Our visit to the Battlefields & Dundee in KwaZulu-Natal!

On our weekend in Dundee, Tourism KZN hosted media on a guided tour of Talana Museum, a visit to the Battlefields Route and ended with a relaxing sunset boat cruise at Spioenkop dam.


We were warmly accommodated by Spoinkop Lodge where we enjoyed rich meals, friendly staff and a family of owners who are dedicated to the Spoinkop area & community.
Talana Museum, situated on a 20-acre heritage park, comprises 23 buildings dedicated to subjects as diverse as war and agriculture, mining, industry and domestic life.

The farm, bought in 1982 for the development of a museum to commemorate the centenary of Dundee, includes the home and farmstead of one of the founders of the town, the site of the first coal mining activity in this area and portion of the Talana battlefield.

Media had first sight of the unspoilt Battlefields Region, a site of concentration of historical battles that took place over numerous years and shaped the history of both South African and British history.
Within easy driving distance there are numerous wildlife, game and nature parks, many with the Big Five. There are Zulu culture and heritage sites, Bushman paintings and the remains of iron age settlements.
The tour ended off with a visit to the 4 400-hectare Spioenkop Dam Nature Reserve which lies close to Ladysmith and Winterton with breath-taking views from the summit of Spioenkop alone making the journey here worthwhile.



It is a popular weekend watersport destination, whilst also offering a serene game reserve environment - white rhino, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest and a wide variety of antelope grace these plains, and the bird life is in high-volume.


We were also lucky enough to meet with the ‘Dundee Diehards’, a non-profit organization who were gracefully obliging in allowing us to capture footage of their reenactments of the rich history that happened in this area!


We also attended the launch of the Dundee July Legacy project at the Dundee Racetrack, a project dedicated to unleash the economic development potential of the traditional horse racing value chain, including infrastructure improvements, training, tourism and manufacturing.


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