The Table Mountain aerial cableway will be closed from mid-July for extensive maintenance. The cableway will shut down for seven weeks to replace the track ropes to which the cable car is attached. Table Mountain cableway closure details and cautionary information Managing Director Wahida Parker announced that the shutdown will start on 15 July 2024 and will last until 2 September 2024.
The maintenance is necessary for passenger safety and to adhere to international standards. It will be the longest overhaul since the upgrade of the popular Cape Town tourist attraction in 1997. Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) said that in addition to the cableway, the commercial outlets will also not be open.
This includes the shops and restaurants at the upper and lower stations. Cape Town residents should expect early morning helicopter activity on and around the mountain. Helicopters will carry heavy machinery up the mountain in separate trips.
Workers will assemble the machinery components at the top of the mountain to use in the Table Mountain cableway maintenance work. Will I still be able to hike? Hikers will still have access to the mountain. However, hiking trails directly under the pathway of the cables will not be open due to safety reasons.
Hikers should bear in mind that there will be no cable car trips, so they will have to hike up and down. Thus hikers should be mindful of changing weather conditions. Hiking is at your own risk.
What does the work entail? The wor.
