ANGLO-BOER WAR

1899-1902

LADYSMITH, PLATRAND, SPION KOP, COLENSO, CHURCHILL CAPTURE.

Follow the events that lead to the Siege of Ladysmith, get a first hand look at what it was like besieged in this "little, dusty town" that managed to keep the Boer Forces at bay for one hundred and eighteen days to become "famous to the uttermost ends of the earth".

Visit the Platrand where on the 6th January 1900 the desperate Battles of Caesar's Camp and Wagon Hill were fought. Or perhaps you may prefer to visit that "bloody acre" on top of Spion Kop where one of the most fruitless and bloody battles of the war was fought on 23-24th January 1900. There is also an option of going down to Colenso or on to the Churchill Capture site and returning via the Tugela Heights where Boer and British fought it out over 14 days before the British finally broke through to relieve Ladysmith on 28th February 1900.

Listen to the tales of courage and fortitude by the men of both sides and visit the numerous monuments to those who fell in these desperate struggles.

TYPICAL ONE DAY TOUR ITINERARY

To visit all these sites takes more than a day so one has to be selective taking, Ladysmith and Spion Kop, or Ladysmith and Platrand, or Ladysmith, Colenso and the Churchill Capture site. Some variations on this arrangement can also be accommodated depending on timing.

For the large groups taking the Weekend Special the tour includes a briefing, an orientation the night before, visual information, a guide, visits to the Seige Museum in Ladysmith and a selection of other sites including the Anglican Church in Ladysmith, Platrand, Spion Kop, Colenso, the Churchill capture site and the Tugela Heights.

Depending on the sites chosen lunch will be either a picnic lunch on the battlefield or a light lunch at Colenso Club.