... First of two more African beauties💚... a new National Park👍... and UNESCO site👍... known by locals as Mosi-oa-Tunya, or "the smoke that thunders", Victoria Falls is one of the most iconic images of Africa and one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world... as the Zambian side has only a quarter of the falls, it could be said that the viewpoints this side are less spectacular... but you can only walk down to below the falls from this side and have exceptionally close-up waterfall views... but no matter which side you stay on, you can easily cross the border to explore the other or to undertake activities like helicopter flight over the falls, water rafting, gorge swinging, bungee jumping or visiting Livingstone Island... Thanks a lot Alena! (✿ ♥‿♥)
Photo: Eleanor (Ellie) Hamby©
Spanning almost 1.7 km with a height of 108m split between Zimbabwe and Zambia, the Victoria Falls can be seen from both sides of the Zambezi River and has two entrance gates.
The European explorer, Doctor David Livingstone called the falls after Queen Victoria in England when he visited there in 1855.
Bordered between Livingstone town, farm land and the Zambezi River, lies the wildlife area of Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Zambia’s smallest NP. This small reserve was established in 1972 with the idea of having representative wildlife species from Zambia. What makes this park unique in Zambia is that it’s the only wildlife area with white rhinos.
The area is a UNESCO World Heritage site, both for the Falls themselves and for the ecological significance of the area since 1989.
Stamp:
Animals of Zambia
(Issued 10-2012)
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