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 is being rebuilt.
In 2011 it began a project of total modernization of the cable car which promised to become the most modern in the world. In April 2016 it re-opened its doors to the public.
The Mérida Cable Car is made up of four cable cars connected serially, making it easy to move across 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) and overcome the rugged terrain between the city of Mérida and the Espejo Peak.
First stretch
From the Chama River Canyon, moving from the top and after the top. The Meseta de Mérida with its neighboring towns - Tabay, La Parroquia and Ejido.
second stretch
Altiandina cloud forest up to the high moors, where El Toro Peak (4,756 m) emerges. The Sierra Nevada National Park and, to the north, you can see the Sierra de la Culata National Park, in the heart of the Venezuelan Andes.
third stretch
The moors Here you can see more than 86 species of frailejón, an exclusive plant of the Andes mountain range. To the front we see the North flank of Pico Bolívar and, below, there is a road that leads to Los Nevados village, on the other side of the mountains.
fourth stretch
Pico Bolívar (4.980 msnm).
It really is an excellent experience, you can also descend from the heights with extreme sports like hiking, parachuting, climbing and others.
But, this is not the only thing you have to see in Merida, Venezuela. you have Beautiful hotels and cabins, the truchicultura (fishing in the area), good vegetation, as well as flowers, fish and cattle, you will find loving puppies and kittens that will accompany you throughout the trip, because in the cabins, ways and hotels it's normal to find them.
