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Battlefields of the Boer and Zulu Wars

In 1899 the town was besieged by Boer forces on the 14th October. The siege lasted until the 17th May 1900 and marked the beginning of the Boer War. Dispatches that were written by Baden-Powell became a symbol of British courage in the face of adversity. Actually, the siege was perfectly civilised and the Boers would rarely come into combat on a Sunday.

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White Water Rafting the Zambezi River

The spectacular Victoria Falls are the highlight of most travellers’ trips to Zimbabwe or Zambia. An average of 150,000 cubic ft of water goes coursing over the edge and into the Zambezi Gorge about 300ft below every single minute. It’s an incredible sight, and noisy too – little wonder the locals dub the place “The Smoke that Thunders’.

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