Text and photos by Mary L. Peachin
Vol. 17, No. 12
Like being enveloped in the action on the screen of an IMAX theater, the Eurocopter EC130B helicopter swooped over Victoria Falls banking deep into the gorge following the Zambezi River. The sensation was exhilarating, the up close view was awesome.
Victoria Falls, known by the Kololo’s as “Mosi oa Tunya” or “The Smoke that Thunders” and Zambezi National Park span the border between the countries of Zambezi and Zimbabwe, Considered one of the “Seven Wonders of the World,” the mile wide waterfall drops approximately five hundred feet into the Zambezi River. Victoria Falls combines five different Zimbabwe falls: Devil’s Cataract, Main, Rainbow and Horseshoe Falls with Eastern Cataract falling in the country of Zambia.