We actually visited the Zambia part of Victoria Falls first before seening the falls from the Zimbabwe side. We didn't plan before hand and figured the Zambia side would be lesser people as we left the hostel at a later time. Getting there wasn't hard, just hot. We walked across from Zimbabwe, most people we met crossed over with a car. We brought some food as our packed lunch.
Immigration was near the Zimbabwe Victorial Falls ticket office. We walked passed a curio market and the ticket office.
There were many locals carrying things and crossed the border.
Great view when you look down from here. If my bearings are right, the view below is the Boiling Pot.
We walked straight to Mosi Oa Tunya National Park. There's a trail to see the viewpoints of the falls.
We were there at a dry season so the falls looked quite dry, especially at the Zambia side.
The other famous landmark at this falls is the Victoria Falls Bridge. The main arc of the bridge was joined on 1st April 1905. It was officially opened on 12th September 1905 by Professor George Darwin, grandson of Sir Charles Darwin. It is currently the only rail link between Zambia and Zimbabwe and one of the highest bungee jumping site, at 111 metres. The first creature to cross the bridge upon completion of construction works was a leopard.
We ate the food we packed for lunch. We were lucky that we didn't encounter any monkeys or baboons during our lunch. There were everywhere including outside of the Zambia immigration office. It was also a good idea to finish all the food before we started on the Boiling Pot trail.
The boiling pot is a spot where water swirls due to resistance of rock to the erosive power of water thereby producing a back flow and upsurge of water as the case is with boilling water in a hot pot.
The trail is 629 metres long and the signboard said that it takes 15 minutes down and 25 minutes back up. I am sure we took much longer and almost gave up because there were so many baboons and they were scary! Well, to us I guess.
Beware of baboons! |
The warning sign also mentioned of falling rocks. This could be due to the baboons moving around causing loose rocks to fall, which was what happened when we were there. On our way up, there were 3 baboons in the middle of the trail. We waited for a while but they didn't budge. Luckily they were happily minding their own business when we walked passed them very carefully.
We retracted our steps to return to Zimbabwe. If it looked hot in the pictures, it was indeed hot. If I remembered correctly, the temperate in celcius was either in high 30s or 40s+.
Side note: Do you eat food without warming up if your container is stainless steel?
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