Table Mountain National Park - Revision history

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‎Fees/Permits

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‎Get in

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‎Understand

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‎Understand

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‎Get around

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‎Do

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‎Fees/Permits

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‎Get in

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‎Understand

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 * Cable car up table mountain.
-Check the South Africa National Parks (SAN Parks) website at www.sanpark.org for actual fees, which are subject to regular updates. Book cable car trips online to get a discount. Wild Card users get free access to the parks that charge entry fees and a discount for the cable car.
+Check the South Africa National Parks (SAN Parks) website at www.sanpark.org for actual fees, which are subject to regular updates. Book cable car trips online to get a discount. Wild Card users get free access to the elements of the park for which entry fees are charged and a discount for the cable car.
 ==Get around==

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 ==Get in==
-The various elements of the park are easily reached by car. The cable car up Table mountain can also be reached via public bus from Capetowns Civic Center or by taxi.
+The various elements of the park are easily reached by car. The cable car up Table mountain can also be reached via public bus from Capetown's Civic Center or by taxi.
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 The park is busy with ongoing restructuring and development. New areas are constantly being added to the park in an effort to link the separated portions and expand the park. It is useful to know for orientation that the park is not a continuos landmass, but consists of various patches across the cape peninsula.
-Cape Hope is part of the Table Mountain National Park. This famous geographical landmark, however, is not the southern tip of the [[Cape Peninsula]] - this is Cape Point, which is nearby and also part of the park. Cape Hope is also not the most southern point of Africa, which is actually [[Cape Agulhas]] in the [[Overberg]], where the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean meet.
+Cape Hope is part of the Table Mountain National Park. This famous geographical landmark, however, is not the southern tip of the [[Cape Peninsula]] - that would be Cape Point, which is nearby and also part of the park. Cape Hope is also not the most southern point of Africa, which is actually [[Cape Agulhas]] in the [[Overberg]], where the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean meet.
 ===Flora and fauna===

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 The park is busy with ongoing restructuring and development. New areas are constantly being added to the park in an effort to link the separated portions and expand the park. It is useful to know for orientation that the park is not a continuos landmass, but consists of various patches across the cape peninsula.
-Cape Hope is part of the Table Mountain national park. This famous geographical landmark, however, is not the southern tip of the [[Cape Peninsula]] - this is Cape Point, which is nearby and also part of the park. Cape Hope is also not the most southern point of Africa, which is actually [[Cape Agulhas]] in the [[Overberg]], where the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean meet.
+Cape Hope is part of the Table Mountain National Park. This famous geographical landmark, however, is not the southern tip of the [[Cape Peninsula]] - this is Cape Point, which is nearby and also part of the park. Cape Hope is also not the most southern point of Africa, which is actually [[Cape Agulhas]] in the [[Overberg]], where the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean meet.
 ===Flora and fauna===

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	==Get around==		==Get around==
		+	The various elements of Table Mountain National Park are not connected by bus, so use your own means of transportation.
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		+	Within the '''Cape Point''' section of the park, use your own transportation to get access to trails that can be used for walking.

	==See==		==See==

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 ==Do==
-* <do name="Hiking"></do>
+* <do name="Hiking"></do> - there is e.g. a faboulous walk from Cape Point to Cape of Good Hope, which takes about one hour. If you are really fit, you can also take a walk up table mountain, starting from close to the lower cable car station. This would require roughly three hours per direction.
 * <do name="Scuba diving"></do>

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	==Get in==		==Get in==
		+	The various elements of the park are easily reached by car. The cable car up Table mountain can also be reached via public bus from Capetowns Civic Center or by taxi.

	==Fees/Permits==		==Fees/Permits==

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 Table Mountain National Park consists of the greater Table Mountain chain on the peninsula, stretching from the well known Table Mountain behind [[Cape Town]] south to Cape Point. In incorporates Table Mountain, Tokai Forest, Silvermine, a large area around Cape Point as well as a number of marine protected areas.
-The park is busy with ongoing restructuring and development. New areas are constantly being added to the park in an effort to link the separated portions and expand the park.
+The park is busy with ongoing restructuring and development. New areas are constantly being added to the park in an effort to link the separated portions and expand the park. It is useful to know for orientation that the park is not a continuos landmass, but consists of various patches across the cape peninsula.
-'''Marine protected areas'''
+Cape Hope is part of the Table Mountain national park. This famous geographical landmark, however, is not the southern tip of the [[Cape Peninsula]] - this is Cape Point, which is nearby and also part of the park. Cape Hope is also not the most southern point of Africa, which is actually [[Cape Agulhas]] in the [[Overberg]], where the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean meet.
 * The coastal area around [[Boulders]] for the protection of penguins
 * Cape of Good Hope marine restricted zone
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 * Karbonkelberg restricted zone around Llandudno
 * [[Kalk Bay]] restricted zone
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 Areas that do charge fees are:
 * Cape Hope / Cape Point section
-* [[Boulders]] ('' One can see the penguins without having to pay any fees, but the penguin's ''private'' beach is managed by TMNP and an entry fee is charged.
+* [[Boulders]] ('' One can see the penguins without having to pay any fees, but an entry free is charged to the penguin's ''private'' beach.)
 * Silvermine
 * Oudekraal