THE VICTORIA FALLS
In Zimbabwe, the falls never dry up. Even at the height of the dry season the main falls and Devil’s Cataract will still have impressive water flow.
- 75% of The Falls is seen from the Zimbabwean side, with 16 viewpoints within the Rainforest from which to view it.
- Roughly one million people visit Victoria Falls each year.
- It is one of the seven wonders of the world
- It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- The falls are 108 metres high and two kilometres wide
- The Falls has a recorded a flow of 12,800 cubic meters per second – double that of North America’s Niagara Falls highest flow
- Victoria Falls is roughly twice the height of Niagara Falls and famous for the sheer volume of water falling into the Zambezi River.
- The spray from The Falls typically rises to a height of over 400 metres, sometimes even twice as high.
- The spray is visible up to 48km away.
