Umzantsi Afrika Tours

3 Day 1820 British Settler Tour (UMZ1820)

At a Glance

• Tour duration: 3 days / 2 nights
• Group size: Minimum of 2 people per tour
• Tour departs from: Port Elizabeth
• Price: On request

Tour Highlights

• The Donkin Reserve
• The Fort
• No 7 Castle Hill Museum
• The first Settler home in Port Elizabeth
• The crossing of the Swartkops River
• Grahamstown Settler Town
• Fort Selwyn
• Bathurst Agricultural Museum
• Old Mill
• Port Alfred

Suitable for those interested in Heritage, Historical, Landmark

Itinerary

1. DAY 1: Port Elizabeth to Grahamstown

   Today we start off with a short City Settler Tour to hear all about the landing of the 1820 Settlers and the allocations and dispatching of the Settlers to their allotments in the Albany District. We also visit The Donkin Reserve, The Fort, No 7 Castle Hill Museum, the first Settler home in Port Elizabeth.
   On our way out of town we drive to the first stop of the wagon trains as they made their way to Albany, to their allotments. This is Zwartkopz Wagendrift, where the Settlers wagon train crossed the river and experienced their first “braai” (meat cooked on the open fire).
   We then head East the same as the Settlers did 200 years ago, closely following their route and stop at Nanaga, a San name for a plant prolific in the area. This is a lovely shop and restaurant for our lunch stop (own account).
   After lunch we depart Grahamstown, visiting the 1820 Settler Monument and Fort Selwyn.
   

   OVERNIGHT: Milner Manor

2. DAY 2: Grahamstown to Bathurst

   After a delicious breakfast we visit the Albany Museum to view the artifacts of the Settlers as they moved into the area.We take a drive through the beautiful Heritage Settler Town of Grahamstown with all it’s beautiful Settler buildings and history, before traveling to Bathurst for lunch (own account) at Pig & Whistle Hotel, the Pub was built in 1821 by Thomas Hartley, a blacksmith who came from Nottinghamshire and later bought by Jeremiah Goldswain a famous 1820 Settler.After lunch there is the option to visit some of the lovely shops in this village.
   
   

   OVERNIGHT: Kingston Farm

3. DAY 3: Bathurst to Port Elizabeth

   After breakfast we visit the Agricultural Museum, Toposcope, which displays all the allocations of the allotments, the oldest unaltered Anglican Church in South Africa and Bradshaws Mill. We stop for lunch in Port Alfred before we depart for Lombard’s Post, built by the Dutch Settlers but bought by Benjamin Keeton in 1835 to hear the most interesting history of the post and fortified farmhouse, after which we depart for Port Elizabeth, arriving at approximately 17h30

   TOUR ENDS

Note

Includes:
Transport in airconditioned vehicle
Professional Tourist Guide
2 nights accommodation in 4* hotels
2 breakfasts
Entrance fees to Museums, Bradshaw Mill

Excludes:
Flights
Meals & Refreshments other than mentioned above
Entrance Fees and activities not mentioned above
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