It’s only 3,500 feet above sea level, but it’s dramatic views of Cape Town and the Atlantic Ocean below are impressive and dizzying. A five-minute ride up the eastern slope of the mountain on a crazy, but modern, sleek funicular brings people to the top. The funicular launches just on the city outskirts and can transport up to 800 people an hour.
Table Mountain, so called because it is completely flat at the summit like a table, is part of a range that stretches from Cape Town all the way down the Cape Peninsula. 2,200 species of local flora can be found on the mountain, and as we have already experienced, Table Mountain National Park south of Cape Town is home to plenty of wildlife. . . . with the exception of our two personal baboons of course.
And when the clouds roll in and cover the top, it’s as if someone shook out a tablecloth over the table.
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| Robben Island can be seen in distance on Table Bay. Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners were imprisoned here. |
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| View of Table Mountain from boat ride on Table Bay. |
You can see Table Mountain at the top of this map, adjacent to the city of Cape Town. Further south, the Table Mountain range stretches into the Cape Peninsula--the Atlantic Ocean on one side, the Indian Ocean on the other.
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