Blog

This graceful bloom is a common, yet always welcome, sight on Table Mountain.

One of Table Mountain National Park’s newest discoveries, the leaproach (Saltoblattella montistabularis), may be related to the common cockroach, but it is very different in many ways.

Autumn is a time when the days become shorter and the sun often shines through the rain.

Photo courtesy Betty L

Here are a few seconds of footage depicting a blanket of clouds slowly covering Table Mountain, with only the call of seagulls to break the silence.

Some of the most beautiful sunsets take place in Cape Town, with Table Mountain beside the sun.

The Cape grey mongoose (Galerella pulverulenta) is a tough and deadly animal.

One of the slowest inhabitants of Table Mountain, but by no means the least important, is the tortoise.

Spiders – they’re not everyone’s cup of tea but most common house spiders are nothing to worry about, and there are a few on Table Mountain that stand out more for their beauty than their venom.

Here are a few seconds of video footage of the orange-breasted sunbird, which you have probably spotted on Table Mountain. They’re fairly common up here, as they love making a home in the Protea and Erica flowers along Table Mountain.

Table Mountain’s status as one of the New7Wonders of Nature has become official after an international audit confirmed the result of a global voting process.