The UNFIT tourist's guide to hiking Lion's Head in Cape Town - Do this for #1 view of Table mountain

Hiking up Lions Head is an awesome experience to do while visiting Cape Town for a number of reasons:
1. The hike is short and manageable
2. The best views of Table Mountain and the City Bowl as well as Sea Point and Camps Bay
3. It's free
4. Open all year round - just pick a day with good weather
5. Pack a picnic for the top and make a day of it!

Here's my guide as an unfit tourist of getting up to the top. Locals say it takes between 45 and 50mins. Don't believe them. Although it is short - it can be tough so be prepared for a good work out and some clambering and scrambling. It took me 1hour 50 mins to get to the top and another hour or so to get back down to the bottom.

Total distance is about 8km-9km (I didn't keep an accurate measure) with an elevation gain of about 700m to the top.

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