Table Mountain - our pride and joy!
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| Table Mountain from Blouberg Cape Town |
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| Table Mountain from Blouberg |
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| Table Mountain - from the V&A Waterfront |
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| Eating an ice-cream on top of Table Mountain Cape Town |
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| Cable Car - Table Mountain Cape Town South Africa |
Table Mountain Named Africa’s Top Tourist Attraction
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| View of Camps Bay from Table Mountain |
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| Flora on Table Mountain |
The Cableway has been named Africa's Leading Attraction.
Voted by travel and tourism professionals and consumers worldwide, the World Travel Awards recognises excellence in customer service and experience across the travel, tourism and hospitality industries.
Coming out tops against Mount Kilimanjaro and the Ngorogoro Crater in Tanzania and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, as well as South Africa’s own Robben Island and V&A Waterfront, Table Mountain’s victory is no small feat.
Thrilled to accept the award was the Table Mountain Cableway’s Managing Director Wahida Parker, who said it was an honour to receive such a prestigious accolade.
“As custodians of South Africa’s only New 7 Wonder of Nature and a globally recognised attraction, our responsibility is to provide a world-class bucket-list experience to local and international visitors. With over 1 million visitors a year complacency is not an option, and we constantly seek to improve our offering while remaining mindful of visitor’s variable needs. It is because of our staff’s commitment to providing exceptional customer service that we have secured this honour. I would like to thank the travel and tourism professionals as well as visitors who cast their vote in our favour.”
The World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony is the first of four regional gala ceremonies that World Travel Awards hosts annually as part of its Grand Tour. With the Europe, Latin America and Asia & Oceania ceremonies next, the tour culminates in a Grand Final in November.
Having won Africa's Leading Tourist Attraction 2019 and competing against the three regional winners, Table Mountain is now eligible to win the World’s Leading Tourist Attraction 2019 title.
“We are excited to represent our country and the beautiful Table Mountain, and we are confident that ours is the world’s winning visitor experience formula,” concludes Parker.
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| Walking on Table Mountain Cape Town |
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| Views from Table Mountain Cape Town |
THE TABLE MOUNTAIN AERIAL CABLEWAY: THEN AND
NOW
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway turns
90 this October. A lot has changed since that first trip up the mountain on 4
October 1929. Read on to find out the major changes that have laid the way for
the Cableway as it is today.
BEFORE THE CABLEWAY
Before 1929, the only way up was to hike: a feat
not undertaken by too many. By the 1870s, plans were put forward to build a
rack railway to the top, but the First Anglo-Boer War halted work on that.
Another mock-charge came in 1912, when an engineer had been commissioned to
build a funicular up the mountain. This plan was again thwarted by the outbreak
of war: this time, World War 1.
Finally, in 1926, a cableway was suggested by a
Nortwegian engineer, Trygve Stromsoe, and work began that same year.
THE FIRST CABLE CAR
After two years of tireless and often dangerous
work, the Cableway was opened to the public on 4 October 1929 and has a proud
history of being totally accident-free since then. Watch this incredible
footage of the first model of the car heading up the mountain:
THE CABLEWAY TODAY
The Cableway has been upgraded three times – in
1958, 1974 and, more recently, in 1997, when the cars with revolving floors,
called Rotairs, were introduced. The Cableway has transported over 28 million
people to the summit of Table Mountain. It takes for to five minutes to reach
the top, and when you arrive, you’ll be met with not only the spectacular
views, but a WiFi lounge, restaurant, curio shop and wheelchair friendly
walkways. There are free guided tours, self-guided audio tours, and all the
amenities you need to enjoy this magical experience.
Content Courtesy of www.tablemountain.net
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