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Albizia House
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Himeville
S.Drakensberg

Chris Wheeler
ALBIZIA TOURS
SOUTH AFRICA.

62 Arbuckle Street, Himeville 3256


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You will not be disappointed!

BATTLEFIELDS & HERITAGE

ANGLO - ZULU BATTLEFIELDS - War most brutal!

[A] This one day trip is a full day travelling up the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal, crossing the uThukela River into Zululand. We hear about the Ultimatum Tree and the position of Fort Pearson on the south bank of the river where the January 1879 Battles of Isandlwana & Rorke's Drift 'begin'. We continue past other battlefields onto ISANDLWANA (22nd Jan) & RORKE'S DRIFT (22nd/23rd Jan). Visiting these sites for the story of the battles to unfold, we also pay a visit to FUGITIVE'S DRIFT where two brave men died trying to save the Queen's Colour.
We return to Durban in the late afternoon.

[B] This two day tour visits the Battlefields of ISANDLWANA and RORKE'S DRIFT in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal. We travel up the north coast from Durban through vast sugar cane fields and timber plantations, crossing over the mighty uThukela River into the old Zululand. As we pause at this crossing we hear about such events as the Battle of Nondakusuka (1856) and the Ultimatum Tree meeting (11th Dec 1878); of the early beginnings of the Zulu Nation and the farming and agriculture in these regions. We then turn towards the Battlefields of Nyezane and Gingindlovu on our way through to the towns of Eshowe, Melmoth and Babanango. As we approach these famous battlefields, we virtually trace the route that the Zulu Army marched in mid January 1879 towards their meeting with the British forces at Isandlwana. Overnighting near the Battlefields, we visit the battle sites at Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift where we hear about all these conflicts, some from and on the actual battlegrounds.
The tour returns to Durban and your accommodation by late afternoon of this second day.



   
ANGLO - BOER BATTLEFIELDS - War most hopeless!

[C] This one day trip takes in some of the contacts of the Anglo- Boer War of 1899-1902. We leave Durban and travel inland past the capital of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, to the town of Escourt (Fort Dumford); Frere (where Winston Churchill was captured by the Boers at the Armoured Train Ambush (15th Nov 1899); Battle of Colenso on 15th Dec 1899 when General Buller lost 10 guns and Spioenkop where the British forces suffered defeat at the hands of the Boers on 24th Jan 1900. We also pass the small cemetery where Lt.Roberts is buried after Colenso. The tour returns to Durban late in the afternoon.

[D] A two day tour some of the Anglo-Boer conflicts areas in KwaZulu-Natal could include the Site of the Armoured Train Ambush (Nov 1899); the Garden of Remembrance at Clouston; the Battle of Colenso (Dec 1899) as well as the Cemetery at Ambleside at Colenso where the Irish lie buried. We also visit the town of Ladysmith which was besieged by the Boers for 3 months (Nov 1899-Feb 1900). Day two takes us to visit the Siege Museum in Ladysmith, some of the battles sites around the town, And then onto the site of the tragic Battle of Spioenkop on 24th January 1900, where the Boers soundly defeated and outwitted the British forces under the command of Generals Buller and Warren. We arrive back in Durban in the late afternoon.
OTHER BATTLEFIELDS - War most wasteful!

There were two main periods of conflict between the British Imperial Army and the Boer Commandos of South Africa, namely in 1881 and the years 1899 to 1902. The Battlefields of 1881 include Laing's Nek, Schuinchoogte and Majuba, where the Boers inflicted an humiliating defeat on the British under General Sir George Pomeroy Colley on 27th February 1881. During the Second Anglo Boer War (South African War) which began in 1899, we visit battle sites at Talana (20th October), Elandslaagte (21st October), the Siege of Ladysmith (from November 1899 to February 1900) and Colenso (15th December). We also pay a visit to the Clouston Garden of Remembrance near Chievely and Spioenkop (24th January 1900), as well as the site at Frere where Winston Churchill was captured During the Armoured Train Ambush on 15th November 1899..