Zulu wars, Shaka, Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift, Colenso, Spioenkop, Ladysmith, Dundee, Churchill, Blood River, Cetshwayo, Boers ... these are some of the terms which are associated with the internationally renowned KwaZulu-Natal Battlefields area of South Africa.
Walk in the footsteps of famous military strategists Shaka, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi and General Louis Botha who were all at the Battle of Spionkop during the Anglo-Boer war which was the longest, the costliest, the bloodiest and most humiliating war that Britain fought in between 1815 and 1914. The wind sighs and whispers the secrets and sorrows of great battles, made visible by lone forts and small graveyards on these undulating landscapes ringed with rocky outcrops.
The legacy of the Zulu Kingdom's critical, blood-soaked conflicts lives peacefully today, reconciled in this fascinating region's myriad Battlefield sites, historic towns, national monuments and museums and in HQs of the British regiments who make a 'pilgrimage' to these fields of bravery and supreme sacrifice.Hear in gripping detail the background to the Anglo-Zulu War on the Day of the Dead Moon at Isandlwana mesmerised by the remarkable story of this fantastic Zulu victory. Listen at sunset to the famous story of Rorke’s Drift, where 139 British soldiers were attacked by 4,000 Zulu warriors, winning more Victoria Crosses than in any other battle in history.
