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Kruger National Park : Louis Trichardt Trek memorial
Kruger Park, Mpumalanga - Limpopo

Date:1938
Client:National Monuments Commission
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
24°42'07.56" S 31°49'09.79" E Alt: 284m

A constructed random roubble stone marker bearing a plaque inscribed:

LOUIS TRICHARD TREK MARCH 1938

Louis Trichardt and his party passed this way on their epic journey from the Soutpansberg to Delagoa Bay
Erected by The Historical Monuments Commission.

A similar memorial is the Louis Trichardttrek Gedenktuin (Remembrance garden).

[See also Kruger National Park : Memorials and markers].


References:

Hopkins, Ron. 2013. Field Guide to the Historical Sites of the Kruger National Park. Hoedspruit: Ron Hopkins. pg 88-91
Pienaar, UdeV. 2012. A cameo from the past : the prehistory and early history of the Kruger National Park. Pretoria: Protea. pg 707-708 item 37