The South African
Military History Society

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Die Suid-Afrikaanse Krygshistoriese Vereniging

Professional Battlefield tour organisers

The following table was last updated in March 2023:

KWAZULU-NATAL Members of Battlefield Region Association
Name	Comment/Website	Phone/fax/cell/e-mail	Offering
Brandyne Arendse	Howick	+27 (0)82-775-2400 E-mail brandyne@hotmail.com	Voortrekker, Zulu history, Anglo Zulu War, First and Second Anglo Boer War KZN.
Desmond Armstrong	Howick	Tel./Fax:+27 (0)33-330-8390 +27 (0)83-449-7709 E-mail desmond@blackthorn.co.za	Anglo Boer battlefields national guide Irish roots and the Irish connection with the battlefields of KZN.
Warwick Baker	Westville	Tel.:+27 (0)31-266-5480 E-mail victorianafrica@gmail.com	KZN battlefields; Provincial guide for KZN, Mpumalanga, Gauteng wild life and rock art
Henry Bird	Eshowe, KZN	Tel./Fax:+27 (0)35-474-2348 Cell:+27 (0)82-484-7406 E-mail asambe@zulucom.net	Zulu culture, nature and history guide. Forte is Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. Provincial guide for KZN.
Simon Blackburn Reg. No. KZN112	Three Tree Hill Lodge, Spioenkop www.threetreehill.co.za	Tel./Fax:+27 36 448 1171 Cell:+27(0)82 379 1864 E-mail simon@threetreehill.co.za	Botswana qualified guide. Specialize in Walking Trails in Big 5 areas, and History of AB War with emphasis on Spionkop and Colenso.
Don Botterill Reg. No. KZN1081	Daytours Kloof    www.daytourskzn.co.za	Tel./Fax:+27 (0)31 764 3063 Cell: +27 (0)82 456 1805 E-mail daytours@telkomsa.net	KZN registered guide specialising in one and two day tours to the Battlefields
Rob Caskie	Fugitive's Drift Lodge KZN	Cell.+27 (0)82-400-0470 E-mail rob@robcaskie.com	KZN Zulu War battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift
Anthony Coleman	Westville KZN	Tel./Fax:+27 (0)34-212-3401 E-mail tonytish@worldonline.co.za	National guide to all battlefields
Rex Duke	Melmoth KZN www.umuzibushcamp.co.za	Tel.:+27 (0)35-870-2500 Cell:+27 (0)82-825-6896 E-mail rexduke@tintasafaris.co.sa	Zulu cultural; Anglo-Zulu War
Danie du Preez Reg No KZN1191	KZN	Tel.:+27 (0)36-631-1131 Cell:+27 (0)82-493-5465 E-mail danie@mpmlaw.co.sa	KZN battlefields, Drakensberg and Zulu cultural tours
Elisabeth Durham Reg. No. KZN1037	Dundee KZN www.cheznousbb.com	Tel./Fax:+27 (0)34-212-1014 Cell: +27(0)72-779-5949 E-mail dundee1@telkomsa.net	Conducts tours in English and French; Translates for French speaking groups; Tours to Prince Imperial site / Isandlwana / Rorke's Drift / Blood River
Pierre Duval	Dundee KZN www.bushbaby.co.za	Tel./Fax:+27 (0)34-212-3216 Cell: +27(0)82-466-8350 E-mail pierre@bushbaby.co.za	National guide - cultural and history
Sean Friend		Cell: +27(0)82-367-9100 E-mail seanfriend@telkomsa.net	First and Second Anglo Boer Wars, Anglo Zulu Wars
Allan Gordon	Website: www.battletours.com	Cell: +27 (0)82-455-9279 E-mail allan@battletours.com	Anglo Boer War Battles
Paul Garner	Dundee KZN	Tel./Fax:+27(0)34-212-1931 Cell: +27 (0)82-472-3912 E-mail garner@jenny.co.za	5 Provinces: Birding, battlefields and rock art
Ron Gold	Mooi River KZN www.kwazulu-natal-tours.com	Cell:+27(0)83-556-4068 E-mail rgrongold@gmail.com	KZN battlefields all conflicts
