Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls town is small and unassuming and we'll be here for four days. There are about three streets lined with souvenir shops and tour companies. Many of the group went off to bungee jump, zip line, or do the gorge swing. I stayed back working on the paperwork for my Ethiopian visa and toured the shops. On the second day, I headed off via helicopter to tour the falls themselves. The waterfall is located on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe. The view from the air was simply stunning and I am so glad I paid to go up and see them! "The flight of the Angels" was a big 15 minutes but well worth it. According to Wikipedia Victoria falls is supposed to be the largest in the world. This claim is based on a width of 1,708 metres (5,604 ft) and height of 108 metres (354 ft), forming the largest sheet of falling water in the world. Today we sound two hours wandering around the falls at ground level. Due to the heavy mist we were unable to really see it like we could from the helicopter. Here are a few shots carefully taken without getting the camera soaked! By the end we were drenched!