The World’s 100 Best Cable Cars & Mountain Railways · 2026
The Best Cable Cars & Mountain Railways in Latin America
8 of the 100 lines in The World’s 100 Best Cable Cars & Mountain Railways 2026 are in Latin America, in 6 countries. The highest placed is Teleférico de Mérida in Mérida, Venezuela, at number 4 in the world. Sugarloaf Cable Car in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (number 8) and Aerosilla Cerro Campanario in Bariloche, Argentina (number 39) follow.
Andes
The Teleférico de Mérida climbs through five stations to Pico Espejo in Venezuela. Mi Teleférico is the urban cable car network of La Paz. The Tren Nariz del Diablo zigzags down the Devil’s Nose from Alausí to Sibambe in Ecuador. In Chile, a funicular runs up Cerro San Cristóbal in Santiago and a chairlift climbs Volcán Osorno above Lake Llanquihue; in Argentina a chairlift goes up Cerro Campanario near Bariloche.
Brazil
The Sugarloaf Cable Car runs in two stages from Urca to Morro da Urca and Sugarloaf Mountain. Parque Unipraias in Balneário Camboriú links Barra Sul with Laranjeiras beach over a forested hill.
Lines
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N° 4
Teleférico de Mérida
Mérida, Venezuela
Cable car
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N° 8
Sugarloaf Cable Car
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cable car -
N° 39
Aerosilla Cerro Campanario
Bariloche, Argentina
Chairlift -
N° 53
Mi Teleférico
La Paz, Bolivia
Gondola -
N° 70
Tren Nariz del Diablo
Alausí, Ecuador
Mountain railway -
N° 78
Funicular de Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Funicular -
N° 90
Parque Unipraias
Balneário Camboriú, Brazil
Gondola -
N° 95
Telesillas Volcán Osorno
Puerto Varas, Chile
Chairlift
Best by region
- The NordicsFlåm RailwayFlåm, NorwayN° 1
- EuropeFlåm RailwayFlåm, NorwayN° 1
- AsiaFansipan Legend Cable CarSa Pa, VietnamN° 9
- The Middle EastTéléphérique de JouniehJounieh, LebanonN° 20
- North AmericaPeak 2 Peak GondolaWhistler, CanadaN° 36
- Latin AmericaTeleférico de MéridaMérida, VenezuelaN° 4
- AfricaTable Mountain Aerial CablewayCape Town, South AfricaN° 17
- OceaniaScenic WorldKatoomba, AustraliaN° 27