For A Longer, More Varied Hike, This Is Your Trail
Images: Views from Skeleton Gorge route
Hike duration: 5 – 6 hours
Skill level: Intermediate – Advanced
Price: From R1400pp
(min 2 pax, excludes entrance fee to the Gardens, cable car ticket)
For a longer, more varied hike, Skeleton Gorge is your trail. We start in the Kirstenbosch botanical gardens on the eastern side of the mountain, before climbing up the steep gorge through some of the remaining indigenous Afromontane forest on Table Mountain. Old growth, magnificent trees, following a riverbed – it’s like you’re on a completely different mountain! From the top of Skeleton Gorge, we continue a gentler uphill through fynbos to the highest point on Table Mountain, Maclear’s Beacon. It is then a straightforward walk on the plateau to the Cable Car (weather permitting). Moderate fitness is required for this hike.
All hikes that require descent by Cable Car are dependent on the wind. If the wind is too strong, the Cable Car will be closed, and we will hike down Platteklip Gorge. This adds about 2 hours and is an extra R300pp.