Specialised battlefield tours – 2010 (cont.)

The tour list gives the full index of all of our battlefield tours, pilgrimage tours and war graves tours for both World War I, World War II and other notable battles and conflicts. Expanded details of all battlefield tours are also available in our brochure, contact us for a copy.

South Africa Specialised Tours – Zulu and Boer War Battlefield Tours

Tour 1:

Isandlwana, Rorkes Drift, Ladysmith, Colenso and Spion Kop

20th – 28th January

9 Days, 8 Nights

£1950.00

Tour 2:

Isandlwana, Rorkes Drift, Ladysmith, Colenso/Spioen Kop, Bloem,fontein, Kimberley, Belmont, Graspan, Orange River, Modder River, Magersfontein, Paardberg

17th – 31st October

15 Days, 14 Nights

£2600.00

Our choice of two tours allows you to decide whether you wish the shorter tour to take in Rorkes Drift, Fugitives Drift, Isandlwana, Dundee, Ladysmith, Spioen Kop, or to take the longer tour that takes you across South Africa to the Diamond Fields area for a further insight into the Boer War areas around Kimberley.

Based in the Dundee area, this tour visits Rorkes Drift, Isandlwana and Fugitives Drift to see the sites of the epic battle between the Zulu Nation and the then might of the British Empire. The tour traces the route of the Zulu approach, the battlesite itself, and the escape route of the fortunate few who escaped via Fugitives Drift. We will also visit the war graves of the those who still rest there.

Rorkes Drift will be covered in detail by our local guide who brings the story to life as we cover the individual heroics of members of the garrison. We will visit Kambula Battlefield and look at the actions of Sir Evelyn Wood, and well as Blood River encampment, scene of earlier Boer versus Zulu engagements.

The Boer War Battle sites of Spioen Kop, Colenso and the saving of the guns, Chieveley and the capture site of Winston Churchill is visited, along with the Siege town of Ladysmith, Wagon Hill, and Caesars Camp. The private Block House Museum of our good friend Doug McMasters with is incredible collection is also seen, along with the Elandslaagte Battlefield. The Talana Battlefield and Museum in Dundee is also covered.

Zulu war

On our longer, 15 day, Zulu and Boer War tour, we will have an opportunity to soak in the culture of Africa when we stay overnight at a Cultural Village. We then drive south to visit the Majuba area and O'Neill's Cottage, before we do all of the above and then drive through the Golden Gate National Park, through the Free State to Bloemfontein to view the Women's Memorial.

The tour then goes into the Cape Colony to cover the Battlefields of Lord Metheun at Belmont, Graspan, Modder River, and view the site of the Orange River Concentration Camp. We cover the action of the Highland Brigade at Magersfontein, and the Battle of Paardeburg, visiting the site of the Boer Lager.

We will then have an opportunity to relax in the Kimberley area, visiting the Kimberley Club, the MacGregor Museum, (where Cecil Rhodes stayed during ther Seige) and pay a visit to a Diamond Mine.

We finish off this trip in Pretoria where we have a City tour, visiting the Union Buildings, Paul Kruger's House, and many other places of interest, incuding the South African National Army Museum in Johannesburg

Please send for our Specialised Tour Brochure with regard to these tours, which lays out in detail these marvelous opportunities.

The air flights used are ATOL protected by the Civil Avaition Authority, as we act as agent for licenced tour operators: Complete World Travel, ATOL 545.