Table Mountain Diagonal Path

There are many routes up Table Mountain, and the Diagonal Path is not a very well known one. Starting at the Pipe Track (parking at the top of Kloofnek) you head out above Camps Bay along the Pipe Track. After about 30 minutes of hiking you will come across a sign for the Diagonal Path and there is a steep path to heading up the mountain to the left.

From here on in things are pretty steep and you will even need to do some scrambling on the way up the gulley. If you’re getting tired just stop and look behind you where you will see wonderful views out over the cold blue Atlantic Ocean.

Eventually, you will come out onto the top of the gulley, and now you need to walk along the top of the mountain back towards Cape Town and Table Mountain. This walk takes a while and some parts of it are along wooden platforms. Any hiking along the tops of the Cape Town mountains is wonderful and this is no exception.

When you get to the cable station you can either go back the way you came or optionally go down Platteklip Gorge and take the contour path back to the Pipe Track parking lot for a round trip

• Watch out for the caves just after the top of the gulley
• It is fun and more interesting to go back down Platteklip Gorge and then take the contour path back to your car at the Pipe Track
• The climb up the gulley is pretty steep with some scrambling on the way up - try not to do this alone