Table Mountain

See Table Mountain from the air — a flat-topped wall above the City Bowl, Lion’s Head and Signal Hill beside it, the Atlantic on one side. You see it after lift-off from the V&A Waterfront; you do not fly over the plateau.

All four flights look at it. The 12-minute City Hopper takes it on the way out and back. The 20-minute Atlantic Coast and the longer tours give more of the mountain as a backdrop, then continue down the seaboard.

You do not land on Table Mountain and you do not fly over it. It is a national park; the view is from beside and around it.

The extra minutes on the Atlantic Coast are more of the amphitheatre against the coast, not a second pass over the top. Stay on the City Hopper if the city and beaches are the point.

Book the 12-minute City Hopper and see Table Mountain from the air.

See Table Mountain from a helicopter over Cape Town. Book the Cape Town 12-Minute City Hopper Helicopter Tour.

Experiences

Cape Town 12-Minute City Hopper Helicopter Tour

From $150 per person
A 12-minute shared helicopter from the V&A Waterfront: Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Clifton, and Camps Bay from the air. Max 6.

Cape Town 20-Minute Atlantic Coast Helicopter Tour

From $225 per person
An 18–20-minute shared helicopter from the V&A: City Bowl, Twelve Apostles, Clifton, Camps Bay, and a turn at Hout Bay. Min 2, max 6.

Cape Town 25-Minute Two Oceans Helicopter Tour

From $275 per person
A 25-minute shared helicopter from the V&A: Atlantic seaboard, Hout Bay, then False Bay. Complimentary harbour cruise. Min 2, max 6.

Cape Town 48-Minute Cape Peninsula Helicopter Tour

From $575 per person
A 45–48-minute shared helicopter from the V&A to Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope, returning via False Bay. Complimentary harbour cruise.