La Teleferica Massaua-Asmara

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[image] The superb span between the third counterweight structure and the peak of Mt. Codemas.
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The two sections meeting at the intermediate station of Golei seen from Mt. Abeganzie.


through the hilly areas, the closer it approaches the highlands. This zone is the most picturesque stretch of the superb line, which provides beautifully bold flights in unique spans between the peaks of adjacent mountain ranges, culminating in daring and beauty of the stretches around Ghinda and particularly between Nefasit and the edge of the highlands.

Because of its remarkable length and as a consequence of the change in altitude between sea and highlands, the Eritrean cableway passes through all the climates and all the seasons along its course! Because as the temperature, a function of altitude, varies from the dog days of summer

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