Victoria Falls

The last Saturday we were there, six of us went to see Victoria falls (Al and Rick stayed in Harare for the bible college graduation).

This is a picture from the plane showing some of the terrain in the area. It doesn't look like anywhere I'd like to spend a lot of time on foot. (Sorry for the reflection on the plane window.)

The white cloud on the ground in the middle of this picture is the mist coming off of the falls. As you can see we are several miles away, and the cloud is easily visible.

We saw several places in town selling souvenirs for 'The Mist That Thunders.'


The visitors center had this map on the wall. I couldn't get any closer because of the glare. (I had to lay on the floor to get this shot.)

On the far left is the Devil's Cataract. Next are the Main Falls and then Horseshoe Falls.

I'm not sure what the rest are called, although it looks like Rainbow Falls and Eastern Cataract are in there (that's all I can make out from the map).

Because of the mist, we were only able to actually see the first three. For all the others it looked like we were standing in a cloud, which completely blocked out view of the falls.


This is Devil's Cataract. The water here falls about 93 meters (305 feet).

These are the Main Falls. The height here is about 95 meteres (312 feet).

These are the Horseshoe Falls. The height here is about 93 meteres (305 feet).

In the first shot you can see what I meant about the mist. Luckily the wind moved the mist aside for the next two shots. In the last shot, I'm under an umbrella to keep the water off my camera.

As I mentioned above, from this point on we couldn't see across the gorge to the falls anymore.


No, that isn't a cloud above the tree. That is the mist from the falls just off the left side of the picture.

You can see that we were wearing raincoats. While they were necessary (since we were walking in heavy rain at times), they were also almost useless. We got soaked.


I don't remember which falls this is, but I think it's Horseshoe Falls.

When we reached the end of the falls, we came up to Danger Point. All of the other viewing areas had fences. This on just had a sign saying don't go past here.

There was also a very large double rainbow. These pictures do absolutely no justice to it as it was one of the brightest and most vibrant rainbows I've ever seen.

The second picture is the inside rainbow.


After the falls, there is a bridge across the river between Zimbabwe and Zambia.

And for the thrill seekers, you can bungee jump off the bridge. No one in our group did it, but Chad really wanted to.

I'm not sure how high it is right here, but I did see a postcard saying the jump was 111 meters (364 feet).


This is a group of monkeys that lives by the falls. If you look closely, you can see the young ones between the two older ones in the first two shots.

On the way back to the airport (we flew in as it was an 11 hour drive, one way), the guide took us past a place that sometimes has elephants. While we didn't see any elephants, we did see this baubab tree. Evidently, it's 1500 years old.

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