Table Mountain Platteklip Hike + Hotel Pick-Up + Cable Car Platteklip Summit Hike

Climb Platteklip Gorge at sunrise on the route of the first recorded ascent in 1503, with a heritage guide. Private hike, with an optional extension to Maclear's Beacon at no extra cost.
Most Table Mountain hikes climb Platteklip Gorge and end at the cable station. This one goes further, into the mountain's history and, if you choose, to its highest point.

Your guide from Cape Hikes and Tours is a nationally registered Cape Town tour guide who specialises in the region's heritage, and a certified Wilderness First Responder. On the climb you'll hear about the people who came this way before you: Antonio de Saldanha, who made the first recorded ascent in 1503; the early Cape settlers who drew water from the gorge stream, whose flat rocks gave Platteklip its name; and Lady Anne Barnard, whose climb in 1797 became one of the mountain's best-known stories. You'll also learn how the mountain was formed and why it holds more plant species than the whole of the British Isles, and meet the fynbos, proteas and wildlife, such as the rock hyrax or dassie, along the way.

We start at sunrise. The gorge faces the morning sun and has almost no shade, so an early start means you climb the 650 metres in the cool of the day, with the view opening up behind you over the City Bowl, Lion's Head, the harbour and Robben Island.

At the top, you'll follow the plateau edge to viewpoints over Camps Bay, the Twelve Apostles and the Atlantic, then ride the cable car down.

Want to go further? Add the optional extension to Maclear's Beacon, at no extra cost. Leave the crowds behind and walk across the plateau to the stone survey cairn built in the 1840s by Astronomer Royal Sir Thomas Maclear, which marks the mountain's highest point at 1,086 metres. It's quiet, the views stretch over the whole Cape Peninsula, and few visitors make it out there. You'll then return to the upper station for the cable car down, adding about an hour in total. Prefer to keep it shorter? Simply skip the extension and we head straight down by cable car. You can decide on the day.

Every hike is private, just for your group, so you set the pace, with as many breaks, photos and questions as you like. If wind closes the cableway, we walk back down Platteklip Gorge and refund the cable car fare. Hotel pick-up and drop-off are included for up to 3 guests; we collect you about 15 minutes before sunrise. Any additional guests, and larger groups of up to 8, meet us at the Platteklip Gorge trailhead on Tafelberg Road at sunrise. No food or drinks are included, so bring your own water and snacks.

لضمان التوفر، احجز في أقرب وقت ممكن. الحجز المبكر يستحق النظر خاصة إذا كنت تخطط للرحلة خلال موسم الذروة مثل العطلات العامة أو عطلات نهاية الأسبوع.

يمكنك إلغاء هذه الرحلة بدون تكلفة حتى 24 ساعات قبل بدء الرحلة. إذا قمت بالإلغاء بعد 24 ساعات أو لم تحضر في الرحلة، فسيتم تحصيل السعر الكامل للنشاط. التأخر في الاستلام أو المغادرة سيعتبر كعدم حضور.