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Table Mountain Hike: A Private Exploration Tour with Kirstenbosch Gardens Visit
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Embark on a private exploration tour of Table Mountain, including a visit to Kirstenbosch Gardens. Hike through indigenous forests, enjoy panoramic views of Cape Town, and experience the unforgettable cable car ride down.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden - A Table Mountain classic, Skeleton Gorge is definitely the most sheltered and is an absolute favourite trail for locals and tourists alike. Meet at your accommodation and shuttle to the beautiful Kirstenbosch Gardens (official starting point). We head through the highly acclaimed gardens of Kirstenbosch, giving you a taste its unique flora including the more recently built Canopy Walkway.
Fancy a different route? Our Mountain Guides will take you up India Venster, Kasteelpoort, Platteklip and more… the choice is yours.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Sit-down lunch, beverages and snacks
- Excellent and varied tracks and exclusive mountain trails
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens Entrance
Additional Information
We start at the world famous Kirstenbosch for an informative walk around some of the highlights of the gardens including the new canopy bridge. We then start the climb up Skeleton Gorge following crystal clear streams. The gorge is fill of indigenous forest so we are protected from the elements up this initial climb. Once at the top we enjoy well deserved snacks overlooking a dam found at the top of the mountain.
Its now time to move across the table-top, there is a drastic change in vegetation with flower-strewn fynbos, crystal clear streams and panoramic views of Cape Town and the city’s surrounding mountain ranges. Reaching the highest point of the mountain, Maclear’s Beacon (1065m), the views open up to take in Table Bay and Robben Island. we then tackle the easiest section that meanders towards the Upper Cable Car station . The cable car down is an unforgettable experience as the car rotates and you enjoy 360-degree views. We conclude the tour with a transfer back to your hotel.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Lizzy_t
Apr 23, 2024
Best hike ever! - Absolutely incredible experience!! Matt is so knowledgeable and was an exceptional guide- made it fun, challenging, and pointed out so many beautiful things along the way. Highlight of our trip. Cannot recommend enough!!!
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392lizzyt
Apr 19, 2024
Perfect hike!! - Incredible and perfect day!!! Matt was such a thoughtful and informative guide. He knew the routes well, made it fun and easy for us, and pointed out so many beautiful things along the way. Could not recommend this tour more highly!!! Absolutely fantastic and memories we will have forever
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Geraldgiraffe
Dec 11, 2023
TABLE MOUNTAIN TREK - First class. Can not recommend Matt and his team highly enough. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and friendly and gave us an experience we would have never had on our own. Thank you
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Elizabeth
Sep 9, 2023
Awesome private tour with Matt. 10/10 would book again! - I did a private tour with Matt Fletcher through Kirstenbosch Garden, up Skeleton Gorge and on to Table Mountain, going down the cable car.
It was wonderful! Matt is very knowledgeable about the flora and could answer all my questions. I’m a petite, solo female traveler and felt very safe. 10/10 would book again.
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Thomas_m
May 13, 2023
Great guide! Pray for decent weather. - Matt is an excellent guide! Unfortunately for my wife and I, the weather did not go our way: strong winds and significant runoff from recent rains. We got about halfway up elevationwise—to the top of the ladders—but had to turn back due to the winds and high water levels. Matt gave us a detour on a contour trail to a rockslide so we could get our steps in and a nice view. We then returned to the gardens, our starting point, where Matt gave us a nice tour and lunch at the restaurant there. If you like hot chocolate, theirs is excellent! He then drove us to the front of the mountain at the base cable car station. The winds were howling! The cable car was not running.
Even on a nice day, this is a very strenuous hike. If we made it all the way, it would have been over six miles to the top—the first part that we did accomplish was a relentless climb. If the cable car is not running, it’s a little under two miles down.
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Anna
Apr 14, 2023
Matt - a lunch wizard - For us it was very useful to do the hike guided as there are several possibilities to hike up and part of our route included hiking up a waterfall.
Matt was very well prepared for the hike including water and snacks for everyone - and even magically made a lunch out of his bag appear that we enjoyed at the best view spot of the hike (cheese, crackers, strawberries etc). Also Matt shared a lot of interesting insights about flora and fauna but also let us enjoy the hike in silence when necessary.
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Paultreble99
Feb 4, 2023
An experience we will never forget - The “Boss” Mathew was fantastic,he knew the right trail to use & we arrived at the top knowing everything about the nature & geology around us,he pointed out various land marks & as we got higher he provided refreshments,I’m sure he was monitoring our breathing etc we felt really safe as he was well in control,thank you Mathew for a great experience.
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Nnenna85
Sep 10, 2022
Table mountain summit - Matthew was absolutely amazing. From the beginning we made some changes to the plan and he was willing to go with the flow and help us best figure out what would work for our party. Throughout the hike he was not only knowledgeable but so very kind and encouraging. No matter how many breaks I needed or how many times I stopped he was always patient and I hope to do more guided hikes and biking trips with him in the future.
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Pepepitmd
Sep 25, 2021
Bucket list! - We had planned the Tabletop Mountain since last year. Fortunately we had a beautiful day! Our guide Kirsten was incredible! Tough hike but worth it for the view!
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Adam_t
Dec 3, 2020
One of the best ways to experience Table Mountain - ONE OF THE BEXT EXPERIENCE FROM OUR WHOLE TRIP.
My Husband and I booked a private tour with matt and he was just the best person to do this with. We wanted to do more than just go to the top of the mountain and look, we wanted something a little less touristy and traditional. This is exactly what we got! :)
Out tour started with a walk trough the the Kirstenbosch Garden, then on to the the base of Table Mountain to start our hike. It was incredibly scenic and Matt is VERY knowledgeable about the mountain, surrounding areas and and history, Just a great guide and company during the total of 4-5 hours we spent together. Out tour ended at the top of the mountain at the lookout point, got a bite to eat and a beer to refuel before headed back down on the train, and dropped off at our hotel.
I cant recommend this tour enough!!
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