Experience · Cape Town, South Africa

Abseiling Table Mountain

Billed as the world's highest commercial abseil, this one starts a thousand metres above Cape Town: you back off the summit's edge, feed rope through the descender and drop 112 metres of sheer sandstone with the Atlantic glittering below your heels.

Best forAdventure
Approx. flying time~19h 45m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportCape Town (CPT)

Abseiling Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa

Happens around Cape Town, South Africa — nearest airport Cape Town (CPT), about 18km away.

The experience

Guides control a safety line throughout and no experience is needed — just the ability to lean backwards into fresh air on command. Ride the cableway up and book a morning slot, before the famous tablecloth cloud arrives.

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When to go

Daytime highs run from about 16°C in July to 26°C in January. Driest October and December to February; wettest in July, with rain on about 11 days.

The year at a glance — pick a month for detail

August16° · rain 10 daysCool with rain most weeks.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis). Highlighted months are warm and mostly dry — October to April.

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Flights

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