How to visit Africa’s true natural wonder
A visit to the Victoria Falls on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia is worth every effort.
Visitors getting sprayed at the top of the ravine opposite to the falls. Note that there are no safety barriers here – a fall down the gorge would be about 80-100 meters.
According to Wikipedia, David Livingstone is believed to have been the first European to view Victoria Falls on 16 November 1855 from what is now known as Livingstone Island, one of two land masses in the middle of the river, immediately upstream from the falls on the Zambian side.
Dr. Livingstone.
The numbers and size of the falls are immense. Here’s some facts to ponder, brought from Wikipedia:
The falls are formed as the full width of the river plummets in a single vertical drop into a transverse chasm 1708 metres (5604 ft) wide, carved by its waters along a fracture zone in the basalt plateau. The depth of the chasm, called the First Gorge, varies from 80 metres (260 ft) at its western end to 108 metres (354 ft) in the centre. The only outlet to the First Gorge is a 110 metres (360 ft) wide gap about two-thirds of the way across the width of the falls from the western end, through which the whole volume of the river pours into the Victoria Falls gorges.
The Victoria Falls. Photo: Erik Bergin/TravelingReporter.com
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