The Kogelberg is a range of mountains along the False Bay coast in the Western Cape of South Africa.

The Kogelberg area has the steepest and highest drop directly into the ocean of any southern African coastal stretch.

The Elgin Valley's surrounding mountain ranges are considered the hub of the Cape floral kingdom.

They contain more plant species than anywhere else in the floral region, and a large section of the mountain range is now protected in the massive Kogelberg Nature Reserve.

The climate is Mediterranean, however much milder than average, due to constant maritime winds blowing off the South Atlantic Ocean.