Anglo-Boer Battlefields
of KwaZulu-Natal (1899 - 1902)

Departing from Jo'burg we travel south to Dundee via Amajuba to visit the Talana Battlefield and onto Ladysmith, both Dundee and Ladysmith have superb Military History Museums.  Starting at the Royal Hotel Ladysmith we visit the Siege Museum with its excellent diorama of the Ladysmith field of operation, a short distance away is All Saints Church which displays the roll of honour of over 3000 names of British soldiers and sailors together with the regiments that they served with. To the north west of the town we visit the site of Whites HQ with a commanding view of the area. Leaving Ladysmith we visit the Churchill memorial to see the armoured train ambush site which led to the capture of young Winston on 15 November 1899, and his Pretoria Prison. Making our way to the Clouston Military Cemetery and visit the Gun site where the Boers captured 10 artillery guns from the British at the Battle of Colenso (15 Dec 1899). From here we make our way to the killing field of Spionkop to take a tour of the Battlefield and explain the events that took place which involved such people as Winston Churchill and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.  One of the accommodations is on the Battlefield of Trenchgula near Nicholson's Nek, also know as the Battle of Ladysmith, we can also visit the Battlefields of Valkrans, Platrand (Wagon Hill) and Tugela Heights with the final push into Ladysmith to break the 118 day siege. On our travels we also visit the capital of South Africa; Pretoria, with Paul Kruger house, one of the old Boer forts and the British HQ of Melrose house with the signing of the peace treaty in May 1902.

 

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Anglo-Boer-Zulu Battlefields of
KwaZulu-Natal (1879 & 1899-1902)

Departing from Jo'burg we travel south down the N3 highway to visit the battlefield of Spionkop where the South Lancs Liverpool regiment came under a fire barrage resulting in one of the heaviest loss of life of the war. We stay over on the Battlefield of Nicholson's Nek, the grave yard is still on site and can be visited. Starting at the Royal Hotel Ladysmith we visit the Siege Museum with its diorama of  the Ladysmith field of operation. Leaving Ladysmith we visit the Churchill memorial to see the armoured train ambush site which led to the capture of young Winston on 15 November 1899. Making our way to the Clouston Military Cemetery and visit the "Gun site" where the Boers captured 10 artillery guns from the British at the "Battle of Colenso" (15 December 1899) . Traveling northeast we visit the Talana Battlefield and Pete Smiths farm which is one of the best open-air Museums in the area. Our overnights stay is in Zululand in the middle of the Zulu Battlefields. Another early start we visit Isandlwana with the biggest ever defeat of a modern British army against the spears of a Zulu impi, and Rorkes Drift when 11 VC's were awarded to the 24th "B" coy Welsh Borderers, & Fugitives Drift when Melville and Coghill died saving the Queen's colours in Jan 1879. We visit the Zulu capital of Ulundi and the memorial to the fallen of both sides leading to the total defeat of the mighty Zulu empire on 4 July 1879. From Ulundi we visit Eshowe being one of the oldest towns in Zululand. Our accommodation includes a visit to an authentic Zulu Village giving you an opportunity to interact with the "people of heaven" the Zulu. We end our Battlefields experience with a relaxing Game Drive in the Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Reserve with the opportunity of seeing the BIG 5 of the animal kingdom. We also visit Durban for a City tour with the old Victorian spice market, where you can buy your freshly packed Indian Spices.

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