We offer short, long, guided, self guided tours to Table Mountain...just ask. Oldest Mountain in the World? Table Mountain was formed between 250 to 540 million years ago through the folding of the old Richtersveld mountains (north of Cape Town and no longer existing) which were formed 800 million years ago. Its present shape is about 60 million years old. Mount Everest was formed 40 million years ago; the Alps in Europe 'only' 32 million years ago. Much of the northern hemisphere was subjected to a severe ice age (which only ended about 100 000 years ago) effectively wiping out its entire plant life. South Africa, in contrast, has not been disturbed by such violent glacial forces in recent geological time. Fynbos, therefore, is an ancient vegetation type some date back more than 60 million years! If the Cape Floral Kingdom is a biological treasure chest, then one of its most brilliant gems is the Cape Peninsula. This tiny patch of land, only some 470km in extent, harbours a staggering 2 285 flowering plant species. The 57km of Table Mountain has some 1 470 plant species, only just fewer than the 1 492 found in Britain in an area of 308 000km , and more species than Sweden, which is a thousand times larger. A Star in its own Right During his visit to the Cape of Good Hope (17501754), French astronomer Abbé Nicolas Louis de la Caille observed more than 10 000 previously unrecorded stars, and named many of the southern constellations. His particular tribute to Table Mountain was to name a constellation which he found near the Southern Cross in its honour: Mons Mensa (Latin for Table Mountain), with the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud representing the mountain's "Table Cloth". It is the only constellation named after a terrestrial geographical feature. The Circle of Islam Few things express the multi-cultural nature of Cape Town better than this: Not all visitors to the Peninsula arrived willingly. Slaves were brought to perform forced labour from the outset of the settler colony. Also, political "troublemakers" were exiled to the Cape from areas in the East controlled by the Dutch. Among the early exiles was a Goan prince of Muslim faith, Sheik Yusuf, sent here in 1693. Sheik Yusuf's kramat (tomb of a Muslim holy man) at Macassar is one of six on the Peninsula and Robben Island, forming what Muslims refer to as the sacred Circle of Islam. They believe those living within the circle are protected from natural disasters such as fire, famine, plague and earthquakes.
We offer half day tours to Table Mountain..............there is a option to walk up the mountian as well this is quite a long tiring walk..about 2 to 3hrs, straight up. | 
