Are you afraid of heights? Don’t panic, Relax! Your fear will not prevent you from taking the cable cars to visit Urca Hill and Sugar Loaf Mountain. Why? Here are a few reasons to convince you to not miss the chance of visiting Sugar Loaf while in Rio de Janeiro:
1 – The cars are brand new (2007)
2 – The cables are brand new (2002; need to be replaced every 30 years)
3 – Sugar Loaf company follows rigorous maintenance procedures
4 – The current cable car system was brought from Europe
5 – The cable car ride is smooth; it does not shake
6 – The cable car ride is fast; it take only 3 minutes (but you need to take it 4 times)
7 – The floor is not transparent; if you stay in the middle of the cable car and look down you won’t see the views of Rio, and won’t feel afraid
8 – There has never been an accident
9 – You won’t feel as high as on other cable cars across the world (Sugar Loaf is only 396 meters high [1,306 feet])
10 – As a last resource, you can hike up for 25 minutes the trail that leads to Urca Hill (220 meters/726 feet high), the hill half way Sugar Loaf.
Forget about heights now; see photos and more info on how to visit Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil