OUR HISTORY:
Since the first person laid eyes on Table Mountain, it has exerted its
powerful and charismatic pull, enchanting and drawing any and all who fall
under its spell.
The way to the top has never been easy, and for many centuries only a
handful of bold and enterprising people could say that they had climbed it.
By the late 1870's, several of Cape Town's more prominent (and possibly less
fit) citizens had suggested the introduction of a railway line to the top.
Plans to implement a proposed rack railway got under way but the outbreak of
the Anglo-Boer war put a halt to the plans.
The plan was resuscitated in 1926 after a Norwegian engineer, Trygve
Stromsoe, presented plans for a cableway. The plan caught the collective eye
of a group of eminent local businessmen. The idea that an easy route up
would finally become a reality drew them together, forming the Table
Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) to finance the construction. Work
began soon afterwards and the project was finished relatively quickly.
tHE MounTAIN:
Table
Mountain is a sandstone plateau rising up above the Cape Flats.
The top is approximately 3km wide, and at its highest point, Maclears
Beacon, rises to 1085m.
FACILITIES:
The Restaurant
The
self-service restaurant offers a wide range of foods ranging from our hot
breakfast, the hot meal of the day, snack menus and coffee bar.
The Old Stone
Balcony
This is an
open-air area situated behind the Curio Shop, near the Restaurant. This
balcony faces the Twelve Apostles Mountains, has low seating available and
is a fantastic site for evening cocktail functions by sunset.
Max. 25 people
The Twelve
Apostles Balcony
This is an
open-air area situated outside the Restaurant. This balcony also faces the
Twelve Apostles Mountains and has low seating available.
Max. 40 people
The Twelve Apostles Terrace
The terrace
is an open-air area situated below the Restaurant. This terrace faces the
Twelve Apostles Mountains and is ideally an area most suited for
cocktail-style/standing functions.
Max. 250 people
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