The route
Ultra-Trail Cape Town
Next edition21-22 November 2026
98.8 km looping through Table Mountain National Park, above Cape Town, climbing 4,756 m.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 98.8 km
- Elevation gain
- 4,756 m
- Highest point
- 1,073 m
- Summits, passes and villages
- 52
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The route in numbers
Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Reading the route
Ultra-Trail Cape Town is the only African race in the catalogue: a loop inside Table Mountain National Park, above the city. The start, at Gardens Rugby Club, is at 4 am.
The trail climbs straight up Table Mountain from the start, to Maclear's Beacon, at 1,073 m, the highest point of the route.
It then drops via the Twelve Apostles, crosses Karbonkelberg, before reaching the village of Hout Bay.
The trail climbs back up via Constantianek, follows the Contour Path through the urban green corridor, passes the University of Cape Town and King's Blockhouse, before closing the loop. Runners get twenty-six hours to finish.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
03 · Your poster
The route, drawn with a pen
The relief of the course, a 98.8 km loop from Gardens Rugby Club, takes shape as contour lines: our pen plotter draws it with a pen, line by line. Your finisher name and time go in the cartouche, in A4, A3 or A2.
Shipped from our workshop in Le Bouscat
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Official information
- Illustrative route redrawn by Plotrek from public data: the course announced by the organiser and OpenStreetMap paths. It is not the official course of the event.
- Altitudes: terrain model AWS Terrain Tiles
- Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Figures and text: Plotrek
- Plotrek is not a partner of, or affiliated with, the race organiser.