Purchase your Ticket online! You can then skip the Ticket queue by printing or scan via mobile device upon arrival at Cape Point.
South African pensioners: age 60+ get special funicular rates, but only at the Cape Point ticket office, due to must identification validation to receive pensioner rate
Apart from offering visitors an exciting and novel method of travel, taking the Flying Dutchman funicular saves visitors an uphill walk from the car park to see the old lighthouse and enjoy the panoramic views.
The Flying Dutchman Funicular, also known as the Cape Point Funicular, is a funicular railway located at Cape Point. It is believed to be the only commercial funicular of its type in Africa, and takes its name from the local legend of the Flying Dutchman ghost ship.
The line runs from a lower station at the Cape Point car park, up an incline through dense fynbos to the upper lighthouse. The funicular leaves from the lower station every three minutes, comfortably accommodates 40 passengers per car, and can transport 450 persons to the upper lighthouse per hour, making it the ideal way to whisk closer to the lighthouse even during peak times.
Quick Facts
Length of track: 585 metres
Height: 87 metres
Maximum Steepness: 16%
Cars: 2
Capacity: 40 passengers per car; 450 persons per hour
Configuration: Single track with passing loop
Travel time: 3 minutes each way
Traction: Electricity
I booked amd paid online amd received email confirmation. However upon arrival and presentation of my online booking, I was told to join the queue as my online booking was not machine readable so a ticket had to be printed. What is the point of online booking if you still have to join a queue? Very disappointed - Dave Chalila
Seamless booking online and payment. Still needed to queue at the ticket office as the entry point did not accept my online entry ticket - with Covid - I felt that could have been avoided. Online booking was done and I had to wait in a queue Online booking and payment was pointless - Ishara Satyaprakash
It was the most displeasing experience based on the miscommunication on email and website regarding the closing times and after driving hours to the venue only to be told at the gate that you closed early thus we did not utilise our paid service and we paid for nothing....a refund would be more appreciated to revert this negative review or experience going forward.....what a vad way toend an already bad year!!!!!! - Tsakane Baloyi
So pleased we took advantage of no tourists.. From entering the gates your staff where professional and friendly. They maintained high covid protocols. The entire day was a great experience. - CAROLIN WHITING
Brilliant experience. Thank you - Beth Marx
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