Kerkenberg

The Voortrekkers camped there from mid-October to mid-November 1837 and from there sent out parties to find ways down the escarpment. Erasmus Smit conduct church services at the site for the treks and named Kerkenberg (Church Mountain).^[1] On 12 November Piet Retief’s daughter Debora painted his name on a rock to mark his 57th birthday.^[1]

On 10 October 1899, members of the Bethlehem commando also recorded their names here, when they arrived to guard a pass on the Free State border at the start of the Boer War.^[1]

The site is open to the public.^[2]

28°30′14″S 29°06′29″E / 28.504°S 29.108°E / -28.504; 29.108

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