Table Mountain
A flat-topped mountain overlooking Cape Town, Table Mountain rises to 1,086 m at Maclear’s Beacon. You go up by cableway or on foot, for instance through Platteklip Gorge, a direct route first climbed in 1503.
Key facts
Before you go.
- Starting point
- Cape Town, the lower cableway stationTable Mountain (Wikipedia)
- GPS coordinates
- -33.96218, 18.40988Table Mountain (Wikipedia)
- Opening hours
- Cableway from 8 a.m., closing time varies; it only runs in good weatherTicket Prices (Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, site officiel)
- Official price
- 475 rand for an adult return online (530 rand at the ticket office), rates valid from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027 · checked on 1 November 2026Ticket Prices (Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, site officiel)
Good to know
Three things to remember.
The summit is often covered by a “table cloth” of cloud brought by the south-easterly wind.
Table Mountain (Wikipedia)Only tickets bought from Webtickets, the official agency, or at the ticket office are valid.
Ticket Prices (Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, site officiel)If weather closes the cableway, an online ticket can be used on another open day that week, or refunded.
Ticket Prices (Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, site officiel)
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Keep exploring
South Africa
The Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point
The Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias rounded it in 1487 and first called it the Cape of Storms.
The penguins of Boulders Beach
In Simon’s Town, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula, a colony of critically endangered African penguins settled in 1982.
Robben Island
In Table Bay, 11 km from Cape Town, the island has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999.
Sources · 2 pages consulted, with the exact sentence used
- Table Mountain (Wikipedia)
[…] is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town […] many visitors either using the cableway or hiking to the top. The highest point on Table Mountain […] is marked by Maclear's Beacon […] It is 1,086 metres (3,563 ft) above sea level […] Platteklip Gorge […] provides an easy and direct ascent to the summit and was the route taken by António de Saldanha on the first recorded ascent of the mountain in 1503. The flat top of the mountain is often covered by orographic clouds, formed when a southeasterly wind […] the so-called "table cloth" of cloud. (coordinates -33.96218, 18.40988)
- Ticket Prices (Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, site officiel)
The Cableway operates weather permitting. […] Ticket rates applicable from 1 July 2026 - 30 June 2027 […] Online Ticket Adult 08h00 - close Return | R475 One way | R300 […] Ticket Office Adult 08h00 - close Return | R530 […] You can either use your online ticket on the next open day within the week you have booked your ticket for or claim your refund online. […] Cableway tickets are only valid if purchased via Webtickets (our ticketing agency).
Opening hours, prices and access conditions change: check them with the official source before you go. Viafro publishes no price without a source and a date.