Table Mountain Cape Town
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The familiar form of our unique flat topped mountain has always been there. In fact long before the early days when the original inhabitants of the Cape the indigenous Khoi San roamed the coastal plains.
Table Mountain sheltered the original Cape explorers in the 16th century, the first European settlers and the many following generations of slaves, immigrants and travellers who helped to build and develop our special city.
The extraordinary appeal of Cape Town's famous natural attraction is known and appreciated in South Africa and around the world. It is a regular feature on postcards and has been captured in its varied moods, in numerous pictures and films.
Our Table Mountain Cape Town mountain range originated some 500 million years ago when Africa was part of the Gondwana land continent. The Earth was in a turmoil of earth quakes and volcanic activity.
The gigantic tectonic plates within the mantle, far below the seabed shifted over time and molten lava was forced upwards through a layer of shale to cool and form granite. Sand was deposited by ancient rivers over millions of years to shape the Cape mountains we have today.
Table Mountain Cape Town stands at the head of a mountain chain extending South along the backbone of the Cape Peninsula towards Cape Point. It is the direction from whence the well known Cape south easterly wind originates, from faraway over the Atlantic Ocean, and it is the region now known as the Table Mountain National Park
Intending to use the cable car to go up the mountain? Now you can get your Table Mountain cableway tickets online and avoid the queue. Cableway e-tickets
For cheaper access to numerous Cape Town attractions: Cape Town Pass
You can see Table Mountain Cape Town in the company of an enthusiastic guide on an organised Table Mountain Tour
Today, our Table Mountain Cape Town is a magnet for photographers, tourists and hikers, and you shouldn't visit Cape Town without taking a cable car ride, or a hike to the summit. The upper cable station is at 1067 metres and the highest point Maclears Beacon stands at 1085 metres.
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