The water is always calm on your nerves.
100 meters high, about 1800 meters wide, 550 000 cubic meters of water every minute shimmering at the edge of the cliff.
The strength and power of the water tumbling into the abyss. Maybe the Victoria falls is not the highest in the world (which is the waterfall record holder angel and its 979 meters). But it is undoubtedly one of the most impressive wonders of the world.
The waterfall is located on the Zambezi river, in the border areas of Zambia and Zimbabwe. The locals called it Mosi-oa-Tunua”, “roaring water” or “thundering smoke,” and long centuries even to approach him was afraid. Roaring 40 kilometers around the waterfall seemed to them the devil incarnate. When the traveler David Livingstone came here on 17 November 1855, only two of the accompanying three hundred of the natives agreed to approach the waterfall. Livingstone named his discovery in honour of Queen Victoria and was deeply struck by the incredible beauty of the natural creation.
By the way, it is not known which way the researcher approached the waterfall the first time. Both countries, at borders where there is a waterfall, I believe that the discovery was made was on their side, and therefore Zambia, and Zimbabwe graced the approaches to the waterfall bronze statues of Livingstone.
To fully appreciate the beauty of Victoria falls, the Europeans were only able to 1905, when they built a railway. Today places around declared a national Park, and locals have long lost their usual fear of a formidable waterfall on both sides are actively developing the tourist industry.
One of the services offered by an enterprising local firms, is bungee jumping, jumping off a train bridge, Victoria falls, cross the Zambezi river just below Victoria falls.
