Table Mountain
Trip Guide & 3D Map
Cape Fold Belt · Difficulty, season, and access — then explore the 3D terrain
Planning snapshot
Table Mountain is a 3,563 ft summit in the Cape Fold Belt (South Africa). PeakAtlas rates it day hike (Class 1 hike); best season is Nov–Mar. Permit required. Typical staging is Cape Town (3.0 mi). PeakAtlas lists 3 OpenStreetMap lodging pins near the summit — coverage is often thinner outside well-mapped regions. Use the 3D map and trip checklist before you go.
- Elevation
- 3,563 ft
- Prominence
- 3,468 ft
- Difficulty tier
- Day hike
- Best season
- Nov–Mar
- Permits
- Permit required
- Staging
- Cape Town · 3.0 mi
- Mapped lodging
- 3 OSM places
- Listed trails
- 2
As of 2026-07-31 · Figures come from the PeakAtlas3D catalog: surveyed elevations and prominence, curated difficulty tiers, best-season windows, permit notes, staging-town distances, trail lists, and OpenStreetMap lodging near each summit. Not live weather, quotas, or prices.
How hard is Table Mountain, and what do you need before you go?
Table Mountain is listed as Class 1 hike with a best season of Nov–Mar. Use the difficulty, permit, and staging details below before you commit to a date.
- Difficulty
- Class 1 hike
- Best season
- Nov–Mar
- Access / staging
- Cape Town, Western Cape
How tall is Table Mountain, and where is it?
- Location
- Western Cape, South Africa
- Elevation
- 3,563 ft
- Prominence
- 3,468 ft
- Mountain range
- Cape Fold Belt
- Difficulty
- Class 1 hike
What makes Table Mountain notable?
Cape Town’s flat-topped landmark and a World Heritage icon.
Cape Town’s flat-topped sandstone icon, more plateau than spire, and one of the world’s most recognizable city peaks.
After you check trip readiness for Table Mountain, explore the summit on PeakAtlas3D’s interactive 3D topographic map in the Cape Fold Belt, Western Cape, South Africa.
Closest places
- Cape Town — Western Cape via M3
- Hout Bay — South Africa
- Milnerton — South Africa
Notable trails & routes
- Platteklip Gorge
- India Venster