Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya), Livingstone: How to Visit and What to Do Nearby

Victoria Falls straddles the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe on the Zambezi River, a curtain of water 1,708 meters wide plunging 108 meters into the Batoka Gorge—roughly twice the height of Niagara Falls. David Livingstone, the first European to see the falls in 1855, named them for Queen Victoria; the indigenous Kololo name Mosi-oa-Tunya means "the smoke that thunders." The spray column during peak flow in April and May rises over 400 meters and is visible from 50 kilometers away. UNESCO inscribed the falls as a World Heritage Site in 1989. is just one of many options in Livingstone. Major attractions worth considering include Batoka Gorge, Devil's Pool, and Livingstone Island.