Outdoors · Cape Town

Table Mountain Sunrise: Hiking Through 540 Million Years of Terroir

Table Mountain's sunrise hike climbs through 540 million years of geology; at 3,500 feet above Cape Town's vineyards, geology becomes poetry and wine taste becomes time travel.

What to do there

AdventureTable Mountain Sunrise: Hiking Through 540 Million Years of TerroirSkip the cable car. Platteklip Gorge at dawn -- 2 hours up through fynbos that has been here for 540 million years. The Cape Floral Kingdom has more plant species per square metre than the Amazon. From the summit, see where the Benguela current (cold, Atlantic) meets the Agulhas current (warm, Indian) -- the climate engine that makes Cape wine possible.

Wineries nearby

Winery Baudelaire's Poem Hunt: Reading Les Fleurs du Mal in the Vineyard Literary wine experience pairing Baudelaire's Fleurs du Mal poetry with Cape Town vineyard tastings.
Winery · Constantia Klein Constantia Constantia's literary legacy: Jane Austen names Constantia in Sense and Sensibility, and Klein Constantia claims Napoleon drank it on St Helena — a claim Groot Constantia makes for itself.
Winery Groot Constantia: 3,467 Bottles for the King of France Royal patronage legacy: Groot Constantia shipped 3,467 bottles to the King of France in the 18th century, inspiring Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.