The popular Flying Dutchman funicular at Cape Point is to be replaced by a comfortable, more modern and more efficient funicular during the first quarter of this year.
The current funicular – the only commercial operation of its kind in Africa – has been ferrying tourists up a steep incline from the bottom station to the old lighthouse for the past 13 years.
Although the funicular service will be suspended for three months, tourists will not be inconvenienced, thanks to a temporary bus service that has been put in place.
The existing funicular will cease operation on January 18. A new, improved Flying Dutchman will put the “fun” back into “fun-icular” when it reopens for business on April 24, well ahead of an expected influx of tourists arriving in Cape Town for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
