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Hikes for Every Fitness Level

From a stroll to a proper leg-burner — pick your pain.

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You don't need to be an athlete to earn a view here. This runs easy to hard: a flat garden wander, a headland walk, a spiral hill, and the full front-face grind up Table Mountain.

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Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden

The garden built into the eastern slopes of the mountain

$

Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden
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Cape Point

The dramatic cliffs at the tip of the peninsula

$$$

Cape Point
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Lion's Head at Sunrise

The spiral hike that gives you the whole city at first light

Free

Lion's Head at Sunrise
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Platteklip Gorge

The honest way up Table Mountain — straight up the front

Free

Platteklip Gorge