From Sikumi Tree Lodge we drive two and a half hours north to Victoria Falls. We're staying at the Victoria Falls Hotel - step into the lobby and you step back 100 years - amazing.
Discovered for Europeans by David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary and explorer, he gave the falls the name 'Victoria Falls' in honour of his Queen, but the indigenous name of 'Mosi-oa-Tunya' — literally meaning the 'Cloud that Thunders' — is also well known.
There seems to be some controversy about which is the largest waterfall in the world, based on how the different measures are taken, but Vic Falls is claimed to be the largest. This claim is based on the fact that it's uninterrupted drop (rather than a series of separate mini-falls) forms the largest sheet of falling water in the world.
Although the rainy season was already over, it takes a month or so for the rain to seep through to the Zambesi. So we were lucky that when we visited, the Falls were in full flood. When you visit, you need to hire waterproofs, as the spray results in sporadic downpours that soak you to the skin in seconds.
@paintdipper Thanks, Junan. @nyusha Thank you, Anna! @positivemoments Tracy - I bet she can't. I hope she has a good trip. @carmel Wow, thank you, Ariel. @jackie8 Thanks, Jackie, it was really very wet even the other side of the gorge! @anoeska Thank you, Anoeska. @bardejov Yes, it was, Bardejov, a fantastic experience. Thank you!
Oh! Memories, memories! Been there 3 times and seen it full flood to something far more gentle. Never got such a good photo as this with my Kodak Brownie!
@jenniferruge Thank you, Jennifer, for taking a look at them! @yrhenwr Ah, all the more reason for you to go back, then! Thanks, David, @paulien Thank you, Paulien.
@nyusha Thank you, Anna!
@positivemoments Tracy - I bet she can't. I hope she has a good trip.
@carmel Wow, thank you, Ariel.
@jackie8 Thanks, Jackie, it was really very wet even the other side of the gorge!
@anoeska Thank you, Anoeska.
@bardejov Yes, it was, Bardejov, a fantastic experience. Thank you!
@cmc1200 Indeed!
@cps Corinne, it was really wet!
@kirstyalexandra Thanks, Kirsty.
@yrhenwr Ah, all the more reason for you to go back, then! Thanks, David,
@paulien Thank you, Paulien.
@yrhenwr OK. That's got my imagination going...