mountains around you will leave you stunned with its beauty and the protagonists that you will see everywhere are the “frailejones“ who oversee decorating everything in its path.
To warm up a bit because the cold was inclement we had some hot chocolates in a coffee shop that stays there. Yes, at 4000 meters high.You can also ask for an infinity of things in that cafeteria, but that will be the subject of another post.
Now I will show you what was the best selection of photographs of this experience for me, I hope you enjoy it:
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All the photos are from my property taken with my Samsung J7
What did you think of this tour?
That looks amazing! Only been in a cable car once and that presented some amazing views too! Thanks for sharing this mountainous adventure :)
Without a doubt, it is a great adventure, and I could not stop sharing it with you
Hehe, please share more :)
Oh sure
I will post more about this destination
Whoa, that looks pretty steep!
It is quite high, at that point it was 4000 meters high
Woooo the fog <3
It is truly beautiful as the fog covers you
What is the price in dollars and what in bolivars? Huge difference I suppose. Nice views :)
The teleferico is a work that nationalized the government several years ago, so if you are a Venezuelan national you pay in Bolivares which is the local currency, but if you are a foreigner you must pay in dollars ... I do not put the price because the economy of Venezuela It is very changeable and it may be that the price in $ is no longer in force
I understand everything, but I'd like to know how much you have paid at the day you came up there? I know in South America they have gringo prices, but I'm just courius how it's look like in Venezuela. Do you remember?
50$
It was what the foreigners were paying at the time ... I do not know if the rate went up or not, that's why I did not want to publish the price.
I understand, but 50$ it's aot of money! In Colombia in Medellín cable car costs like 3$ with the entrance to National Park. When did you go there? Long time ago?
I went a month ago.
I told you that in Venezuela prices are exorbitant, they live in an economic situation of hyper inflation. Their prices will never go down, on the contrary, they will go up.
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Wow, great view!
Amazing :)
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