Johann Hamman B.A. (Mil. His.), M.A. (Political Science), M.Phil. (Shipping Law)	Dundee KZN	Cell:+27(0)82-267-2527 E-mail johann@historyswalk.co.za	Anglo-Zulu War and both Anglo Boer wars, KZN and Free State
Simon Haw	Taking tours since 1974, retired in 2007	Tel.:+27(0)33-343-3847 Cell: +27(0)82-824-8326 E-mail simonhaw@telkomsa.net	KZN tour guide with a particular but not exclusive interest in battlefield tours.
Raymond Heron		Tel.:+27(0)36-488-1404 Cell: +27(0)82-573-0224/5 E-mail spionkop@futurenet.co.za	Tours to Spionkop and Ladysmith area battlefields.
Vincent Horn KZN Nature & Culture guide #1204)		Tel.:+27(0)36-631-0740 Cell: +27(0)83-781-0740 E-mail vincenthorn2@gmail.com	KZN tour guide, nature and cultural, monuments, war graves and battlefield sites.
Mark Joseph Shongololo Tours	Tour operator not guide	Tel.:+27(0)31-564-0330 Cell: +27(0)72-425-1804
Colin S King		Tel.:+27(0)31-464-1160 Cell: +27(0)83-303-7099 E-mail colinsking@msn.com	KZN tour guide, nature and cultural, also registered for Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Eswatini.
Norman Leveridge	Dundee	Cell: +27(0)81-809-7243	Talana Battle.
Bornwell Masuku	Dundee KZN www.talana.co.za	Tel.:+27 (0)34-212-2654 Cell:+27(0)73-385-7382 E-mail info@talana.co.za	Battle of Talana and Talana Museum guide
Pam McFadden	Dundee KZN www.talana.co.za	Cell:+27(0)79-490-5933 E-mail pammcfadden1@gmail.com	Honorary Life Member of Battlefield Guides Association KZN battlefields - Anglo-Zulu, Anglo-Boer and Voortrekker sites
Wilfred Mchunu		Cell: +27(0)79 868 9229 E-mail wilfredmchunu@gmail.com	Experienced expert on historical Zulu and Zulu war sites as well as Zulu cultural sites such as eMakhosini (the Valley of the Kings), Dingane's Kraal and the Battle of Ulundi.
George Mitchell-Innes	Elandslaagte, Ladysmith KZN	Tel.:+27(0)36-421-1860 Cell:+27(0)83-734-3118 E-mail fodofarm@gmail.com	Tours of Elandslaagte battlefield
Bryan Mncube		Tel.:+27(0)34-271-8051 Cell: +27(0)87-285-1172 bryan@fugitivesdrift.com	Battlefields of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift
Mphiwa Ntanzi		Tel.:+27(0)34-271-8051 Cell: +27(0)87-285-1172 reservations@fugitivesdrift.com	Zulu perspective of KZN battlefields - part of the Fugitive's Drift team
Douglas Rattray	Fugitive's Drift	Tel.:+27-(0)34-271-8051 Cell: +27-(0)87-285-1172 reservations@fugitivesdrift.com	Based at Fugitive's Drift - KZN battlefields, Wildlife/Birding/Nature
Pat Rundgren	Dundee KZN	Tel.: +27(0)34-212-4560 Cell:+27(0)82-690-7812 E-mail gunners@trustnet.co.za	Specialist Military guide in the Dundee area. Voortrekker, Anglo-Zulu and Anglo-Boer Wars and Bambata rebellion sites.
Kevin Smith Reg. No. KZN1894	Website: www.sansafaris.co.za	Cell:+27(0)84-555-9600 E-mail kevin@sansafaris.co.za	All SA battlefields, game reserves, produces personalised brochures as mementos
Liz Spiret	Ladysmith KZN	Tel,:+27(0)36-637-7702 Cell:+27(0)72-262-9669 E-mail lizs@telkomsa.net	Siege of Ladysmith and surrounding KZN Boer war battlefields
Chris Parkinson	KZN Website: www.redcoathistory.com	Cell:+27(0)60-991-8671 E-mail imagejunkiesmedia@gmail.com	Anglo Zulu War battles
Bryan van Schaik	KZN	Tel.:+27(0)31-207-2728 Cell:+27(0)78-519-4451 E-mail easby@ananzi.co.za	KZN Anglo-Boer battlefields
Sheldon Wells	Durban KZN www.cctouring.co.za	Tel.:+27(0)31-762-3347 Cell:+27(0)74-995-6669	One or multi day tours from accommodation in Durban to all KZN battlefields

