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Louis Trichardt

Louis Trichardt

Find property for sale in Louis Trichardt, a town on the Ivory Route situated at the foot of the Soutpansberg Mountain range in South Africa’s Limpopo province. Known for a short time as Makhado, the region is renowned for its fertile soil and produces a range of fruit and nuts. Like most places in the country, Louis Trichardt owes its establishment to the Voortrekkers, who settled here in 1836 after traveling as far from British influence as they could. The properties for sale include farms and smallholdings in the outlying areas, with residential houses and homes to buy in and around the town itself.

The Northern Province was always bursting with game and initially an unruly crowd of hunters and ivory traders made Louis Trichardt their base. The endless brawling and fighting eventually forced the area to be abandoned by the Europeans in 1867 and it was 30 years later b