Victoria Falls Zambia

We crossed over the Botswana border into Zambia for our last day on this leg of the trip. There is a beautiful bridge that crosses the Chobe River to Zambia however to be honest it looks out of place compared to the basic surroundings. Once across the border we stopped in Livingstone for a half an hour stop at the supermarket before proceeding to the Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park. Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park is where you can visit Victoria Falls on the Zambia side. The month of May is high water season for the Zambezi River. The difference between the volume of water falling per second over Victoria Falls in high season is fifty times higher than in low season. This means that during high season the volume of water at the waterfall produces a huge amount of spray as it falls.

We were warned by Crispen to not bring any valuables and to wear quick drying clothes. We entered into the park and got a distant view of Victoria Falls. We took pictures of the waterfall wearing our dry clothes not knowing how wet we were going to get. As we got closer to the waterfall the spray volume increased so much so that every item of clothing was dripping within a few seconds. The waterfall felt like it was only ten meters away from us and the sound of the water flowing was extraordinary. There was a lovely bridge that crosses over into a headland that had a good view of the waterfall. This bridge provided us with great fun as it was nearly all within the waterfall spray cloud. We all had a great laugh running into the water spray and then taking a few steps backwards back into the dry sun heat.

The surprising but nice part of our visit to Victoria Falls was the lack of tourists. We were able to walk around the park and take our own pictures without having to wait for other tourists to move or other tourists photobombing our pictures. According to Crispen it seems like Africa tourism hasn't returned to pre-pandemic levels which is a shame as it is a very beautiful location.

We finished our trip at the Victoria Falls Waterfront and had a lovely dinner together while watching the sunset over the Zambezi River. We remembered the funny parts of the trip and shared our highlights and lowlights. Three of us are continuing onto Nairobi and unfortunately we don't have anyone else joining our group so it will be a very small group. Nevertheless I am really glad that I got on so well with the group and we had some amazing experiences. There is a possibility that I may meet some of them again further along in the trip depending on their travel plans too but I must say visiting Victoria Falls and having a good laugh running through the waterfall spray was a great way to finish this leg of the trip.Read more