Victoria Falls
Local tribes called it "Mosi-oa-Tunya"—"The Smoke That Thunders." When you first see Victoria Falls, you understand how accurate this name is. A column of water spray rises hundreds of meters and is visible from 50 kilometers away, while the roar of falling water can be heard long before you reach the canyon's edge. This isn't just a waterfall—it's where the Zambezi River, nearly two kilometers wide, plunges into a narrow chasm 108 meters deep.
A Scale Hard to Comprehend
Victoria is the world's largest waterfall by combined size: 1,708 meters wide and 108 meters high. This is greater than Ni...