Both sides of the Falls
on Rob Wootton (Zambia), 18/Nov/2011 19:21, 34 days ago
No trip to Zambia can ever be complete without a visit to the Falls and Mike even went up in a helicopter to get the best possible view of all the ferocious water below. We were also in Livingstone on Mike’s insistence that we squeeze another country into the holiday so over to Zimbabwe we ventured. The Zim town of Victoria Falls is remarkably different to its Zambian counterpart, Livingstone. The town is within walking distance of the Falls which makes the visit simply more enjoyable and it is also very much set up for consuming the tourist dollar (not necessarily a good thing). The park itself stands out, not just from the welcoming entrance gate and the informative displays on the history and geology of the park, but also because of the easy routes that guide you around the park and highlight the major sites (i.e. the Devil’s Cataract, Livingstone Island and so on). Zambia could learn a lot from its neighbour and better do so soon or otherwise the tourists will flock back to the Zim side. Finally, we of course had to go to the Victoria Falls hotel to experience High Tea. It was good, we then proceeded to have a few cocktails and feeling lazy we stayed on for dinner too.Thanks mate for as ever a fun couple of weeks– it was really great that you made it out here to visit me.