Blogs from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Africa

I saw Victoria Falls From the ledge, from the air, from the bridge, and now it was time to see it from below... What better way to celebrate Easter 2012, than to whitewater raft down the Zambezi River? When I was doing the research for this adventure, I noticed that they offered a full day trip down the river where you go through 18 sets of rapids. They also offer a half day adventure where you start further down the river and endure 9 sets of rapids. I decided that, since I had never done this before, I should only do the half day... If I hate it,or can't physically do it, then I would only make a fool of myself for 4 hours instead of 8. The water in the river at this time of ... read more

I made it here and the place is gorgeous. I don’t want to say that getting here had its challenges, but there were a few things… I was up at 3AM to be ready for the taxi at 4AM. He arrived on time and whisked me to the airport in no time at all. I went through a series of 3 security checkpoints, which is a normal thing at the Dar airport. I don’t know why, but they do it that way. I got on the flight and immediately fell asleep, missing breakfast and three quarters of the flight to Johannesburg, South Africa. When I arrived, I had to make a mad dash though the airport to make my connecting flight. I had to go through another Customs area and then race to the gate. I ... read more

Good Friday found me doing a tour of Victoria Falls. It was included in my package and it was awesome. Victoria Falls is one of the big three falls in the world. While it is the tallest, the Iguagu in South America is the widest and Niagara Falls has the most volume of water cascading over the edge. Victoria Falls is made up of 6 different water falls. They are all connected but the river breaks off at various points creating the seven different ones. They are the Devil’s Cataract, Main Falls, Horseshow Falls, Rainbow Falls, Armchair Falls, and the Eastern Cataract. The falls is a result of a volcano eruption and the lava apparently carved out the gorges. The river that flows into Victoria Falls is the Zambezi (zam-bay-zee) River. It is the 4th longest ... read more

Die Victoria Falls - eines der sieben Weltwunder. Seit ich dort war, weiß ich auch warum diese Wasserfälle zu den Wundern unserer Erde gehören. Ich sitze im Taxi immer Richtung Wasserfälle. Der Zambezi fließt gemächlich neben der Straße entlang. Aber schon allein dieser gigantische Fluß lässt erahnen, welches Ausmaß diese Wasserfälle haben müssen. Man sieht sie lange nicht... Dennoch ist man nie weit entfernt. Die Luft ist feucht und die Erde in der Nähe der Fälle immer nass. Man meint es regnet, aber wenn man aussteigt merkt man, es ist die aufschäumende Gischt. Man spürt das warme Wasser des Zambezi auf der Haut und hört das Donnern der Wassermassen. Schon allein das reicht, um eine Gänsehaut zu bekommen. Ich sitze im Hubschrauber und überfliege den Zambezi, geradewegs auf die Wasserfälle fliegen wir zu. Der ruhige Strom ... read more

today was the falls. first we did a guided tour of the Zambia side of the falls. wow, I thought the falls would be more like niagra falls in the USA, but then I knew from the flight they were not. the land on the other side of the falls is much closer. we had to wear ponchos for part of the time because of the mist. our lodge had cool ponchos, I pointed out to Shelly the lower class lodges. they had something more like a plastic bag. Yes, I have pictures. so then we knew we had to go to the Zimbabwe side. our guide took us to the border. $30 and we got our zimbabwe visa. the we walked the bridge and the long walk to that side of the falls. Another $30 ... read more