The world’s longest and highest cable car will reopen in Merida in early 2013, adding yet another attraction to Venezuela’s capital of adventure activities.

From its base in Merida, the cable car lifts visitors 3000 meters to a platform just hours from the summit of Pico Bolivar, Venezuela’s highest mountain. It’s also the world’s second longest cable car ...

MÉRIDA, Venezuela- José Betancourt, 75, climbed to the glacier of Pico Bolívar, Venezuela’s highest peak, 158 times before it disappeared in 2017. He’s also summited the nearby Pico ...

By 1990, one mountain, Pico La Concha, had lost all of its glaciers. In 2017, Pico Bolivar, Venezuela’s highest peak, followed suit. Today, only one glacier remains in Venezuela: on the second ...

The world’s longest and highest cable car will reopen in Merida in early 2013, adding yet another attraction to Venezuela’s capital of adventure activities. Venezuela’s Andean playground ...