1. Our World Famous Cape Town Mountain is located in the Table
Mountain National Park which is 221 km².

2. Table Mountain National Park is located in the southwestern tip of
South Africa neighboring the city of Cape Town.

3. It is the only South African and only natural site on the planet to
have a constellation of stars named after it. The constellation is
called “Mensa”, which means ‘table’ in Latin.

4. Having withstood 6 million years of erosion, it hosts the richest
floral kingdom on earth, with more than 1 470 floral species.

5. The Khoi people used to call the mountain Hoerikwaggo (Mountain of the Sea).

6. The first European to climb it, Antonio de Saldanha, called it
Taboa de Caba (Table of the Cape).

7. The mountain is now officially recognized as one of the new seven
world wonders.

8. Table Mountain is often covered in cloud. The cloud that forms
around the mountain is called “table cloth”.

9. It is South Africa’s most photographed landmark.

10. Table Mountain is featured on Cape Town’s flag.

11. There are many caves on Table Mountain, the biggest one being Wynberg.

12. Over 800,000 people visit Table Mountain each year.

13. The rocks on the mountain are over 600,000,000 years old making
Table Mountain one of the oldest mountains in the world.

14. More than 70% of all the plants found on the mountain are endemic,
meaning they are not found anywhere else.

15. The national park is part of the larger UNESCO World Heritage Site
known as the Cape Floral Region World Heritage Site.