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Click to view large map Coordinates: | A constructed random flat-stone marker bearing interpretative plaque indicating this as the site of the Old Gate to the Park. This was the original entrance gate to the central region, on to the old Orpen road to the east of the N'wamatsatsa Drift. The original hut at Rabelais' gate is still preserved. The Hut is 9 kilometres from Orpen Restcamp. The gate appears to have been named after the original farm on which it was situated. The farm was probably named after the French writer and satirist, Francois Rabelais (c1483-1553). This gate was replaced in 1954 by Orpen Gate, when, due to the Orpen's donation of farms, the boundary was moved further westward. The original hut was renovated and is used as an information centre (c1932), and museum. Beyond this small museum is the Rabelais waterhole, which usually attracts large numbers of game (History of the Kruger Park). [See also Kruger National Park : Memorials and markers]. References:
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