Cape Town – The Cableway Company in Cape Town is this month celebrating 93 years of transporting “hundreds of thousands” of people to the top of one of the world’s renowned tourist attractions – Table Mountain.
Over the years, the cableway has provided tourists from all over the world and locals with a 360-degree aerial view of the Mother City’s glorious views.
Taking to its Twitter page this week, Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) shared pictures of how the cableway has transformed over the years.
“It’s the Cableway’s birthday! Today marks our 93rd year of taking people to the top of Table Mountain in safety & comfort. Here are just a few images of the Cableway over the years. Thank you for your support throughout!” read the caption.
According to IOL, TMACC managing diretor, Wahida Park, said Table Mountain was voted as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature about a decade ago, stamping its authority as a well-known international and local iconic landmark.
Hip hip hooray – It’s the Cableway’s birthday!
Today marks our 93rd year of taking people to the top of Table Mountain in safety & comfort.Here are just a few images of the Cableway over the years. Thank you for your support throughout! #TableMountainAerialCableway pic.twitter.com/EWBXPyvjc8
— Table Mountain C/Way (@TableMountainCa) October 4, 2022
“My team and I are proud to be able to offer visitors a 360degree aerial view of the Mother City when they use the cable cars to get to the top, and the month of October is a chance to look back at everything that has been achieved over the past nine decades,” the report quoted Parker as saying.
She said that the cable car’s journey started with a wooden tin-roof cable car which carried 19 people to the top in a 10-minute journey.
Parker said that because of Covid, the past two years were “scary”.
She said this was the first birthday month the tourism sector could truly enjoy with “the kind of freedoms we all enjoyed before the pandemic arrived”.
To add to the celebration, TMACC was offering discounted prices to South Africans with valid IDs.
“Come and enjoy our birthday with us this month. All South Africans with valid ID can enjoy a return journey for just R200 (for adults) or R100 (for children). This limited online offer can be used from Monday to Friday,” said Parker.
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Compiled by Olwethu Mpeshe
