THE BATTLEFIELDS
OF NORTHERN KWAZULU NATAL

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BOER ZULU CONFLICT
Blood River

ANGLO-ZULU WAR
Isandlwana
Rorke's Drift

TRANSVAAL WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
Fort Amiel
Mount Prospect
Laing's Nek
Schuinshoogte
Majuba
O'Neill's Cottage

ANGLO-BOER WAR
Talana Hill
Elandslaagte
Platrand
Spion Kop

TOUR IDEAS

RECENT TOUR GROUPS & ALBUM

BATTLEFIELDS ROUTE

Proposal for Peter Maas


On the firing line - Isandlwana re-enactment 2003

Northern KwaZulu Natal is home to the greatest
concentration of significant Battles in South
Africa’s turbulent history.

Legendary Battles like Blood River, Isandlwana,
Rorke’s Drift, Laing’s Nek, Schuinshoogte, Majuba,
Talana Hill, Spion Kop and the Battles to relieve
Ladysmith.

Amajuba Experience can organise tours to most of them, so

Why not let the “Redcoat” take you there?

CHOOSING YOUR TOUR
Visiting Battlefields at random can be very confusing unless you are very familiar with the history and it is far better to choose the conflict first and then the battles from that conflict or war.

On the following pages you will find sample tours that can be taken from Newcastle. These do not have to be strictly adhered to but they do give you a very good idea of what can be done.


Tour group on iNyoni Ridge overlooking Isandlwana
 
  "THE REDCOAT"
DAVE SUTCLIFFE
BATTLEFIELD GUIDE
Reg NoKZN 0537
Member of the
Provincial Tourist Guides Association of KwaZulu, Battlefields Region
Member of Tourism Newcastle
Contact No Cell 072 271 1766 home 034 312 3206
e-mail: dave.sutcliffe@telkomsa.net
  Dave has had an interest in the history of conflict and battles all his life so when he moved to Newcastle in the heart of the Battlefields of KwaZulu Natal in 1983 it proved fertile ground for the furtherance of his hobby. A hobby he has pursued with great interest for the last twenty odd years and he now covers Majuba and the 1st Transvaal War of Independence, the fateful Central Column and the Anglo-Zulu War as well as many of the Battles around Ladysmith during the Anglo Boer War.
For those Battlefields not covered by Dave he has enthusiatic colleagues and fellow guides with whom he networks.   
Monument to the 60th Rifles at Schuinshoogte with Majuba in the distance
British graves on Majuba with MacDonald's Kop behind