What to see

Your ascent to the top of Table Mountain takes just under 10 minutes and offers you a 360 degree view of the city. Once on top there are over 2km of pathways leading you to views over Cape Town, Table Bay, Robben Island the Cape Flats and the Cape Peninsula. There are also short walks available or you can join one of free guided tours daily at 10h00 and 12h00.

Once on top of Table Mountain you have a choice of walks that you can take:

• Dassie Walk
  Offers you spectacular views north, west and south.

• Agama Walk
  This popular route has been specially chosen to give you spectacular 360 degree views of Cape Town and Cape Peninsula.

• Klipspringer Walk
  This walk offers wonderful views, along the plateau edge to above Platteklip Gorge. In summer you can see the sunshine conebush in full flower.

Fauna and Flora on Table Mountain

Table Mountain is famous for its extra-ordinary floral biodiversity, mainly fynbos. Table Mountain alone has over 1500 species of plants, roughly the same number as are found throughout the entire British Isles. Table Mountain National Park is the  richest corner of the Cape Floristic Region and richest single floristic area in the world.

Visitors can expect to encounter dassies (rock hyrax) at the top of Table Mountain. The dassie is about 50cm in length and resembles a rabbit. The dassie however, is not a rodent and in fact, anatomically is a close living relative of  the elephant.

The indigenous birds that can sometimes be seen are the Black Eagle, Rock Kestrels and Sunbirds. Not indigenous to the mountain, but certainly the most likely to be seen, are the Red-winged Starling and Black-winged Starlings. These handsome birds nest on cliff faces so they are right at home among the steep crags of Table Mountain.