KWAZULU-NATAL Not Members of Battlefield Region Association
Name	Comment	Phone/fax/cell/e-mail	Offering
Mark Joseph	Shongololo Tours and Holiday Flats Website : www.shongololotours.co.za	Tel.: +27 (0)31-564-0330 Cell: 072-425-1804 E-mail shongololotours@absamail.co.za	I accommodate, arrange and conduct tours for select groups and am registered with KZN Tourism
Ganes Pillay not registered	Durban KZN	Tel/Fax: +27(0)31-368-7621 Fax: +27(0)31-332-0773 E-mail ganes.gnpins@telkomsa.net	I am researching and delivered talks and located a previously unknown monument on the participation of Indian troops and personnel during the Anglo Boer War

LIMPOPO
Name	Address	Phone/fax/cell/e-mail	Comment
Mr Charles Leach	Breaker Morant Trail	Cell - 083 228 3874	Zoutpansberg Skirmishes Route
MPUMALANGA
Name	Address	Phone/fax/cell/e-mail	Comment
Mr Gerhard Delport	Battlefields of the Escarpment tours	Tel.: +27 (0)83 622 4961 gerhardd101@gmail.com MP 2963 Nature and Culture Guiding, MP, LP & GP provinces	Events from August to December 1900 around the Escarpment Battle of Bergendal, Genl French movements on the 26-27th of August, the Battle at Witklip pass, Genl Bullers pursuit of Genl Botha along the Panoramic route; the movement of the ZAR Government between Bothasberg and Windhoek; pursuit of the Boer Commandos down Eland river valley towards Nelspruit; Pres Kruger's departure to Holland and Genl Ben Viljoen's movement with the commandos under his command from Hectorspruit north towards Pietersburg.
Name	Address	Phone/fax/cell/e-mail	Comment
Mr Huffy Pott	Bergendal Battlefield Trail	Tel.: +27 (0)13 751-3604	Horseback trail of the Bergendal Battlefield
Name	Address	Phone/fax/cell/e-mail	Comment
Mr Cris van Wyk	cris@bergenbnb.co.za	Tel.: Department of Tourism Registration no is GP 3682.	Battle of Bronkhorstspruit
NORTHERN CAPE
Name	Address	Phone/fax/cell/e-mail	Comment
Bernard Connellan	Jumanji African Tour Brokers P O Box 17670, Bainsvlei 9338	Tel./Fax:+27 (0)51-451-1427 E-mail jumanjiafrica@interkom.co.za	Has all inclusive tour ex-UK
Francois Basson	Diamantveld Regional Services Council Private Bag X 6088, Kimberley, 8300	Tel.: +27 (0)531-861-4911 Fax.:+27 (0)531-861-1538	Battlefields Route N12 (Kimberley)
Steve Lunderstedt	P O Box 3017, Kimberley, 8300 RSA	Tel/Fax.: +27 (0)531-814-006 E-mail stevestours@kimberley.co.za	Sieges of Elands River & Mafeking in August, Magersfontein Night March in December.
NORTHWEST PROVINCE
Name	Address	Phone/fax/cell/e-mail	Comment
Northwest Province Parks and Tourism Board		Tel.: +27 (0)18 293-1611 Fax.: +27 (0)18 297-2082
Prof. Gert van der Bergh	P O Box 6144, Baillie Park, 2526	Tel.: +27 (0)18 290-5552 Tours on request	Anglo-Boer War Centenary Battlefields Map
John Pennefather		Cell: 082-808-8346 014 592 2844 (w)	Undertakes day trips to Battlefields in the Rustenburg region.
WESTERN CAPE
Name	Address	Phone/fax/cell/e-mail	Comment
Chris Taylor chairman of the Muizenberg Historical Conservation Society	P O Box 4637 Cape Town 8000	082 908 3456, email christaylortourguide@gmail.com	Specialist field is the Battle of Muizenberg. Can also guide reliably to 2nd WW sites. Better would be a more general military tour encompassing Boer War sites (mainly POW's), 1st WW gun emplacements and 2nd WW sites. Also the Royal Navy in Simon's Town and a tour of the Old Burying Ground, full of naval history (and casualties).
Miss Kim Walker	P.O Box 158 Muizenberg 7945		Information on Cape events plus sites
Tony Westby-Nunn; Graham Haywood; General John del Monte	Western Cape Military Tours P O Box 4637 Capricorn Square 7948 Western Cape	Tel: 021 709 0808 Fax: 021 709 0054 Cell: 083 4444 662 (Tony) E-mail tonynunn@iafrica.com	Military, Naval and Aviation tours. Accommodation can be arranged for all tastes.
Mr Nic Badenhorst	Directorate Cultural Affairs Private Bag X9067 Cape Town 8000
Mr Peter Greeff	Private Bag X6531 George 6530

If you have other information to add to this list please email to Joan Marsh