Located about 12km from the Phalaborwa Gate, stands the site of a village from the late Iron Age.This village was home to the Sotho speaking BaPhalaborwa tribe in the late 1800’s the whole site is littered with remains of furnaces as well as a reconstructed furnace to show visitors what they used to look like. The huts have been renovated by the BaPhalaborwa tribe that lived on the edge of the Kruger National Park. More information can be found about the Site at a museum just downhill.
The Lethaba Elephant Hall is a commemorative museum located in the Lethaba Rest Camp. The whole area around Lethaba is known for having a large amount of elephant sightings an is famous for being the home of the Magnificent 7. The Magnificent 7 was a group of very large elephants that sported some of the largest tusks ever recorded on an elephant. This museum was built to commemorate these mighty giants and houses their Tusks.
One of the cultural jewels in the Treasure chest of South Africa’s Cultural Treasure Chest can be found just outside the Phabeni Gate in the Kruger National Park. The Albasani are in short, the remains of the Joao Albasan Trading post that dates to the 1800’s. This trade post was extremely successful and popular and there were great established trade routes with local farms. The Albasani Ruins are a site worth visiting if you are in the area.
James Stevenson-Hamilton was the very first ranger of the Sabi Nature Reserve and oversaw the reserve’s transition into the Kruger National Park. Stevenson-Hamilton served as a warden from 1902-1946. He was very popular amongst his co-workers and was also popular with the Local tribes. He received the nickname Skukuza from the Tsonga people, which means turned everything upside down. He has a memorial. His hashes were strewn from a large Granite boulder and this is where the memorial stands to this day.