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The battlefields and storytellers of Fugitives' Drift

KwaZulu Natal Battlefields

The battlefields and storytellers of Fugitives' Drift

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What you'll do

Stand on the battlefields of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War and let your guide and storyteller bring the sights, sounds and scents to life. Learn of the Zulu bravery and innovation that defeated the British Army at Isandlwana, then hear how British soldiers, vastly outnumbered, still managed to win at Rorke’s Drift.

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