Funny how sometimes you need to zoom in close to get the big picture. Victoria Falls may not be the world’s highest or wildest waterfall, but it’s the largest. The waterfalls are a UNESCO World Heritage site, too, and we always go out of our way to try and see anything on the world heritage list.
We booked a day trip from Botswana over to Victoria Falls so someone else would do the driving and deliver us to the right border offices to get our day visas. (We had a border permit for our rental car for Namibia over into Botswana, but not for Zimbabwe.) The Botswanan driver parked the van at the border, walked us to where his Zimbabwe colleague was waiting, and handed us off to him.
Victoria Falls wasn’t at full force when we visited but we still got soaking wet from the mists blowing over from the other side. We were happy to be wet as it was over 100 degrees that day.
Our visit coincided with the dry time of year, and I admit : I was a little disappointed the falls weren’t bigger. But I wandered around anyway, admiring the site.
Uwe’s responsible for the photos when we’re traveling. He creates the best images possible, while I just take snapshots with my cell phone. Uwe was enthralled, and busy finding the right angles for his camera. I enjoyed watching him at work (at play) and snapped a couple pics of my hubby doing his thing….
And then, when I looked in the viewfinder hoping I’d managed to get a few shots that didn’t include my thumb in the upper left hand corner, there was the breathtaking sweep and scope of Victoria Falls, dry season or wet season or any season. Even the fuzziness in my photo is supposed to be there – that’s the mists blowing up from Victoria Falls. Maybe the best photo I’ve ever taken with my phone!
Perspective really is everything.
NOTES: © 2023 Jadi Campbell. Uwe’s photos of our trips and his photography may be viewed at viewpics.de.
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What a beautiful place! And I loved the photos you took.
Thanks Emilie! Even Uwe liked the photos I took!
WOW!!!
my feelings exactly
I remember seeing Victoria Falls in 1991. The sound is what really made an impression.
Yes! I think I made a comment to Uwe about how I wished we could bottle the sound of them to take home with us.
You seem to have had the place to yourselves! That couldn’t have been true, but it’s a nice illusion. Maybe fewer tourists in the dry season?
No, there were lots of tourists! The falls are so wide that it was easy to wait until everyone else moved on to a different part of the walkway.
Thanks for sharing this. The falls is magnificent!
Definitely worth the effort to get there!
Fabulous pics of the falls. Isn’t it amazing how wet you can get from their spray and mist before you’re even close to them? An incredible work of nature.
We got soaked! We’d love to have the chance to go back when they’re REALLY falling. I can only imagine how majestic they must be then!
Great photos of the falls, Jadi. Thanks for sharing.
glad to!