Table Mountain - Enjoy a Bird's Eye View of Cape Town

Table Mountain is recognized globally for it unique shape and beauty. Have you been up the mountain yet? The Cable way on Table Mountain first opened as long as 70 years ago on the 4th of October 1929. The construction of the cable car was very difficult as roads had not yet been built to the lower cable station so getting tool up the mountain was a inviting task. Tons of heavy cable was pulled from the harbor a few kilometers away to the lowest of the mountain.

The new Rotair cableways that you see now going up and down the mountain came from Switzerland by ship. Each cable car can carry 65 citizen and the floor revolves so that everybody can get a view. The cable car itself can take the weight of an elephant so weight is never an issue. The floor of the cable car is precisely a large water tank for the dry summer months were water is movable to the top of the mountain for visitors to use.

Songkran Samui

From the top of Table Mountain you can see all of Cape Town, Table Bay, the wine lands as well as the Cape Peninsula. In fact on a gorgeous clear day you can see as far as 150km's away! Table Mountain is also a part of a very extra flower kingdom and many of the plants and flowers found on the mountain cannot be found any were else on earth. On the top of the mountain there are 2km's of pathways, 11 phenomenal viewpoints, a restaurant, bistro take away food, as well as a gift shop.

Table Mountain - Enjoy a Bird's Eye View of Cape Town