Monday, June 17, 2024
This morning was the guided tour of Mosi-oa-Tunya/The Smoke that Thunders or Victoria Falls (a name given by Dr David Livingstone when he first saw them in 1855, to honor Queen Victoria). The Falls are just over 1 mile/1.7 km wide and drop up to 108 m/354'. (In comparison, the combined cascades of Niagara Falls are 1005 m/1 km/3300'/0.6 mile wide and drop 56-57 m/184-188'.)
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| The entrance to Victoria Falls National Park |
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Kent & Tamiko on the sunny side
of the entrance sign |
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| Carved animals on the handrail |
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A first view of the Falls at Viewpoint #2,
looking from the side of the narrow gorge |
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Viewpoint #1: Statue (1954, by William
Reid Dick) of Dr David Livingstone;
although a reminder of the British colonial
era and missionaries, Dr Livingstone was
also a physician and scientific explorer who
spoke the local language and advocated
the abolition of slave trade |
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Near the Livingstone statue is a view of the top of
Devil's Cataract and along the narrow gorge to the left (KSS) |
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| Rainbow (KSS) |
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| Viewpoint #3: Devil's Cataract, the farthest west of the falls |
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| Kent & Tamiko at Viewpoint #4: Devil's Cataract |
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A misty view of a cataract that has
eroded the farthest of the current cascades,
more in an eastward direction |
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Viewpoint #6 with Devil's Cataract and only the
mist of the more quickly eroding falls on
the right within Cataract Island (KSS) |
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| The Main Falls at Viewpoint #7 |
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| Main Falls and lots of mist at Viewpoint #8 |
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| Even mistier at Viewpoint #9 |
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Tamiko in a rain poncho; the mist is like a full rain,
especially at viewpoints #10, 11 & 12 (KSS) |
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| Less-eroded rocks break up the falls |
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| Stone panels of the path between viewpoints |
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We were only able to see across to the east side of
Livingstone Island; just to the right are Horseshoe Falls
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You can see people on the island; on each side of the island
at the top of the Falls is a natural pool for swimming |
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| Viewpoint #13: Horseshoe Falls, then Rainbow Falls to the right of the gap |
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The ground has been dug up by warthogs
looking for roots to eat |
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| A doube rainbow (KSS) |
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Viewpoint #15: Danger Point; across
the gorge to the right is Zambia |
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Abseiling/rappeling site in the First Gorge
between Zimbabwe and Zambia (KSS) |
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Boiling Pot where the First Gorge turns
right into the Second Gorge |
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Victoria Falls Railway Bridge (1904-1905, designed by George Andrew Hobson) crosses the Second Gorge, and carries a road, railway and footway |
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Women carry goods on their heads to trade or sell in
Zimbabwe, and will return with other goods to sell (KSS) |
One can also bungee jump off this bridge.
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Men on bicycles bring a large amount of goods
to sell into Zimbabwe across the bridge |
Next: Victoria Falls Town.
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