Rorke's Drift Lodge

BT03	ANGLO ZULU/ANGLO BOER/ZULU BOER CONFLICTS
	4 days and 3 nights
	This package combines a visit to the Battlefields of Rorke's Drift and Isandlwana, Battle of Talana and Battle of Blood River On day one you would visit two of the world's bloodiest battlefields accompanied by an expert guide who will take you back more than 100 years to a time that defies imagination. On day two you proceed in your own vehicle and visit the Blood River Monument and Ncome Museums and then go onto Talana Museum where you visit the Battlefield of Talana. On site guide's will accompany you if you choose.
Cost:	R4 200.00 per person fully inclusive.
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Day One	Arrive after 4pm at the Lodge
	18h30 Watch a DVD in our lounge on the Battle of Isandlwana.
	19:30 Dinner
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Day Two	07:00 Breakfast
	07:30 Your personal guide will pick you up at the Lodge. You will then spend the morning hearing about the bloody battle fought at Isandlwana ending up on the Battlefield itself where you can roam amongst the many memorials erected to the fallen.
	13:00 Lunch at Rorke's Drift Cafe (a first time business for 4 enterprising local Rorke's Drift residents)
	14:00 Your guide will take you step by step through the Defence of Rorke's Drift - the brave and terrifying story of soldiers trapped with their backs to the wall.
	17:00 Return to the lodge
	19:30 Dinner
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Day Three	07:30 Breakfast
	08:30 Your guide will pick you up and take you to Blood River Monument - there you can visit the Monument - erected by a Nationalist Government to commemorate an event that is pivotal in the life of an Afrikaner. On the opposite side of the River the present government has now opened the Ncome Museum which relates the history of the Zulu people as well as giving the visitor an insight into the Zulu side of the story.
	13:00 Lunch at The Miner's Rest at Talana Museum.
	14:00 Your guide will recount the happenings at the Battle of Talana where the British soldiers had to defend themselves against an attack by the Boers. Take a walk through the Talana Museum - one of the best "little" museums in South Africa. Your guide will bring you back to the Lodge.
	19:30 Dinner back at the Lodge.
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Day Four	Breakfast at a time of your choice and then depart before 10h30.

P.O. Box 1270 Dundee 3000 SOUTH AFRICA

e-mail: info@rorkesdriftlodge.com

tel: +27(0)34 642 1805

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member of Open Africa: Nguni Route