Table Mountain Cableway
A rotating cable car, and the whole peninsula laid out at your feet.
Duration
Half day, 4 hours
Group size
2 – 12 guests
Best time
Morning, before the cloud builds
Departs
Hotel pickup, weather-dependent
Pricing
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The day
The cable car turns through 360 degrees as it climbs, so everybody gets the full view on the way up. At the top there are walking paths along the plateau, a restaurant, and the city, the bay and Robben Island spread out below.
Table Mountain is one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature and the cableway has been running since 1929, though the current rotating cars date from 1997. We watch the mountain and take you on a clear day rather than a booked one, because when the 'tablecloth' cloud comes over the top there is nothing to see. Up top, the plateau paths run out to Maclear's Beacon and the Western Table, and the dassies are entirely unbothered by people.
How it runs
- 01
Morning
Lower station
Up to the cableway before the queues and the cloud.
- 02
+15 min
The ascent
The car rotates as it climbs the cliff face.
- 03
Top
The plateau
Walking paths, viewpoints and the restaurant terrace.
- 04
Return
Back down
The descent, with the city rising to meet you.
Gallery
On this tour.
14 photographs
Contact us for pricing
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Every journey is quoted to the group, the season and the number of days. Tell us what you have in mind and our travel desk will come back the same day with a full proposal.
Staying with us? Reserve a suite and we bundle the tours into one itinerary.