The Victoria Falls are on the Zambezi River, at the border among Zambia and Zimbabwe in southern Africa. They are one of the Great Natural wonders of the World. The Victoria Falls comprises one of the most stunning natural wonders of the world. The Local people call it “Mosi-oa-Tunya” the smoke that noises and the fall is amazing. There is an enchantment about them manifested in the soaring column of spray when the river is high, the noise of the falling water, the frightening gulf and calm lagoons upstream in which hippo and deadly crocodiles wait. The Victoria Falls is 1708 meters broad, making it the largest shade of water in the world. It drops between 90m and 107m into the Zambezi Gorge and an average of 550,000 cubic meters of water fall over the edge every minute.
Extraordinarily sealed in its natural state, Victoria Falls motivate visitors. The falls and the nearby area have been declared National Parks and a World Heritage Site, thus preserving the area from too much commercialization.
Victoria Falls enjoys a gentle, dry season from June to August. The temperature then rises progressively until the rains start in mid-November. It is then hot, wet and moist until the rainy season ends in late April. If you don’t like heat and moisture pass up the rainy season. It is also very hot here just before the rains begin. Early November are known as the “Suicide Season” with temperatures often exceeding 40 degrees! The Falls are at full power during the March and April floods but the huge amount of scatter unclears the view and can make you very wet! For a gentle, pleasant vacations come between June & September.
A numerous activities can be assumed. The ‘Flight of Angels’ provides a tremendous view of the falls, the upstream river and its many islands and for the bolder there is micro lighting with dramatic views of the fall. Rafting the natural rapids below the fall is a much admired adventure. Visitors can also kayak, canoe, fish, go on guided walking safaris, and ride on horseback and lunch on Livingstone’s Island.
There is a Victoria Falls National Park in north-western Zimbabwe covered the south and east bank of the Zambezi River. It covers 23.4 km² extending from the larger Zambezi National Park about 6 km above the falls to about 12 km below the falls. A prominent feature of the park is the tropical forest which grows in the scatter of the falls, including ferns, palms, liana vines, and numerous trees such as mahogany not seen to another place in the region. The national parks contain abundant wildlife including great populations of elephant, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, and a variety of antelope.
Victoria Falls town lies on the southern bank of the Zambezi River at the eastern end of the Victoria Falls themselves. Victoria Falls Airport is 18 km south of the town and has international services to Johannesburg and Namibia. Livingstone is a remarkable colonial city and sightseeing centre for Victoria Falls lying 10 km south on the Zambezi River, and a border town with road and rail connections to Zimbabwe on the other side of the Falls. The Airport has connections to Lusaka and Johannesburg in South Africa.
I hope you will surely enjoy this trip to Victoria Falls in Africa.
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