Helderberg

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View on Helderberg.

Helderberg at night.

For other uses, see Helderberg (disambiguation).

Helderberg is a wine-producing area in the Western Cape of South Africa.

Originally known as the 'Hottentots-Holland' area, it was renamed 'Helderberg' by the City of Cape Town following concerns about possible racist connotations in the name. However, many people who live there still refer to it by its former name.

The Helderberg consists of Somerset West, Strand, Gordons Bay and a few other towns, and the district takes its name from the imposing Helderberg Mountain, which is Afrikaans for "clear mountain", and culminates at a height of 1137m as The Dome.

Helderberg is one of the most popular tourist destinations in South Africa, and is said to be in the top three for sundowns in the world.^{[citation needed]}