Clubs/Guides/Books...

There are many hiking clubs in Cape Town. This is a list of some. trying to keep track of ever changing weblinks is a challenge, so just search for them if of interest:

  • Mountain Club of South Africa (MCSA), Cape Town Section

  • MCSA, Stellenbosch Section

  • MCSA, National (all sections)

  • University of the 3rd Age (U3A) hiking groups.

  • Meridian Hiking Club

  • Cape Union Mart Hiking Club (CUM Hike)

  • Trails Club of South Africa (TCSA)

  • Ramblers (Western Cape)

  • CRAG - Cape Runners Against Gravity

  • Climb ZA - comprehensive resources for rock climbers

Mountain Guides:

Note: Listing here does no imply endorsement of any guide and any user should use their discretion to determine if the guide is suitable for the desired activity. A Google Search of "Table Mountain Guides" or "Mountain Guides Western Cape" will also quite likely list additional organisations.

  • High Adventure - Guided walking, hiking, scrambling and rock climbing on Table Mountain and the Cape mountain ranges.

  • Venture Forth - Guided trekking, rock climbing and mountaineering adventures suitable for adventurers of all ability levels from Table Mountain to the greater ranges. Accredited as a mountaineering school with the MDT and THETA.

  • Anthony Hall, Rock climbing guiding and instructing (multi-pitch traditional & sport,) scrambling and mountaineering, antventure@yahoo.com

  • Mother City Hikers - Lauren Medcalf, DEAT Registered Mountain Guide

  • Ridgway Ramblers. Binny Ridgway is a qualified guide registered with the National Parks Board as a service provider on the mountain, offering guided hiking on Table Mountain and throughout the Cape Peninsula.

  • Hike Table Mountain - Mountain guiding service for hikes and climbs on Table Mountain and the Cape Peninsula. Led by Riaan Vorster.

A selection of some books & maps:

  • Table Mountain Classics: A guide to the classic walks, scrambles and easy rock climbs on Table Mountain, Tony Lourens, 1988, Blue Mountain Adventures

  • Table Mountain Guide, 5th Edition, 1983, Cape Town Section of MCSA. (Sadly now out of print...)

  • Adventure Walks and Scrambles in the Cape Peninsula, Karen Watkins, 2003, Double Storey Books.

  • Slingsby Maps - Table Mountain, Silvermine, Hout Bay and Cape Point maps by Peter Slingsby

  • Walks with a Fat Dog... and more walks without - Peter and Maggie Slingsby, Baardskeerder, 2006

  • Easy Walks in the Cape Peninsula, Mike Lundy, 3rd Edition 2000, Human and Rousseau

  • Best Walks in the Cape Peninsula, Mike Lundy 1st edition 1991, 3rd edition 1999

  • Common Wild Flowers of Table Mountain, Hugh Clarke and Bruce Mackenzie, Struik 2007

  • Table Mountain: To Cape Point Carrie Hampton & Andrew McIlleron, Struik, 2006, 199 pages