{"id":9467,"date":"2019-07-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kurtsafari.com\/historical-graves-in-the-kruger-national-park\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T15:10:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T13:10:39","slug":"historical-graves-in-the-kruger-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kurtsafari.com\/uk\/kruger-national-park-news\/kruger-history\/historical-graves-kruger-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical Graves in the Kruger National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kruger National Park<\/a> is a place of natural wonder and ancient history. The park\u2019s creation and current state has a lot to do with the passion of the people who spent their lives working to build a place for the wildlife to thrive.<\/h3>\n

While travelling through the Kruger, you could pay your respects to some of these people, by visiting their graves.<\/h3>\n
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  • Anna C Ledeboer<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In 1888 a young man named Leonard Henry Ledeboer came out from Holland.\u00a0 He was known in the area as an elephant hunter.\u00a0 In 1919 Ledeboer becomeone of the early rangers, and later he relieved \u201cOu Kat\u201d Coetser at Satara. Anna C Ledeboer was Leonard H Ledeboer\u2019 second wife.\u00a0 Mrs Ledeboer died unexpectedly of either malaria or a heart attack and her grave can be seen at the end of the 3rd<\/sup> turn off on the S62.<\/p>\n

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    • William Lloyd<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      In 1920, William Lloyd was a ranger stationed at Satara.\u00a0 Back in the day Satara was a very remote station that could only be reached by horse or foot.\u00a0 Here Lloyd, his wife and three children lived a completely isolated life.\u00a0 Although Mrs Lloyd managed to get a message to Stevenson-Hamilton about her husband being ill with pneumonia, by the time he got to them, Lloyd had passed away and his wife had already buried him under a tree close to their house.\u00a0 William Lloyd\u2019s grave can still be seen at Satara next to the road from the camp.<\/p>\n

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      • Willem Pretorius<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        The oldest camp in the Kruger National Park is Pretoriuskop.\u00a0 The camp was named after Willem Pretorius who was a voortrekker and had a stop-over point here.\u00a0 The Pretoriuskop area is elevated and was therefore a safe spot from malaria and the tsetse fly.\u00a0 In 1845, Willem Pretorius died here and was buried by Joao Albasini.\u00a0 His grave can be seen after entering the Kruger National Park on the main Skukuza road (H1-1).<\/p>\n

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        • Gert Frederik Coenraad Stols<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Originally from White River, Gert Stols was a blacksmith and hunter and his family were famous wagon makers and also hunters.\u00a0 In August 1886, Gert Stols went hunting near Bukweneni River.\u00a0 While here, he contracted malaria and subsequently died.\u00a0 Later this area was named \u201cStols Nek\u201d in his honour.<\/p>\n

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          • Prospector\u2019s Graves<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Many prospector\u2019s in the area met the fate and were buried in Skukuza.\u00a0 Many of these graves are from the gold rush days and unmarked.\u00a0 Most of the graves here face east to west although some face north to south.\u00a0 The latter are the graves of those executed for crimes.<\/p>\n

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            • Louis Trichardt<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Louis Trichardt and his group crossed the border of the present Kruger National Park on March 1838 at Tshokwane on route to Lourenco Marques.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They trekked through the area that was infested with malaria.\u00a0 Louis Trichardt along with most of his followers died during this journey.\u00a0 It is at Tshokwane that the memorial plaque can be seen.<\/p>\n

              Learn more about the park\u2019s history, and all sorts of other things when you experience a Kruger Park safari.<\/h3>\n

              Book your tour today.<\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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