Cape Town and Table Mountain

Our last full day before heading off on to the Garden Route and beyond, we thought would be best spent on a visit to Table Mountain.

Table Mountain is an unavoidable and imposing feature of the landscape, and arriving at Cape Town station we wasted no time in finding a taxi to take us to the lower cable car station. Call us wimps if you like (OK, we're wimps) but the the temperarture was already in excess of 30'C and no way no how were we fit enough for the climb!

Luckily we arrived early and got a good place in the queue, but within 15 minutes hundreds of other tourists arrived. The patient wait for the cable car was well worth it for the spectacular views afforded by the slow ascendence of the rotating car.

Once on top, the heat really began to bite with the temperature rising to an uncomfortable 38'C. Luckily there are very well stocked shops and a restaurant up there.

We decided to walk to the highest point of the Mountain, Maclean's Beacon, which stands 1086 Meters above sea level and took in the fabulous panoramic views surrounding us.

NOTE: Photos WILL appear on this blog, honest, just as soon as we find a suitably equipped internet cafe!