Voortrekker Monument
Voortrekkermonument
A massive granite memorial to the Great Trek of the Boers, with a 92-meter marble relief frieze inside.
The Voortrekker Monument, completed in 1949, is about 40 meters tall. It commemorates the Boers' migration from the Cape Colony into the interior between 1835 and 1854. The walls of the main hall are lined with 27 marble reliefs depicting the Great Trek and the Battle of Blood River. Every year on December 16, at noon, sunlight shines through a small hole in the dome onto the inscription on the commemorative stone in the crypt. Visitors can climb to the top for views over Pretoria. There is also a museum and a nature reserve nearby. Entry costs about R100, and the monument is open approximately 08:00-17:00.
Opening hours
About 08:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Freedom Park
- Melrose House
- Ditsong National Museum of Natural History
- Kruger House Museum
- Groenkloof Nature Reserve
- Church Square, Pretoria
- Fort Klapperkop
- National Zoological Garden (Pretoria Zoo)