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The Rattray family, pioneers of Heritage Tourism in South Africa, created these award winning facilities to allow visitors to savour the extraordinary saga of the Anglo-Zulu War. Had one tried to dream up geography and topography for a clash between those two great empires, one could hardly have come up with more fantastic scenery than that which is found on and around the famous battlefields of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift. This spectacular property is a Natural Heritage Site. Walks and horse rides hrough the reserve to view abundant game and birdlife as well as fishing the 20km frontage of the Buffalo River are available. Fugitives’ Drift is world famous for its battlefield tours, led by knowledgeable and highly-qualified lecturers, steeped in the history of the region and telling the tale as they were taught to tell it by the renowned historian David Rattray. Accommodation at the Lodge consists of eight spacious luxury en-suite rooms. Each has a private verandah affording views over the plains flanking the Buffalo River Gorge. A feature of the Lodge is the beautiful, shady, well-established garden – home to innumerable birds – and a most spectacular, large swimming pool situated on a secluded spur on the lip of the Buffalo River Gorge
