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FULL LENGTH TOUR DESCRIPTION
No visit to Cape Town is complete without a trip up Table Mountain, the city’s most celebrated landmark. Depart from the quayside and travel up Kloof Nek, the saddle between Table Mountain and Lions Head, to the Lower Cableway Station. Ascend from the Valley Station (363 metres) to the Mountain Station (1060 metres) in a Swiss engineered Rotair cable car. The journey from the base to the summit takes just under four minutes and one can enjoy spectacular views, as the floor of the car rotates 360 degrees during the ascent and descent.

Table Mountain gets her name from the flat topped central massif of the mountain, which viewed from the city is surrounded by Devil’s Peak on the left, Lion’s Head on the right and Signal Hill in the foreground. They form a sort of amphitheatre that encloses the city centre and some of the older suburbs. Other earlier suburbs are on either side of the chain of mountains, which run like a spine through the Cape Peninsula, from Table Mountain to Cape Point – the cape from which Cape Town gets its name.

From the summit, the natural protected area stretching from Signal Hill to Cape Point has been managed under the custodianship of the National Parks Board. This area has one of the highest concentrations of endemic plant and animal species in any area of its size, containing a staggering 2285 plant species – more than the entire United Kingdom.

Return to the ship via a short orientation tour of the city of Cape Town.
 
SHORT LENGTH TOUR DESCRIPTION
No visit to Cape Town is complete without a trip up Table Mountain, the city’s most celebrated landmark. Journey from the base to the summit today by cable car and enjoy spectacular views of the city and surroundings. The return to the ship takes you on a short orientation tour of the city of Cape Town.
 
TIMING BREAKDOWN
00:00 – 00:30 Depart the quayside and drive to the lower cable car station
00:30 – 02:30 Ascend Table Mountain by cable car and enjoy the magnificent views from the summit
02:30 – 03:30 Return to the quayside via the Atlantic Coast and a brief orientation tour of the city centre

Approximate duration: 3½ hours
 
OPERATIONAL NOTES
- Guests in wheelchairs can manage this tour with assistance from a ship’s escort or spouse, however this tour is not recommended for guests with walking difficulties
- This tour is strictly weather permitting
- If the cableway is closed, guests will visit the South African Natural History Museum and Signal Hill
- Activity level is Moderate

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