Nobel Peace Prize winners vote for Table Mountain

Nobel Peace Prize win­ners Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu and FW de Klerk have pledged their sup­port for Table Mountain in the race to be named one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. This flat-topped won­der has already been voted one of the final 28 sites for the New 7 Wonders of Nature cam­paign, a con­test which aims to attract more than 1 bil­lion votes across the globe.

And with just over two months to garner sup­port for Table Mountain, the Vote for Table Mountain sup­port­ing com­mit­tee is proud to wel­come South Africa’s most fam­ous faces to the list of ambas­sad­ors call­ing on all South Africans to vote. Continued

A visit to Cape Town – the perfect whirlwind tour scenario!

Cape Town Tours

It's quite a daunt­ing task, design­ing a per­fect two-day visit for a friend-of-a-friend of mine who flies in from Johannesburg (hav­ing spent the bet­ter part of a week there from London) and has but two days to exper­i­ence the Mother City, voted one of the world's top 10 cit­ies by US Travel and Leisure in 2005, 2006 and 2007, and one of the top 10 world food cit­ies by Lonely Planet in 2008!

My mind a boggle, I haul out the latest Time Out Cape Town only to end up more con­fused than before. There is so much to do in and around Cape Town that to list but a few things for each day is to err in my duty to present the full pic­ture! Continued

Bishop Tutu casts his vote for Table Mountain — Have you?

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has urged Capetonians, their fel­low South Africans and inter­na­tional fans to cast their vote for Table Mountain in the Official New7Wonders of Nature cam­paign. The iconic South African and Nobel Peace Laureate was speak­ing at a press con­fer­ence in Cape Town yes­ter­day, Thursday May 6.

The majestic flat-topped moun­tain is on a short­l­ist of 28 nat­ural sites from around the globe com­pet­ing to be named one of the Official New7Wonders of Nature. The Official New7Wonders are determ­ined entirely by votes (online, tele­phone and /or SMS) from the pub­lic, with the organ­isers aim­ing to attract more than 1 bil­lion votes across the globe. Continued

Table Mountain Aerial Cableway’s annual family winter special

Table Mountain cablecar

Table Mountain Aerial Cableway’s annual fam­ily winter spe­cial starts on the 1^st May and is valid through to 31^st October 2010. Throughout this period, two chil­dren (under 18) will ride for free to the top of Table Mountain when accom­pan­ied by a full-paying adult. The spe­cial is valid over week­ends and pub­lic hol­i­days and every day of the school hol­i­days from 10^th June 10 to 12^th July 12 and and in the September holidays.

A spe­cial hol­i­day pro­gramme for kids will be run­ning dur­ing the five-week long hol­i­day which fea­tures a Winter Treasure Trail, spot prizes, magic shows, face paint­ing and craft activ­it­ies. Continued

Photograph of iconic Table Mountain on International Day of Climate Action by Dave Estment

Did you know that 24 October was the International Day of Climate Action? The inten­tion of this day, organ­ised by 350.org, was to lift pub­lic aware­ness on the need for an inter­na­tional cli­mate treaty to reach 350. 350.org called upon people from every corner of the globe to find an iconic place in their com­munity and incor­por­ate the num­ber 350 with this place and take a pho­to­graph. Once all the images are col­lec­ted they will be delivered to world lead­ers and the media to show how uni­fied the cli­mate move­ment is ... Continued

Table Mountain by Greg Lumley

Table Mountain pho­to­graphs by pop­u­lar Cape Town wed­ding pho­to­grapher, Greg Lumley. Table Mountain has made it into the final round of the New 7 Wonders of Nature con­test — so may we take this oppor­tun­ity to remind you to vote! Continued

Table Mountain Cable Car Station Photo

Our photo of the day is of the Table Mountain Cable Car Station. There are many ways to reach the top of the fam­ous moun­tain (see Table Mountain Hiking Trails), but the most pop­u­lar is to take the Cable Car to the top ... Continued

Buy Table Mountain Cable Car Tickets Online

As of today, August 17, Table Mountain Aerial Cableway has intro­duced a tick­et­ing sys­tem that allows vis­it­ors to pur­chase tick­ets online. This is great news as you can now avoid wait­ing in queues at the ticket office and head straight for the cable car. Continued

View from the Top ... (of Table Mountain)

Photographs of the view taken from the top of Cape Town's iconic Table Mountain. View more pho­tos in our  photo-gallery on SA-Venues.com at Table moun­tain pho­to­graphs or if hik­ing on Table Mountain appeals to you, see our art­icle pub­lished earlier this week Table Mountain hik­ing trails

The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway will reopen to the pub­lic this com­ing Monday, Continued

Table Mountain Tops Everest

Table Mountain

Table Mountain is one step closer to being named one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. South Africa’s iconic moun­tain, and its only offi­cial nom­inee, has been voted as one of the top 77 sites selec­ted from over 261 par­ti­cipants from around the globe, it was announced yes­ter­day by the New7Wonders found­a­tion, Thursday July 9, 2009.

The much-loved land­mark beat fel­low cat­egory con­tenders Mount Everest, K2 and Mount Fiji in round two of the inter­na­tional com­pet­i­tion that relied solely on votes from the pub­lic. Table Mountain needed to be ranked in the top 11 of its cat­egory — moun­tains and vol­ca­noes. Other cat­egor­ies include sea­scapes, lakes, islands, ice form­a­tions, water­falls and forests. “We are thrilled at the enorm­ous level of sup­port and votes from the cit­izens of South Africa as well as from fans around the globe,” said Sabine Lehmann, CEO of Table Mountain Cableway, who formed an offi­cial sup­port­ing com­mit­tee to pro­mote Table Mountain as a nom­inee. Continued

Table Mountain Photograph

We felt it was fit­ting to pub­lish a pho­to­graph of iconic Table Mountain today, as Table Mountain has been voted as one of the top 77 sites yes­ter­day by the New7Wonders found­a­tion and is now one step closer to being named one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature ... Continued

Another Good Reason to Visit Cape Town

Table Mountain

Cape Town’s icon, Table Mountain, stands with her base firmly within the Table Mountain National Park, 1 086 metres above Table Bay. The impos­ing table top, more often than not draped in rich cloud that seems never to quite tumble from its sides, is a national monu­ment and her shape has been adop­ted as a ubi­quit­ous scribble for many a com­pany logo of those work­ing within her shadow.

The moun­tain is sculp­ted from sand­stone and her sum­mit meas­ures nearly 3km from end to end. Views from up here are remark­able and the pan­or­ama stretches from Table Bay to False Bay around the moun­tain to Hout Bay and Kommetjie.

When skies are clear, one can see right across the Cape Flats to the Hottentots Holland Mountains. No sur­prise then, that the cable way is the most pop­u­lar tour­ist des­tin­a­tion in Cape Town or that well over 16 mil­lion people have vis­ited her sum­mit since its open­ing in 1929. Continued