Since the first adventurers lay eyes on Table Mountain, this mountain has kept everybody mesmerized who comes near it, looks at it, climbs it or has done the trip by cable way.
Local politicians like Jan Smuts contemplated the future whilst watching the hustle and bustle of city life far below (others continue that tradition up to the present day), lovers still find quiet space up there that augments their sense of something special, tourists stand around breathless in reaction to the immense ocean that weave away over the horizon, and locals laze away stolen private time.
There are various telescopes on the mountain to view Cape Town, Table Bay, False Bay and Robben Island.
The mountain is alive at all times.
People are doing their own thing but so do the abundant wild life shying away from human beings invading their space.
There is a great variety of wild flowers and "fynbos" (about 1470 different species of plants and some of them only to be found on Table Mountain).
Visitors in a hurry will miss the quiet beauty that doesn't shout, that whispers it's way.
Over 16 million people have already visited Table Mountain and the cable cars in flight up and down are adding to that figure endlessly.
More than 600 000 thousand visitors are carried up and down per year since the start in 1929.
The summit is about 1080 square metres and quite flat at the top.
From side to side it is about 3 kilometres.
The more energetic visiters will find about 350 different walking trails, all of them providing breathtaking views - but some should not be explored without an informed guide.
A glass of wine at the restaurant on top during a summer sunset will not be easily forgotten.
Few visitors come away without the feeling that the soul of this mountain has bestowed something lasting to their consciousness.
On the other side of the mountain, one will find the Table Mountain National Park that stretches from Signal Hill to Cape Point in the south.
Views of beautiful valleys, False Bay, soaring cliffs with the huge variety in fauna and flaura will entice the visitor for a long time.
At the end of every visit, most men and women turn away from this spectacular beauty with one last glance towards Robben Island where Nelson Mandela, one of the world's most beloved leaders, spent decades in jail and left the island as a sage.
Local politicians like Jan Smuts contemplated the future whilst watching the hustle and bustle of city life far below (others continue that tradition up to the present day), lovers still find quiet space up there that augments their sense of something special, tourists stand around breathless in reaction to the immense ocean that weave away over the horizon, and locals laze away stolen private time.
There are various telescopes on the mountain to view Cape Town, Table Bay, False Bay and Robben Island.
The mountain is alive at all times.
People are doing their own thing but so do the abundant wild life shying away from human beings invading their space.
There is a great variety of wild flowers and "fynbos" (about 1470 different species of plants and some of them only to be found on Table Mountain).
Visitors in a hurry will miss the quiet beauty that doesn't shout, that whispers it's way.
Over 16 million people have already visited Table Mountain and the cable cars in flight up and down are adding to that figure endlessly.
More than 600 000 thousand visitors are carried up and down per year since the start in 1929.
The summit is about 1080 square metres and quite flat at the top.
From side to side it is about 3 kilometres.
The more energetic visiters will find about 350 different walking trails, all of them providing breathtaking views - but some should not be explored without an informed guide.
A glass of wine at the restaurant on top during a summer sunset will not be easily forgotten.
Few visitors come away without the feeling that the soul of this mountain has bestowed something lasting to their consciousness.
On the other side of the mountain, one will find the Table Mountain National Park that stretches from Signal Hill to Cape Point in the south.
Views of beautiful valleys, False Bay, soaring cliffs with the huge variety in fauna and flaura will entice the visitor for a long time.
At the end of every visit, most men and women turn away from this spectacular beauty with one last glance towards Robben Island where Nelson Mandela, one of the world's most beloved leaders, spent decades in jail and left the island as a sage.