After breakfast we make our way to Dundee, we will arrive just before lunch at 13:00.
On your arrival, you will be greeted by our staff and shown around the Guest House.
At the Guest House, weather permitted, lunch is served on the veranda with sweeping views of the reserve. After lunch, you are free to settle in, enjoy the garden and pool, or relax at the Library or Museum.
After a relaxing afternoon, guests join us for drinks and snacks around the fire at 7 pm, followed by dinner in the dining room hosted by one of our staff members. Please let us know on arrival if you have any dietary requirements as dinner is a set menu
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Be sensible: Don’t take photographs at border crossings or of government buildings and adopt a positive attitude when dealing with uniformed authorities. Take advantage of on-the-ground information - your hotel concierge and tour guide are there to help.
Be respectful: Treat places with religious or cultural sensitivities, such as Zanzibar or the Maasai homelands, with the same respect you expect of tourists in your neighborhood. Avoid taking intrusive photographs of people and dress appropriately in religious settings. Appropriate dress for men and women in these religious regions is clothing that covers the knees and elbows, closes up to the collarbone. For the woman with long hair, it's often considered appropriate to tie your hair back or simply tuck it into a hat.
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You will be woken up with tea/coffee. Breakfast is served in the dining room from 06:50 am. There is a buffet of fruit, cereal, yogurt, and muffins, and a friendly member of staff will take your order for a hot breakfast.
Tour for Isandlwana departs at 7:30 am in one of our Land Rovers. On the way to the battlefield, you will listen to a tape narrated by David Rattray explaining the background to the Anglo-Zulu War. There is a stop at 9 am to visit the museum at Isandlwana. The lecture on the battlefield begins at 9:45 and ends around 11:45, when tea, coffee, and refreshments are served.
The lecture takes place halfway up the hill. Please let us know before you set off if you have difficulty walking so that the lecturer can make an alternative plan. Another tape, this time describing the story of the survivors and events after the battle of Isandlwana, is played en route back to the Lodge. You will be back in time for lunch at 1 pm.
Tea and cake are served at 3:30 pm, followed by a walk, stopping off at various lookout points and finally ending at the site where Lieutenants Melvill and Coghill lost their lives in an attempt to save the Queen’s Colour, earning the first two posthumous Victoria Crosses ever awarded. The walk returns to the Lodge at 5:30 / 6 pm. Drinks around the fire at 7 pm, followed by dinner.
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- Airport Transfers.
- Entry per program.
- Activities per program.
- Professional Guide.
- International Flights.
- Visa’s.
- Personal Things.
- Activity’s excluded from program.
- Meals excluded from program.
Breakfast is served from 06:50 until 9 am. After a leisurely wake-up, join us for one of the following activities:
Blood River: The battle fought between the Boers and Zulus on 16th December 1838.
Lunch is served between 1-2 pm.
The Rorke’s Drift tour departs at 3 pm. Guests have time to look through the museum at Rorke’s Drift before the lecture begins at 4 pm. There is very little walking involved. The lecture concludes around 6 pm and guests are then given the opportunity to look around the memorials and graveyard before returning to the Lodge and Guest House.
Drinks around the fire at 7 pm, followed by dinner.
- Accommodation per program.
- Meals per program.
- Airport Transfers.
- Entry per program.
- Activities per program.
- Professional Guide.
- International Flights.
- Visa’s.
- Personal Things.
- An activity’s excluded from the program.
- Meals excluded from the program.
After breakfast we make our way back to JHB, we will arrive in JHB after lunch.
- Accommodation per program.
- Meals per program.
- Airport Transfers.
- Entry per program.
- Activities per program.
- Professional Guide.
- International Flights.
- Visa’s.
- Personal Things.
- An activity’s excluded from the program.
- Meals excluded from the program.
