Hike Addicts
Planning a Table Mountain hike
Ready to hike and conquer Table Mountain? Well, it begins with planning. In fact, planning is the most important part of your hike up Table Mountain in Cape Town. This blog guides you through the most significant hiking factors to document and research, with the goal of helping you plan a hike on the iconic mountain.
Hiking Table Mountain
Hiking on Table Mountain is incredible, with its wide variety of unique hiking trails, diverse endemic vegetation and mind-blowing scenery. Table Mountain must be one of the best places on earth to hike. Where else can you venture through indigenous forest and scramble over steep fynbos-rich cliffs on the same hike?
There are Table Mountain hikes that don’t go to the top
Don’t let Table Mountain’s 1086-metre (3,563-foot) elevation put you off going on a Table Mountain hike. Sure, it can come across as intimidating. But Table Mountain accommodates hikers of all fitness levels and fulfils most hiking expectations. There are plenty of easy and moderate walks on and around the iconic flat-topped mountain. Several popular Table Mountain hiking tours do not go to the very top.