Hike on Table Mountain

Half day hikes on Table Mountain

Cost: all half day walks: R450 per person. Includes entry to Kirstenbosch Gardens where applicable. Transport available at no extra charge. (by arrangement)    

Discounts available on bookings of 3 people or more    

  Nursery Ravine and Skeleton Gorge                                                                            

 hiking time: 3 hours     

Level of difficulty: Both gorges are steep and strenuous. Some ladders and boulders to negotiate. However no exposure.    

Two strenuous gorges 20 minutes apart. Above Kirstenbosch gardens with magnificent views of False Bay. This route offers some of the best indigenous forests and fynbos viewing on the mountain.    

Looking down Nursery Ravine

  Platteklip Gorge

 Approx hiking time: 2 hours                                                                    

Including Maclears Beacon circuit: 3 hours                                                               

Level of difficulty; Steep and strenuous. No exposure    

Platteklip Gorge offers the fastest way to the Table Top of the mountain. Spectacular views over the city and Robben Island are a highlight. Take the Cable car down.    

This walk may be extended to add a walk to Maclears Beacon the highest point on the mountain.    

Celebrating at the top of Platteklip Gorge

  Rooikats Ravine

 Approx hiking time: 2 hours.                                                                                            

Level of difficulty: A short strenuous climb.    

 An excellent walk for those with little time, but keen to get some exercise. The waterfall found at the top of the steep path is well worth the effort. Covered in moss and slowing to a trickle during the summer months. It is surely one of the most beautiful sights on the mountain.    

The waterfall of Roikat Ravine

    Lions Head

 Approx hiking time: 3 hours.      

Level of difficulty: Some exposure.     

Lions Head, the sugarloaf peak alongside the main Table Mountainoffers some of the best views in the Cape.   A short steep ascent with magnificent 360 degree views from the top. There are 2 routes possible. One following an exciting scrambling route with the assistance of chains. The other avoids the chains and is a less exciting but still a steep route.    

At the top of Lions Head

Hikes on Table Mountain for those feeling less than fit

Hike to the highest point on Table Mountain.

Approx hiking time: 2 hours    

 Level of difficulty: Easy.    

Taking the cable car up and down the mountain, means you can have a relatively easy and flat walk on the top. An hours walk will bring you Maclears Beacon, the highest point on Table Mountain. (At only 10metres higher then the upper cable way, you don’t have to worry about a huge climb to get there) You can choose a number of different ways back to the cablecar.)    

Hike to the highest point of Table Mountain

 Newlands Forest circuit

Approx hiking time: From 1 to 3 hours                                                                        

Level of difficulty: Easy    

A stroll through the forest of Newlands escaping the city for a while. The numerous paths leading around the forest and to the contour path mean a walk can take as long as we like.    

  Note

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-  Transport available on request

-  Prices do not include cost of cable car (where applicable)

-  Prices valid 1 Oct 2010 - 1 March 2012