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Adventures at the Victoria Falls
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One of the natural wonders of the world, the Victoria Falls is situated on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia and occurs where the powerful Zambezi River plunges down a series of basalt gorges in an awe-inspiring display. Known to locals as Mosi-oa-Tunya, the smoke that thunders, it is here that nature is at her most powerful.
The mist from the falls can be seen from more than 30 kilometres away and the thundering roar of the widest curtain of falling water in the world can be heard long before the falls can be seen. The river above the falls is sluggish and tranquil, characterized by deep pools filled with crocodiles and hippos, while below the falls the river narrows and tears its way through the Bakota Gorge in a stunning display of power. Fly with the angels David Livingstone upon his first glimpse of the falls wrote in his diary that "scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight" and visitors to the Falls echo his sentiments every year, especially the ones brave enough to take a flight over them in a microlight. |
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Soaring on the rising thermals like an eagle, with the wind blowing in your face and nothing around you but the clear blue sky, it's easy to pretend you're an angel when you're strapped to the bottom of a pair of wings. A flight in a microlight is a great way to get an overall impression of the immense size of the falls before you take a walk around them. Batoka Sky's experienced pilots will take you on either a 15 minute flight over the falls or a 30 minute flight that also includes some aerial game viewing in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park. Find full story on go2africa.com |
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Meeting the Great Zambezi
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I've come to Zambia to visit a river. It's not the longest or the most important river in the world, but it's certainly one of the greatest. The Zambezi, surrounded by myth and never quite tamed by man, runs 2700 kilometres (1680 miles) from its source in north-west Zambia to the coast of Mozambique. Along the way it hurtles heartstoppingly over cliffs, rushes impetuously through rapids, swirls sulkily around drowned trees in Lake Kariba, ripples with hordes of hippos in the Lower Zambezi, spreads into the inland sea of Kabora Bassa, and then waves goodbye to Africa as it empties into the Indian Ocean. The Zambezi acts as a border between three countries, as a source of clean hydro-electric power, and as the lifeblood of the land. It's also the focal point of some of Africa's last true wilderness areas, and one of the main reasons people visit Zambia. That is, of course, to see the Victoria Falls.
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