World’s Most Exciting Place To See – Victoria Waterfalls

Planet Earth is full of most exciting waterfalls. Victoria Waterfalls is one of the World’s most Exciting Place to see.

Ever since it discovered in the year 1855, Victoria Waterfalls has unfailingly mesmerized every visitor to its midst. Nearly a mile wide, the falls are situated on Zambezi River. The mist that rises when millions of gallons of water leaps 400 feet down, is seen from almost 40 miles away.

At the foot of the falls, the rapids that are formed provide perfect setting for rafting. To get the best views of Victoria Falls, opt for ‘Flights of the Angels‘, a 15 minute plane trip that takes you over the falls. It has been dubbed as the most scenic flight trips in the world.

Your First impression will be breathtaking. Immense power of nature, the raw energy unleashed when the entire Zambezi leaps wildly into a black two kilometer wide abyss. The scale is massive, the spectacle spellbinding and perpetually changing.

The falls hiss and roar as if possessed, they rumble and crash like thunder. vast clouds spew and billow out from the seething cauldron of its dark impenetrable depths. The moving water creates a magnetism that invites you dangerously closer so that you recoil in horror to quench a subliminal sacrificial urge.

Aerial view of the Victoria Water Falls (Higly Recommended):

To fully appreciate the incredible size of the Falls, and the awesome power of the water as it carves into the deep zig zagging gorges for eight kilometres, one must see it from the air. Micro-light and fixed wing flights are available.

The pilot will take you along the wide tranquil upper Zambezi, and over the huge 2 km rent in the earth. The breathtaking sight of this magnificent natural phenomena, seen in all its glory from the air, is unforgettable.  Helicopter Flights are also available from  United Air Charters.

A Walk to the Victoria Waterfalls

On the opposite cliff, facing the falls, you can take a well marked and paved walk through the rain forests. Every so often the path will open out into a clearing for a view of the falls.This is one scary bridge.

Further along this path is the Knife Edge Bridge which affords an impressive panorama depending on the time of year. Although less can be seen of the width of the Falls during the wet season, the intense spray provides welcome relief from the heat, but don’t carry anything you don’t want to get wet!

Other Places to see at Victoria Waterfalls

The Victoria Falls Bridge was commissioned by Cecil John Rhodes in 1900, although he never visited the falls and died before construction began, he expressed his wish that the “railway should cross the Zambezi just below the Victoria Falls. I should like to have the spray of the falls over the carriages.

The Victoria Falls Bridge affords a magnificent view both down the gorge on the one side and through to the falls on the other. You can also throw yourself off this bridge on a bungee jumping rope if you dare.

Victoria falls is quite popular place for Bungee Jumping. The immense depth of the gorge can be fully appreciated from this perspective and combined with the sea green river below, the shiny black rock face and lush green foliage, the 360 degree view from the bridge is breathtaking.

Devil’s Pool – The most Exciting pool for Adventure

There is a natural rock pool right on the edge of the falls, and the bravehearted can venture in and swim safely right to the very edge of the raging waters.

It is an awesome adventure !!

Other surrounding places to see at Victoria Waterfalls

1.The best place for a wide range of crafts and curios is the Mukuni Victoria Falls Craft Village. From intricate animal carvings in stone, wood, or the beautiful green malachite, masks, drums, marimbas, spoons, book ends, walking sticks, jewellery and much more. The vendors can be really pushy however, yelling for your attention from all sides, so be firm. Look at everything before buying as some offer better quality than others. They are usually happy to trade for things like T shirts, batteries, shoes, or anything else hard to come by in Zambia.

You’ll find it in the parking area just above the Falls where most of the walks begin and alongside the Victoria Falls Field Museum. This little museum attempts to explain how the falls were formed over the millenia. It is built over an actual excavation site that has uncovered evidence of early hominids who lived in the area as far back as 2.5 million years ago.

2. Mosi O Tunya National Park is situated along the upper Zambezi stretching from and including the Falls for about 12kms up river. It is only 66 square kilometers but provides a home for numerous antelope species, zebra, giraffe and the recently acquired white rhinos, one of whom gave birth in the park in 1994. These are the only rhinos to be seen in Zambia as its previously large population has been completely eliminated through poaching.

Two groups of eight people are permitted to track rhino by foot each day.  One can  also take a pleasant drive around the park in a couple of hours and almost all the species there should be seen at close range. Since there are no predators, they are very relaxed and afford some excellent photo opportunities

How to reach at Victoria Waterfalls

The Falls can be reached from the town of Livingstone by traveling south on Mosi O Tunya road for some 11 kilometers. Just before the border, there is a turning to the right which leads to a parking area. Walks all around the Falls are accessible from this point.

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