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Abseiling Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa Abseiling Table Mountain South Africa Remove
In October21°C3 rainy days
Flying time19h 45mfrom Los Angeles
Ideal stayA morning within a longer Cape Town trip
Best forAdventure seekers · Solo travellers · Photographers
The feel of itExposed, controlled, briefly terrifying
Where people stayCape Town City Bowlor Camps Bay
Getting aroundManageable without a car
Money and languageZAREnglish, Zulu, Xhosa and Afrikaans
AccommodationCheap

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