After spending a couple of days doing game drives and river cruise in the Chobe National Park, today we would do something quite different. We would take a vehicle that would come and get us at 7:30 and drive to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.
We went through the Namibia and Zimbabwe border posts without any problem although the entrance in Zimbabwe took us longer as there were quite a lot of tourist queuing up.
After the border post we drove for about 45 minutes on a pretty empty and good quality road until we arrived at the town.
Victoria Falls is a tourist Mecca, you see people from different nationalities and the Zimbabweans are constantly trying to sell you something. We quickly got away from the street sellers by getting into the park itself where they are not allowed to sell.
Victoria Falls, although not the highest nor the widest, is classified as the largest falls in the world and in height and width it is only rivaled by Iguazu Falls in South America. It is roughly twice the height of Niagara Falls. So it is a sight to behold. As we are not in the rainy season (usually starts in November), the Falls are far from its full capacity but they are still an amazing sight.
You walk from viewing point to viewing point looking at the Falls from different angles and bacuse of its height the water falling creates a mist that kept us cool eventhough the temperatures were quite high. Although in the flood season you cannot see the foot of the falls, as we were in the dry season we could easily do so which was amazing.
As the river was not too strong, a number of people were bathing in Devil’s Pool (on the Zambia side). This is the ultimate infinity pool. You can walk on the side of the Zambezi to reach the pool, and then the fearless leap into the pool and get pushed to the edge by the force of the river. The view from the edge is supposed to be amazing as you feel the force of the Zambezi flow past you and crash down over the precipice: a hundred meter drop.
The Falls are known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya or The Smoke that Thunders.
After watching the falls we also took a walk to see the bridge that separates Zimbabwe from Zambia.
After walking for a couple of hours, we went to the Lookout Cafe for lunch. The Lookout Cafe has a deck built 120 meters above the Zambezi river and it has great view of the Botoka Gorge. They also offer zip lining and gorge swing but like the banjo jumping on the bridge between Zambia and Zimbabwe, they were not operating.
For lunch we had kebabs of Warthog (that tastes like not so fatty pork) and Ostrich (that tastes like beef). All washed down with a great strawberry milkshake.
We spent about 5 hours in the Vic Falls area and thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend it as a stop over for a day or so.
We made our way back to our lodge in Botswana and were quite excited because we had organized a river cruise to what the locals call the Four Corners. This is a place in the junction of the Chobe and the Zambezi rivers where 4 countries meet: Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is the only place in the world where this happens and we were quite glad we made the trip.
The boat cruise was very relaxing and we saw hippos in the water and elephants close by drinking and cool down.
For the evening meal we ate under the stars and spoke about another spectacular day.
Make Life A Ride !
At Victoria Falls, ZI
At the Lookout Cafe in Victoria Falls, ZI
Facebook post with some photos of the DAY
Click HERE for all the pictures of the DAY !
We went through the Namibia and Zimbabwe border posts without any problem although the entrance in Zimbabwe took us longer as there were quite a lot of tourist queuing up.
After the border post we drove for about 45 minutes on a pretty empty and good quality road until we arrived at the town.
Victoria Falls is a tourist Mecca, you see people from different nationalities and the Zimbabweans are constantly trying to sell you something. We quickly got away from the street sellers by getting into the park itself where they are not allowed to sell.
Victoria Falls, although not the highest nor the widest, is classified as the largest falls in the world and in height and width it is only rivaled by Iguazu Falls in South America. It is roughly twice the height of Niagara Falls. So it is a sight to behold. As we are not in the rainy season (usually starts in November), the Falls are far from its full capacity but they are still an amazing sight.
You walk from viewing point to viewing point looking at the Falls from different angles and bacuse of its height the water falling creates a mist that kept us cool eventhough the temperatures were quite high. Although in the flood season you cannot see the foot of the falls, as we were in the dry season we could easily do so which was amazing.
As the river was not too strong, a number of people were bathing in Devil’s Pool (on the Zambia side). This is the ultimate infinity pool. You can walk on the side of the Zambezi to reach the pool, and then the fearless leap into the pool and get pushed to the edge by the force of the river. The view from the edge is supposed to be amazing as you feel the force of the Zambezi flow past you and crash down over the precipice: a hundred meter drop.
The Falls are known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya or The Smoke that Thunders.
After watching the falls we also took a walk to see the bridge that separates Zimbabwe from Zambia.
After walking for a couple of hours, we went to the Lookout Cafe for lunch. The Lookout Cafe has a deck built 120 meters above the Zambezi river and it has great view of the Botoka Gorge. They also offer zip lining and gorge swing but like the banjo jumping on the bridge between Zambia and Zimbabwe, they were not operating.
For lunch we had kebabs of Warthog (that tastes like not so fatty pork) and Ostrich (that tastes like beef). All washed down with a great strawberry milkshake.
We spent about 5 hours in the Vic Falls area and thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend it as a stop over for a day or so.
We made our way back to our lodge in Botswana and were quite excited because we had organized a river cruise to what the locals call the Four Corners. This is a place in the junction of the Chobe and the Zambezi rivers where 4 countries meet: Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is the only place in the world where this happens and we were quite glad we made the trip.
The boat cruise was very relaxing and we saw hippos in the water and elephants close by drinking and cool down.
For the evening meal we ate under the stars and spoke about another spectacular day.
Make Life A Ride !
At Victoria Falls, ZI
At the Lookout Cafe in Victoria Falls, ZI
Facebook post with some photos of the DAY
Click HERE for all the pictures of the DAY !
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