History of the Helderberg
The Poet of the Sea: Ingrid Jonker and Gordon’s Bay
STORY 102 Featured image: Ingrid Jonker memorial There is a memorial on the Gordon’s Bay …read more
Gordon’s Bay
History of the Helderberg
Wie se Gat? Dappat se Wat?Ya Dapat s’n
STORY 84 Feature image: Looking down towards the entrance of Dapatsgat. The Afrikaans title of …read more
History of the Helderberg
The Road to Betty’s Bay: A Drive Through the Kogelberg’s Hidden Coast
STORY 83 Carry on through Gordon’s Bay on Clarence Drive. The road takes you along …read more
History of the Helderberg
STORY 43 — The Slipway: Life at the Naval College, Gordon’s Bay
There is a particular ritual that every officer cadet at the Gordon’s Bay Naval College …read more
Guides & Things to Do
Stony Point Penguin Colony & Harold Porter – Round Trip
The route can comfortably be done as a relaxed full-day outing, allowing time for viewpoints, …read more
History of the Helderberg
STORY 42 — The Bothie: The Ship That Made Gordon’s Bay Famous
Featured image: General Botha in 1925. There is a wreck lying on the floor of …read more
History of the Helderberg
STORY 33 — Main Road: Gordon’s Bay We Knew
Gordon’s Bay never had a Main Road in the way Strand or Somerset West did. …read more
History of the Helderberg
STORY 30 — The Dam in the Mountain: How the Helderberg Quenched Cape Town’s Thirst
There is a dam in the mountains above Gordon’s Bay that most residents of the …read more
History of the Helderberg
STORY 21 — The Man Who Named the Bay: Robert Jacob Gordon
If you drive into Gordon’s Bay today and look up at the mountainside above the …read more
History of the Helderberg
STORY 13 — What the Dune Kept
At Hendon Park in Gordon’s Bay, beneath what looks from the path like an ordinary …read more