Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. It's often shown in movies, such as "The African Queen," even "The Lion King." The vast Zambezi River takes a sudden drop-off of 360 feet in a huge wall of water. It's astrounding.

In the dry season, though, the wall of water becomes a series of individual waterfalls. Still 360 feet steep, though, and still quite impressive.

While the kids lounged around the pool at Maramba Lodge, Judith and Mike took us to Victoria Falls. There's a nice path just across the falls, with great views. During the rainy season, Judith says, you can't even have your camera out on the path. The spray from the falls is so intense, you need a rain slicker. So I guess there are advantages to being there at the end of the dry season. We could walk casually along the edge, and there were not very many other people there.

We reached the end of the path just in time for some good sunset shots, then headed back before darkness. We could view the now-empty bridge that the kids had bungee-jumped from earlier in the day. And we watched swallows swoop and dive in the sun's last rays.

It was a perfect, peaceful time to visit the falls, and we practically had the place to ourselves. By the time we got back to the parking lot, our car was the only one left.