The Helderberg Nature Reserve is located in Somerset West.

It is owned and managed by the City of Cape Town with the support of the Friends of the Helderberg Nature Reserve.

The Reserve reaches up as far as the cliff faces. The peaks above the Reserve are managed by Cape Nature.

• Information Centre: (021) 851-4060
  (open daily from 10:00-16:30)
• Gift Shop: (021) 851-4060
• Indigenous Nursery: (021) 851-9192
  (open Tuesday - Friday from 10:00-16:00)
  (open Saturday from 10:00-14:00)
• Environmental Education Centre: (021) 852-8831
• Resource Centre: (021) 852-8831
• Reserve management: (021) 851-6982
• After hours (emergency only): (021) 957-4700
• Oak Café: (021) 851-4543

In case of emergency:

• Fire: Omnipage (021) 852-3318
• Mountain Rescue: (021) 937 0300
• Police: (Somerset West) (021) 850-1301
• Vergelegen Medi Clinic: (021) 850-9000
• Hottentots Holland Hospital: (021) 852-1334
• Fire department: (021) 853-1179

Email

• Reserve Manager:
  
• Friends of The Helderberg Nature Reserve:
• Mike Woods Environmental Education Centre:
• ECO-Rangers:
  

Opening hours

Entrance fees

Members of the Friends of the Helderberg Nature Reserve enter for free with proof of a valid membership card. Become a member of the Friends at the Information Centre.

Early Riser key
To walk in the Reserve before the gate is opened in the morning, become a Friend and buy an Early Riser key at the Information Centre. Please note: The key can only be used by the person who bought it. This facility is currently under review.