The dream to visit Victoria falls and to see the Zambezi river started when I read about David Livingstone's journey in search of the falls. July 4th holidays in 2018 we planned to visit the falls shared by two countries Zambia and Zimbabwe. We took a flight direct to the Victoria Falls airport in Zimbabwe. The main falls and the view points are amazing on the Zimbabwe side. The Zambia side is more scenic and it is an amazing experience to go near the edge called as the Devil's pool. Technically you just cross the bridge to go to Zambian side. Thanks to our guide Brighton we learnt a lot about the history of the falls Zimbabwe in the south and Zambia on the north.
Interestingly, the falls was there for eons and the locals prefer to call it with the original name Mosi-Oa-Tunya meaning "The smoke that thunders". Livingstone the first European to witness the falls in 1855 did this with the help of the local Tonga people. Eventually, the falls was named after Queen Victoria.
I think pictures speak better than my words. Let me stop here and later will write about the encounter with lions and the visit to the national parks in Zimbabwe and Botswana.
PEACE ON EARTH
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