Victoria Falls

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English: The Victoria Falls are waterfalls on the Zambezi River which forms the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The falls are also known as Mosi oa Tunya.

  • Victoria Falls from the air

  • The main falls

  • The chasm from the western end

  • Through the trees from the Zambezi Sun Hotel entrance

  • Victoria Falls Bridge spanning the Second Gorge

  • Victoria Falls Bridge entrance

  • Incredibly, it is possible to swim in natural pools at the top of the falls, on the Zambian side

  • Knife edge bridge near Victoria Falls

  • Lunar Double Rainbow, 2002


Baines' illustrations 1865 (and comparisons)[edit]

In 1865 the traveller and artist Thomas Baines published illustrations of the falls. In human history a great deal has changed around the falls, but the falls themselves seem the same as ever.

  • "The falls by sunrise, with the spray cloud rising 1200 feet"

  • Spray cloud from the air in 1972

  • "The falls from the western end of the chasm (from the Leaping Water and Three Rill Cliff to Garden Island.)"

  • Same viewpoint in 2006, with rainbow

  • "Great western (or main) fall, from Three Rill Cliff to Garden Island."

  • 2006, from the Zimbabwean side

  • "The falls from the eastern end of the chasm to Garden Island."

  • 2001, from the Zambian side

  • "Herd of buffaloes driven to the edge of the chasm, opposite Garden Island"

  • In 2003, the buffaloes were protected: this area is now Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Zambia

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