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Victoria Falls Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
The Smoke that Thunders
Travelling for so long, often you get to a place and it really grabs your attention. When we arrived in the famous Victoria Falls, on the Zimbabwe side, we were in for a treat and we were about to go on a bender. For us, our time in Victoria Falls was ...
Victoria Falls
... but everything must come to an end some time and our journey south needed to continue. We headed to a town called Bulawayo in Zimbabwe where we spent 2 days watching DVD's on the couches they had in the communal lounge room, eating pizza, roast potatoes ( ...
70m Free Fall
... some nice things and our socks and shoes on our feet. We then walked across the bridge that links Zimbabwe and Zambia for a final view of the amazing falls. We welcomed the new couple to our group with a barbeque dinner back at the camp ...
The smoke that thunders
This is a top pick! ... it on camera. Quickly leaving the falls behind us in order to escape the spray, we headed for the Victoria Falls Bridge, the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, to watch the crazy bungee jumpers. It also provided a great view down the gorge towards the ...
Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe side)
... Mr Mugabe or his policies by giving him our tourist (and visa) dollars, but at the same time we had heard that the view of Victoria Falls from the Zim side was NOT to be missed. So we compromised - we decided to go for one day only and to spend the ...
Beginning of the end
Today is the final day of driving. The last 420km towards Victoria Falls and my final destination on the yellow truck. Sad times!! I will miss it!!! Half the group are carrying on after Victoria Falls, heading down to Cape Town through Botswana and ...
The Shower That Thunders
... a fantastic ride with level 7 rapids, crocodiles sunning themselves on the rocks, and adrenalin-pumping fun! In the afternoon, I visited Victoria Falls while the rest of the group went on a sundowner/booze cruise (I left a day earlier than everyone else) ...
Just Jump!
Zimbabwe has its problems right now but it was still an awesome place to visit! We went into the tourist town of Victoria Falls and basically had the town to ourselves due to the lack of tourists coming in. We were still able to find food in the ...
Day 189 190 - Zimbabwe, Vic Falls - Vic Falls
... (entry US$20 each) getting completely soaked through as we were there in high season. With the Zambezi River completely flooded the falls rush over a sheer cliff almost 2km wide and plummet into the narrow Batoka Gorge, 100m below. At some of the look ...
Falling without wings
... firm ground, the fear was replaced by sheer disbalief. We had made it back alive. After that we slowly walked back over to zimbabwe...still not saying much due to after effects of shock and sat down to have a beautiful breakfast for 8,800,000 Zm ...
Adventures in Vic Falls
... Haven't had a chance to update for a while and haven't much time now but i'll hopefully update again soon. Arrived in Victoria Falls on Wednesday afternoon and booked into my hostel. I spent the first afternoon wandering around the town, it's a pretty ...
Victoria Falls
... , gorge swings, ziplines, and helicopters. I was happy to enjoy my friends screams of terror and priceless facial expersions. Victoria falls has some good game meat to dine on we had our fill of zebra, warthog, crocodile, and antelope ...
Jylisevä savu, nipottava poliisi
... sieltä pariin osaan, naputtelen toisen kunhan ehdin. Tässä kuulumisia Victorian putouksilta ja fiiliksiä muutenkin. Victoria Fallsin kaupunki (oikeammin kylä) oli aika puhdas turistikeskus (ja puhtaus ei tässä viittaa yleiseen hygieniatasoon, ...
Riding an elephant in Zim and Microlight flight
... company in South Africa :-) Africa seems to have gotten under his skin. August 29 Today, I booked a Microlight flight over Victoria Falls. An expensive adventure at $85 for 15 minutes. Microlighting is AWESOME! Definitely felt the adrenaline rush ...
The Majestic Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe Side)
... experience Vic Falls. We each booked a few "exciting" activities to do the following day. We then took a walk to the original Victoria Falls hotel which was (and still is!) a posh place for people to stay, just like the affluent British society of the ...
Up Close & Really Personal
... there though, things have been on the up and up. We are coming to you live from Victoria Falls after having a great week or so in Zimbabwe. Despite the general negativity reported in the international press, Zimbabwe has been amazing from a ...
The Mighty Zambezi
... launching the inflatable rafts. This was a calm part of the river, just around the corner from the base of the famed Victoria Falls. (Incidentally, neither Tamalyn nor I had seen the falls to this point. This would be tomorrow's activity in the event ...
Jumping off bridges and swimming with crocodiles
... head-first. Either way, horrifying, but lots of fun in the end! From the gorge, we crossed the border into Zimbabwe to visit Victoria Falls. While I count this as another country visited, the Zim side also has a nicer view than from Zambia as you can ...
Vandfald og vilde dyr
... Vi saa dog ikke nogen selv. Til gengaeld var der en flok vildsvin uden for vores hotel, da vi senere skulle ned i byen. Victoria Falls er en hyggelig by, med et paent antal turister og vi moedte ogsaa en anden dansker, som arbejdede paa ambassaden i ...
Licked by a lion in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
... the February 12th entry before going through this one. The final stop on the 35 day African tour was in Victoria Falls ("VC"), Zimbabwe. These falls are famous for being the longest in the world and are shared with Zambia. However, the majority of ...
Tour ends
... i got back on the boat, and had a splitting head, but i am ok! and did the full 23 rapids! so seen the falls picked up a few bits and barted and traded on the market swapping battery and biros for some stuff! crazy huh anyhiow til next time ...
Happy Halloween!
... camp at the Chobe River Safari Lodge for the next four nights until Oct 25th which is when our week started at The Victoria Falls Safari Lodge in Zimbabwe. We did not quite know what to expect with Zimbabwe as we had heard there was no food at the stores ...
A mock charge
What is a four legged animal with can trot and galop and makes some people very rich when they play with them? A horse Yes, this morning was a ride in the park on horse back. I will not expand much the art of riding a horse as I am no expert and it ...
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
... to the falls. The camp itself is quite restful and a good place for some downtime, although downtime is not what Victoria Falls specialises in. There are tour operators offering parasailing, canoeing, bungee jumping, big game tours, trips to Zambia, ...
Victoria Falls: Our Air and Water Show
... , we crossed over into Zambia, our 7th country in Africa. The campground near Livingston was a lot further from Victoria Falls than our camp on the Zimbabwe side (where we walked to them), so we shared a taxi with two other people in the group ...
Zipping thru Zim(babwe)
... more elephants and giraffes and that was about it. After a quick lunch we hopped back on our truck and drove to Victoria Falls. I wasn’t sure what to expect as I heard references to Las Vegas…..but I was pleasantly surprised and ...