{"id":88671,"date":"2013-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/great-cape-town-walks-tafelberg-road\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:51:21","slug":"great-cape-town-walks-tafelberg-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/great-cape-town-walks-tafelberg-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Cape Town walks: Tafelberg Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/?attachment_id=29070\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29070\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-29070\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Screen-shot-2013-07-08-at-13.55.59.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve got to be honest: I think someone is going to find out how awesome Tafelberg Road is soon, and turn it into a tourist attraction. It is, quite simply, a national treasure. Well, on the edge of a national treasure, at least \u2013 it borders Table Mountain.<\/p>\n<p>If you drive past the cable car and get through the horrible gridlock of tour buses, then keep driving as far as you can go, you\u2019ll come to a closed road. Park your car and start walking, running or cycling along Tafelberg Road. You can thank me later\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Apparently they had to close this section of the road down because there were too many rockfalls and chunks of the road have fallen away (be careful of that!) So it has turned into the most recreational road you could hope to find in the city \u2013 snaking its way along the mountain with a few gentle climbs and declines, past watering holes for dogs and offering beautiful smooth curves for cyclists. Run or walk along it and you\u2019ll be treated to some simply spectacular views out over the whole of Cape Town \u2013 from Lion\u2019s Head views in the first stages of the walk, to the Waterfront and ocean in the middle, and the city throughout. A common route is to head to the Block House, on top of a slightly steeper incline, and back \u2013 that\u2019s around 10km roundtrip.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently you can also keep going, on to an offroad trail, that will take you all the way to Constantia Nek \u2013 if you manage to get there and back, it\u2019ll be a 30km roundtrip and you will deserve a pat on the back\u2026 And a beer!<\/p>\n<p>But even if you (like me) just want to take a short stroll along a lovely path, Tafelberg Road is pretty damn wonderful. It\u2019s the perfect reminder of just what a beautiful city Cape Town is.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/278097345710261328\/\" target=\"_blank\">Image credit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve got to be honest: I think someone is going to find out how awesome Tafelberg Road is soon, and turn it into a tourist attraction. It is, quite simply, a national treasure. Well, on the edge of a national treasure, at least \u2013 it borders Table Mountain. 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