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African Battlefield Tours & Safaris
South African Battlefields - Zulu Battlefields Tours of
KwaZulu Natal of 19th century British Africa
Battlefields Tours of South Africa, we specialize
in Anglo-Boer-Zulu Battlefields and Military History
of British colonial Africa of the 19th century. The early Dutch
pioneers who in 1838 confronted the mighty Zulu empire
under King Dingaan at the Battle of Blood River.
In January 1879 the British first invasion under the command of
Lord Chelmsford crossed the Buffalo's River at
Rorkes Drift into Zululand leading to the biggest
single defeat of a modern British army against the spears of the
Zulu impi at the battle of Isandhlwana, a few
hours later 11 VC's where won at the mission station at Rorkes
Drift and the 2 VC's at Fugitives Drift the first
to be awarded posthumously. On the 1 June 1879 Chelmsford started
his second invasion of Zululand with yet another set back, Prince
Imperial (Napoleon) of France was killed in a Zulu skirmish
while on patrol, due to his previous set backs Chelmsford doubled
his efforts to reach the Zulu capital of Ulundi
without further incidents. On the 4 July 1879 the mighty Zulu
empire of the old order had been defeated within half hour of
giving battle. Although there was the "Transvaal
war" of 1880/1 which lasted 3 months, the British
managed to take a rest for 18 years before the second South African
war broke out against the Boers.
In the words of Rudyard Kipling the Anglo
Boer war of 1899 - 1902 "taught the British
no end a lesson". In October 1899 the Boer forces
where mobilized and assembled at Sandspruit on the ZAR border
and the British colony of Natal with a bold plan to strike at
the seaports of Durban and Cape Town,
if the plan had succeeded it would have caught the main British
forces still at sea and unable to land hopefully returning the
British to the negotiating table. It wasn't to be and war lasted
for a further 30 months costing the British tax payer £220
million. Some of the famous towns like the siege towns of Ladysmith,
Mafekeng & Kimberley, and people with a young Winston
L S Churchill and his train ambush, Gandhi
who offered to help with his ambulance brigade known as the "body
snatchers" and Conan Doyle who
wrote his account of the war during the time in South
Africa. The peace accord was finally signed at the British
HQ of Melrose House in Pretoria on 31 May 1902.
We have tours to KwaZulu-Natal, the old Western
& Eastern Transvaal and the Northern Cape,
with the Siege Towns of Ladysmith, Mafekeng of
Baden Powell, the diamond fields of Kimberley
with the Magersfontein Battlefield of the Highland
Regiments, and the Free State Capital of Bloemfontein
with Sannaspos, Queens Fort and the vrou memorial with the final
resting place of Emily Hobhouse.
African Battlefields is a South African based
specialist operator located in Pretoria, we supply
you with a one stop operation from collecting you at the airport
or Hotel using luxury transport, quality accommodation on and
near the battlefields and "Walking the Battlefields"
to re-live the history of some of the most well preserved Battlefields
available from the British Africa colonial conflicts of
the 19th century.
We have all year round escorted tours & safaris to South
Africa's Battlefields of the British, the Boers &
the Zulu's and can offer you a complete travel service
with transfers, tours and accommodations while in Southern Africa.
All tours are personally conducted by the owner, a South
African registered Battlefields guide.
"A journey of a thousand miles starts
with the first step"
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Battle
of Blood River 1838
KwaZulu-Natal
Bringing to life South African history and Battlefields
of the early Voortrekker's and the battle of Blood
River of 1838 when Andries Pretorius confronted the
Zulu King Dingaan.
This tour can be included with the Anglo-Zulu Battlefields.
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Anglo-Zulu
Battlefields 1879
KwaZulu-Natal
The Anglo-Zulu Battlefields of Isandhlwana
- the biggest single defeat ever inflicted on a modern British
army against the spears of the Zulu impi, Fugitives
Drift of Melville and Coghill who died while trying
to save the Queens colours, the 11 VC's at Rorkes
Drift of the 24 "B" coy Welsh Borderers
& the Ulundi Battlefield and the final defeat of King
Cetshwayo and the mighty Zulu Empire on the 4 July 1879.
Duration of Tour from 3 day to 9 days (Full Board)
Tours can be customized
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Anglo-Boer Battlefields 1899 - 1902
KwaZulu-Natal
On the 11 October 1899 the day after Paul Kruger's birthday,
the little Boer Republic of the Transvaal
declared war against the Might of the British Empire. We have
tours to the Battlefields of Talana, Colenso, Spioenkop,
the siege town of Ladysmith, Winston Churchill's
armoured train ambush and capture site.
Duration of Tour from 3 day to 4 days (Full Board)
Tours can be customized
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Anglo-Boer-Zulu
Battlefields Tours
KwaZulu-Natal
The combined Battlefields of Blood River, Anglo
Zulu and Anglo-Boer wars, combined
with the Kruger National Park game reserve.
Duration of Tour from 4 day to 9+ days (Full Board)
Tours can be customized
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Anglo-Boer
Battlefields 1899 - 1902
Old Eastern Transvaal
After the fall of Pretoria on the 5 June 1900 we trace Botha's
retreat into the old "Eastern Transvaal"
with the Battlefield of Dalmanutha, being recognized as the
last of the formal battles and the beginning of the Guerrilla
phase, Belfast and the grave yard, Lydenberg, Long Tom Pass
and the "Long Tom Gun" site as well as Paul
Kruger's last residence in South Africa, the Kruger
Hof later became the British HQ. The tour can be extended
to include Game drives in the famous Kruger Park
Duration of Tour from 3 day to 4+ days (Full Board)
Tours can be customized
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Anglo-Boer
Battlefields 1899-1902
Bloemfontein, Kimberley and Mafekeng
Tours to the two siege towns of Mafekeng
of Baden Powell, Sir Charles Warren's 1884 expedition &
Kimberley with the Magersfontein
Battlefield of the Highland Regiments. The tour includes the
Free State Capital of Bloemfontein with Sannaspos,
Queens Fort and the woman's memorial.
Duration of Tours from 10 day to 19 day (Full Board)
Tours can be customized
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Historical
Pretoria Day Tour
A tour of the Capital City of Pretoria with the Voortrekker
Monument, old Boer Fort of Schanskop 1896, Winston
Churchill's prison, Breaker Morant's final resting
place, Sammy Marks Victorian House, the British HQ
of Melrose House - the signing of the peace accord
of 31 May 1902.
Duration of Tour 1 day - includes lunch.
The tour can be customized
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South Africa Tours and Safaris - with the scenic
Blyderiver Canyon with the famous Kruger
National Park either in the main rest camps or the private
luxury camps some with African safari tents, , Pilgrims Rest,
the kingdom of Swaziland, Hluhluwe Game reserve,
the majestic Drakensberg of Cathedral Peak & the Southern
Sani Pass 4 wheel drive into Lesotho, Sun
City and Pilanesburg, Jo'Burg & Soweto, Lion reserve
and a photo stop with the Lion cubs, Cape Town
inc the Wine routes, Robben Island, Table Mountain and the Garden
Route. We also have tours and safaris to Victoria Falls,
Botswana Luxury photographic Safaris of the Okavango Delta, Mozambique
beach and scuba dive holidays and so much more............
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