My husband and I were in Port Elizabeth, SA for Christmas and New Year and we decided to try somewhere different for a couple of days. We went up to Zululand and stayed at Fugitive's Drift Guest House. What a fantastic time we had! We went on 2 battlefield tours up to Isandlwana in the morning and to Fugitive's Drift in the afternoon where you learnt about particularly famous battles in the Anglo-Zulu wars.

I must admit that even though I used to live in SA, my historical knowledge was very limited, but this was absolutely fascinating. My husband loved every minute of it and wanted to stay for longer! We were there for 2 nights and it was 2 nights of luxury. We had flown to Durban from PE for £80 each (booked directly with SAA on their website) and then hired a car from AVIS (again, booked through a website costing only £75 for 3 days with unlimited mileage). It took us about 3.5hrs to drive - it is a big country!!

It has certainly given us a taste for something different. The owners of the lodge also have another lodge within the battlefields area and that one specialises in the Anglo-Boer war, so that's another one we'd like to try sometime.

I thought that this might be interesting for those of you who wanted to do something different, not necessarily the safari option which one always presumes one needs to do when visiting the country.

Regards
Gill