In 2002 this side of the falls was mostly dry so I never came over here. This time it was an easy walk from the Avani hotel where we were staying.
We had been whitewater rafting most of the day and so started this walk about 4:30PM. First view of Zambian edge:
View west toward Zimbabwe with sun filtered by the spray:
We soon progress into the mist for which we dressed appropriately.
But we have still clear views of the Zambian falls.
On the Knife Edge Bridge we are thoroughly soaked.
Our timing was fortuitous for the largest rainbow arc I’ve ever seen.
This was on Liz’ waterproof iPhone15. My Canon G16 was not doing so well by this time.
View west now has more spray.
Now we are at the edge of the Zambezi gorge with view across to Danger Point, the end of the Zimbabwe walking trail we did the next day.
Following the trail along the gorge we get a view of the rail bridge built in 1904.
Four days each week, the dinner train alternates between Zambia and Zimbabwe origin, bringing tourists onto the bridge for sunset before serving dinner.
View of Knife Edge Bridge on the return walk:
Rainbow is nearly gone at sunset.
We walked up the Zambian bank for a view over the edge.
The Knife Edge and rail bridges are barely visible through the mist.
The Avani hotel grounds were not lacking in wildlife.
Male vervet monkeys are easily identified.
On the walk to the bridge the next day there were numerous baboons.
While Liz was taking the above picture:
Zambia curio mart had a typical tourist sign.
It was also selling souvenirs of Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation era.
There’s nothing better than a hotel bus to give scale to a giraffe’s height.
We had been whitewater rafting most of the day and so started this walk about 4:30PM. First view of Zambian edge:
View west toward Zimbabwe with sun filtered by the spray:
We soon progress into the mist for which we dressed appropriately.
But we have still clear views of the Zambian falls.
On the Knife Edge Bridge we are thoroughly soaked.
Our timing was fortuitous for the largest rainbow arc I’ve ever seen.
This was on Liz’ waterproof iPhone15. My Canon G16 was not doing so well by this time.
View west now has more spray.
Now we are at the edge of the Zambezi gorge with view across to Danger Point, the end of the Zimbabwe walking trail we did the next day.
Following the trail along the gorge we get a view of the rail bridge built in 1904.
Four days each week, the dinner train alternates between Zambia and Zimbabwe origin, bringing tourists onto the bridge for sunset before serving dinner.
View of Knife Edge Bridge on the return walk:
Rainbow is nearly gone at sunset.
We walked up the Zambian bank for a view over the edge.
The Knife Edge and rail bridges are barely visible through the mist.
The Avani hotel grounds were not lacking in wildlife.
Male vervet monkeys are easily identified.
On the walk to the bridge the next day there were numerous baboons.
While Liz was taking the above picture:
Zambia curio mart had a typical tourist sign.
It was also selling souvenirs of Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation era.
There’s nothing better than a hotel bus to give scale to a giraffe’s height.
