International Day of Biodiversity, held on Wednesday (May 22), provided Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) with an opportunity to celebrate its global reputation for its commitment to responsible tourism and its contributions to protecting the historic mountain on which it operates one of the world’s grandest cableway experiences.
Cape Town’s aerial cableway is within the Table Mountain National Park – a pristine ecosystem of biodiversity – which is also situated within the Cape Floral Kingdom, a Unesco World Heritage Site.
The journey by cable car affords panoramic views of the region’s environment and natural habitat. The Cape Floral Kingdom is the smallest of the world’s six floral kingdoms but is home to over 9 000 plant species, 69% of which are endemic to the region.
Biodiversity hotspot
Table Mountain is a biodiversity hotspot with over 2 000 (mostly endemic) plant species, which have adapted and evolved to thrive in the nutrient-poor sandstone-based…
