11-Day Break

Day 1 – Overnight flight from London Heathrow to Johannesburg  with South African Airways. D*
Day 2 – Arrive this morning in Johannesburg to be met by our guide and coach. We continue to the town of Dundee and the Royal Country Inn, our base for the next four nights. B*,D
Day 3 – Today we will firstly travel to Isandlwana to see the battlefield where 24,000 Zulu impis out-manoeuvred and wiped out almost an entire British Regiment (The 24th) in less than half an hour! Continue via Fugitive’s Drift to Rorke’s Drift where a handful of soldiers steadfastly fought off 4,000 Zulus for 12 hours. B,D
Day 4 – Spend time today in and around Dundee seeing the excellent Talana Museum displaying the events of the Anglo Boer War. B,D
Day 5 – After breakfast we travel west via Ladysmith and the Siege Museum to Colenso one of the great battles of the Anglo Boer War. It was one of the three British defeats that made up Black Week during the Boer War. Make your way on foot to the summit of Spioenkop where your guide recreates the tragic battle between ‘Boer and Brit’ over nine days in January 1900. Return to Dundee in time for dinner. B,D
Day 6 – Leave Dundee and visit the monument dedicated to the ‘Voortrekkers’ who, vastly outnumbered, heroically defended themselves against a Zulu attack. Visit Lancaster Hill, scene of an engagement between the Lancaster Regiment and the Boers after the relief of Ladysmith. Continue to Vryheid and the
Stillwater Hotel for two nights. Tonight we will have a barbecue (Braai) dinner. B,D
Day 7 – Re-live the rout of the British forces at Hlobane by the Zulus where the British once again underestimated the enemy and paid a heavy price. However the situation was quickly reversed by the British the next day, as we will hear when we visit Kambula.  B,D
Day 8 – Today we travel deep into the heart of Zululand seeing where the Prince Imperial of France was killed in a Zulu ambush. We continue to the famed valley of the Zulu Kings and to the Garden Court Hotel in Ulundi for two nights. B
Day 9 – We will see the battlefields and experience the history around Ulundi. The 4th July 1879 was to be a significant date for the Zulu nation. The battle at Ulundi was to be short lived, not only was it to be the final battle for Chief Cetewayo and his warriors but was also the break up of the Zulu nation. B
Day 10 – We travel to Durban to take an afternoon flight to Johannesburg where we connect with the evening overnight South African airways flight to London. B,D*
Day 11 – Arrive this morning at London Heathrow airport. B*

B=Breakfast D=Dinner - Meals marked with an asterisk* are taken in flight.

Extras
Optional Excursions.
Single room supplement £225
Travel Insurance- from £65