Umzantsi Afrika Tours

3 Day 1820 British Settler 200 Year Commeration Tours

At a Glance

• Tour duration: 3 days / 2 nights
• Group size: Minimum of 2 people per tour
• Tour departs from: Port Elizabeth
• Price: From R8 per person

Tour Highlights

• The Donkin Reserve
• The Fort
• No 7 Castle Hill Museum
• The first Settler home in Port Elizabeth
• 1820 Settler Exhibition at the Nelson Mandela Art Museum
• Sidbury Park
• Fort Selwyn
• Bathurst Agricultural Museum
• Old Mill
• Barville Park

Suitable for those interested in Heritage, Historical, Landmark

Itinerary

1. DAY 1: Port Elizabeth to Grahamstown

   Today we start off with a short City Heritage 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 and the 1820 Settler Exhibition at the Nelson Mandela Art Museum. We then drive through the town centre on the way out of town.
   We head East, the same as the Settlers did 200 years ago, 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.
   
   After lunch we depart for the first Settler home owned now by the Hart Family but was originally the allotment given to the Slater Settler Family. Here we listen to the history of this family told to us by Roger Hart and after a walkabout in the lovely old farmhouse we enjoy refreshments and muffins. (included in cost)
   
   Leaving this farm behind we move on to Sidbury Park given to the Lieutenant Commander Richard Daniell. His story is different as he came as a Private Party but I will leave it up to the Tour Guide to tell you all about it.
   
   We depart Sidbury Park for Grahamstown and check in to our accommodation for the night
   

   OVERNIGHT: The Cockhouse BB or similar

2. DAY 2: Grahamstown to Port Alfred

   Day 2 - Saturday
   After a delicious breakfast we meet our local guide at the 1820 Settler Monument which was built to commemorate these brave folk to came out as pioneers to inhabit the area and afterwards we visit Fort Selwyn then take a leisurely walk through the Botanical Gardens to the Provost Jail for refreshments (own account).
   
   We then take a drive through the beautiful Heritage Settler Town of Grahamstown before we travel to a farm on the way to Bathurst, for lunch, a talk on the Frontier Wars and a Weaponry Display.
   
   After lunch we continue on to Port Alfred stopping on the way, at the Toposcope to see where all the Settler Families were granted land.
   
   Arriving in Port Alfred we check in to our accommodation.

   OVERNIGHT: The Royal St Andrews Hotel BB or similar

3. DAY 3: Port Alfred to Port Elizabeth

   Day 3 - Sunday
   Today after our breakfast we depart for Bathurst to explore this beautiful little hamlet, which in 1820 was the early administrative centre for the British Settlers. We visit the Bathurst Agricultural Museum, the oldest unaltered Anglican Church in South Africa and the Old Mill.
   
   By this time, we are ready for lunch and you can choose either the Pig and Whistle Hotel, the Pub was built in 1821 by Thomas Hartley, a blacksmith who came from Nottinghamshire (which is on the one corner and on the opposite corner The Bistro.
   
   After lunch we depart for Barville Park to hear the most interesting history of the Independent Settler, Col Campbell and his fortified farmhouse, 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, Refreshments at Carnarvondale Farm, Lunch; Weaponry Display and Frontier Talk on Farm outside Grahamstown.

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