Fun Facts!
Table Mountain is one of the oldest mountains on Earth._
Table Mountain is six times older than the Himalayas.
Table Mountain is 260-million years old.
The highest point on Table Mountain is 1085m (3559ft) hight, and is marked by Maclear’s Beacon.
A large stone cairn – built by Sir Thomas Maclear in 1844 – marks the exact spot.
Lions and leopards once roamed wild on Table Mountain.
There are actually two cable cars, which counterbalance each other –
as one goes up, the other comes down. They cannot operate independently of each
other.
The height of the Upper Cableway Station is 1067m above sea level.
The cable cars travel at a maximum speed of 10m per second.
Within the Table Mountain National Park lies the richest single
floristic area on the planet.
There are only three Rotair cable cars in the world: one in
Switzerland, one in the United States and the cable car in South
Africa.
To Date, the Cableway has transported over 20-million people to the summit of
Table Mountain.
Table Mountain is six times older than the Himalayas.
Table Mountain is 260-million years old.
The highest point on Table Mountain is 1085m (3559ft) hight, and is marked by Maclear’s Beacon.
A large stone cairn – built by Sir Thomas Maclear in 1844 – marks the exact spot.
Lions and leopards once roamed wild on Table Mountain.
There are actually two cable cars, which counterbalance each other –
as one goes up, the other comes down. They cannot operate independently of each
other.
The height of the Upper Cableway Station is 1067m above sea level.
The cable cars travel at a maximum speed of 10m per second.
Within the Table Mountain National Park lies the richest single
floristic area on the planet.
There are only three Rotair cable cars in the world: one in
Switzerland, one in the United States and the cable car in South
Africa.
To Date, the Cableway has transported over 20-million people to the summit of
Table Mountain.