December Sunset Special competition winner announced
Congratulations to Shaelene Barna! She is the lucky winner of our December Sunset Special competition – to win, she had to correctly guess the dassie’s December to-dos. Shaelene has won a festive party for 10 in a private venue at the top of Table Mountain. This prize includes tickets, dinner and drinks. Enjoy!
This December, Table Mountain Cableway has organised loads to do on the summit of Table Mountain. These include:
- Free guided walks between 10h00 and 12h00 daily
- A scrumptious Christmas menu on December 25
- The Sunset Special and Ride and Dine meal option
- Souvenir shopping at the Shop at the Top
- Sunset cocktails
- Fun activity books for kids
- New Year’s Eve celebrations
- A visit from Cableway characters to entertain the young ones
Sunset Special: Half-price tickets for four months
As the days get longer, our unrivalled sunsets arrive later … and so does the Cableway’s closing. Tickets are half-price after 18h00 until Wednesday, February 29, 2012. This is valid on return tickets only. These tickets can only be bought from the Cableway’s ticket office at the Lower Cable Station from 18h00.
Visitors can also enjoy sundowners and a meal at the top of Table Mountain by treating themselves to the Ride and Dine package that includes a half-price return Cableway ticket and a voucher for the Table Mountain Café. The Ride and Dine package also gives early access to the Cableway from 17h30.
Click here to learn more about the Sunset Special.
New competition coming soon!
We’ll be giving away another amazing party in January! Watch this space for details, coming soon.
Click here to see pics of our November winner’s party.
The Cableway operates weather permitting. Check in on our home page, Twitter profile or Facebook page for the latest operational status.
Comments
Visited table Mountain today (Saturday 17 Dec 2011) - Sites are beautiful but THE TOILETS ARE A DISGRACE.
The smell was absolutely revolting. The toilets are similar to that used on planes so the waste does not flush a way but remains in the tank. What made it even worse is that you can see the faeces if you happen to glance down.
For the new 7wonder of nature, you need to do something DRASTIC to improve tis situation.
From an unhappy and disgusted Cape Townian.
Greetings
You are correct - the toilets used on top of Table Mountain are aeroplane toilets.
For Environmental reasons these are the only toilets that are suitable for the top of the mountain.
There are no pipes running from the top of the mountain so waste needs to be collected and then transported down after hours in the cablecar.
As we also need to transport all fresh water up - we have had to install toilets that use minimal amount of water.
It is precisely because we are a world heritage site that these highly eco friendly toilets have been installed.
However, there should NOT be an overpowering smell so I think perhaps the chemical mix that is used was not properly mixed on the day. We will investigate this.
We do plan to upgrade the toilets in April but they will essentially run on the same lines as we need to ensure we use as little water as possible and can’t build pipes down the mountain.
Regards
Sabine