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Platteklip Gorge, Table Mountain National Park

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#2 of 14 in Trails in Cape Town

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Steep and strenuous hikes at Platteklip Gorge are not for the faint-hearted. Consider climbing with a guide to the summit of Table Mountain, where your efforts will be rewarded with priceless views. Plan your visit to Platteklip Gorge and a wealth of other attractions, well-known and undiscovered, using our Cape Town trip itinerary builder site.

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• By Rix1604

  If you do not know your fitness level think twice. Take lots of water and start early. If you want to come down with the cable car you can if it is open.  more »

• By John D

  It's described as the quickest route to the top. It's clearly the most direct, but the suggested times are applicable only to fit hikers in their 20s-30s. As an agile pensioner, it took me more than.....  more »

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