Taquilla Teleférico Monserrate — Local services in Bogota, Capital District

This is the "official" Google maps location where you buy your ticket for the cable car to the top of Monserrate mountain.

One of the best places for tourists to visit. One of the two greatest views of downtown Bogota (the second being "Santuario Virgen De Guadalupe" (next mountain to the west) with free admission).

The tickets to take cable car up the mountain during most of the week are $22.000 COP (less than $6 US) and credit card payments are aceptable, for a round-trip ticket (up and back down).

The ride is fast in the cable car (approx 3 minutes one way). The cable car ticket cost on Sunday is slightly cheaper (I believe this is because of the church services that are held in the building on Sunday each week).

The view is amazing! I took video on the way up and down from inside the cable car, and took tons of pictures from the top of the mountain of the city to the north and the tree covered mountains to the south.

Bring some spending cash...There are lots of aggressive vendors at the top (behind the church, in the commercial row that leads to the east) and lots of food and drinks for sale if you want an authentic Colombian lunch or dinner experience. There are sitting areas to eat in each venue, with a view of the south mountains (behind the city).

The restroom at the top does cost $1.000 COP ($ .25 US), so have some extra Colombian cash incase you gotta go. ;) haha (especially if you have little children with you).

Keep in mind that a lot of the Airbnb experiences and tours include a trip up to the Monserrate. I ended up seeing this attraction twice because I didn't realize that and had visited prior to my tour and again during the tour.

However, for only $6 per round trip ticket, it's worth it to see it twice during your trip, but there is also so much to see in Bogota, a little planning can make for a better...

We went on a Monday and would not recommend using the transit options for Montserrat at all.

The funicular was closed but this was not apparent on the website when buying tickets. All they had today was one (?) metrocable taking people up and down in a ~10 minute loop.

It is not clear at any stage how long the wait in line will take. We waited for 2 1/2 hrs and did not reach the second floor of the station. We bailed as the queue to return from the top is apparently of similar length, and the walking path closes early in the afternoon so you are stuck with the wait if you go later.

The view may be good but it is not worth 6(?!) hours of queuing to use the transit here. Further, the complete lack of transparency around wait times, transit outages, and the return half of the trip just makes this a really annoying experience. This context should be attainable without browsing...

Terrible experience. We bought our tickets online in advance of going. We got there and waited in line only to find out you can pay an extra 50000 pesos to get a fast pass that allows you to skip the line. Unable to refund our money or upgrade our passes we sat there for an hour and a half after what seemed like hundreds of people passed us. (Whenever someone buys a fast pass it doesn't matter how long you've been there, they go up ahead of you) Note there are markers that give estimated wait times. We were at the 30 min wait line initially and gave up after 1.5 hours. It was clear at this point that it would be at least 2 or more hours to get up and an official told us that at least 2.5 hours to get back down. Definitely not worth the time, or the online booking. Get a fast pass or be prepared to stand and spend your entire...