The Most Visited Battlefield
When British General, Lord Chelmsford, acting on intelligence, split the British force in the hope of engaging the Zulu, he laid the ground for the most important Zulu victory of the Anglo-Zulu War.
A total force of around 1700 men was left behind in camp, relatively unprepared for the approaching 25,000 Zulu warriors.
On 22 January 1879 the camp was virtually wiped out, Isandlwana is famous for the number of memorial cairns erected to the British troops, and is probably the most visited battlefield in South Africa. Curiously, it was only in 1999 that a memorial was erected to the Zulu fallen. The site is very imposing and you'll need a whole day to cover everything.
By David Bristow