Gorgeous Gorges

the collective name for the series of gorges is known as the Batoka gorge. Here's some details on them.
1st Gorge: the one the Zambezi falls into now
2d Gorge: (spanned by the Victoria Falls Bridge) is 250 m south of falls and 2.15 km long
3rd Gorge: 600 m south and 1.95 km long
4th Gorge: 1.15 km south and 2.25 km long
5th Gorge: 2.55 km south and 3.2 km long
Songwe Gorge: 5.3 km south and 3.3 km long (named after the small Songwe River coming from the north-east, and the deepest at 140 m at the end of the dry season)
Batoka Gorge: below the Songwe - approx. 120 kms long and takes the river through the basalt plateau to the valley in which Lake Kariba now lies.

Sherlock Holmes on Camping

Holmes and Dr. Watson are on a camping trip. They set up their tent and fall asleep. Hours later Holmes wakes up his faithful friend and asks him to look at the sky and tell him what he sees.
Watson replies: I see millions of stars.
Holmes: What does that tell you?
Watson: that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically speaking it tells me that Saturn is in Leo. Timewise, it appears to be approx. a quarter past three. Meterologically it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.

Exasperated Holmes again asks: What does that tell you? Watson is silent.
Holmes then speaks - Watson, you idiot, it means someone has stolen our tent.

Camping Capers

enjoy all the fun and freedom of a camping safari and still have a tent over your head. Mobile safaris are an exciting and very affordable way of seeing Botswana. Tours also take you across borders into Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe with choices from budget to luxury.


Stargazing

can you imagine there being a sky without stars - a dark and forboding landscape of nothingness. Impossible to imagine but makes you think, doesn't it? Actually if you are a serious star gazer there are a number of ideal places in South Africa including Kruger National Park, the Karoo region and the Waterberg.

au revoir & bon voyage
Zambezi Blogger

David Livingstone Falls

Excerpt from Livingstone's second visit to the Falls: We landed at the head of Garden Island (now Livingstone Island) situated in the middle of the river and on the lip of the falls. On reaching that lip and peering over the giddy height, the wondrous and unique character of the magnificent cascade at once burst upon us. It is a hopeless task to endeavour to convey an idea of it in words, since an accomplished painter could but impart a faint impression of the glorious scene.

See 2 Believe

If David Livingstone could not describe Victoria Falls, how do we tell you about this awesome natural wonder. It really does have to be seen to be believed and only then will you understand what Livingstone saw.

Golfing with the Giants

listen to the Falls and enjoy a round on a Gary Player designed golf course. The usual obstacles are all there to be encountered: bunkers, water hazards etc. Its the unusual obstacles that present a far more different challenge as elephants, waterbuck and impala can also be found enjoying the greens with you.

With the economy being what it is in Zim, at golf courses, golfers pay for their drinks before they set off on their round, because the price will have gone up by the time they have finished the 18th hole.

Stay & Play

Victoria Falls is the catalyst for many of the areas adventure activities and rightly has the reputation as Africa's adventure capital with over 50 activities and safaris to enjoy.

Dumela Botswana

Botswana's Chobe national park is approx. 80 kms from Victoria Falls - another one of those MUST SEEDO. Why? Because Chobe is home to the largest herd of elephants in Africa and with some 120 - 150 000 of the gentle giants on the move this is an AWESOME sight much as Vic Falls is.

au revoir & bon voyage
Zambezi Blogger

African Adrenaline

sounds like a cocktail or is it a rock group?

As the adventure capital of Africa, Victoria Falls pumps
adventure and adrenaline 365 days a year. But there's a whole lot more
going on in Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls.

Numbering Days
there is talk that the power that be - may well not be (in power
that is). Signs on the ground indicate that there will be a
"Vacant" sign on his office door by the end of the year.

Commentators are predicting an inflation rate of 1.5 million
percent, by year-end. Observers are observing that the chances of
the government surviving the imminent collapse of the economy are slim.

The Good News
Zimbabwe is on the threshold of change and donor countries including
its former colonial power have already drawn up a list of Zimbabwe's
needs (about US$3 billion over 5 years) to stabilise the country's economy.

Falls in Tourism
tourism figures have been affected over the past few years. Fears
of safety and shortage of fuel supplies had tourists looking across
the bridge at a different option, although perhaps a more costly option.

At present Victoria Falls is a cheap budget holiday destination -
but next year when the dust has settled on the economy - prices will
rise. Visit NOW while it is still affordable.

Yet Victoria Falls (the one that offers the 70% view of the Falls)
continues to be a MUST SEEDO for travelers.

Mind Blowing Victoria Falls
choose from a wide variety of tour packages and special offers
available throughout the year

You should know
it is a safe and inexpensive destination enjoy over 50 activities and safaris
1 hour and 30 minute flights from Johannesburg and you are in Vic Falls
stay at elegant hotels quality bed and breakfasts - romantic safari lodges
dine out in fine restaurants - pizzas - bistros - food courts and steakhouses
witness some of the world's greatest elephant herds

au revoir & bon voyage
Zambezi Blogger