This morning we decided to do a helicopter ride over the falls before walking them. We headed over to the Safari Lodge to book in before making our way over to Boma for some breaky.

We were picked up at 11am by our driver Jack & were taken to the helipad- was about a 15min drive. We had our welcome drinks and were given our pre-fight safety talk, then were guided out to the chopper. A helicopter ride is a first for all of us. We got in and put on the headphones – mine didn’t work! 

We soon took off and were travelling at about 1500 feet. We flew across the Zambezi NP (we had to pay an extra $USD15 each for this)– which was extremely dry & into Zambian airspace, the views of the falls were very impressive- they are huge. Even though this is the low season & we were told it hasn’t been this dry in years, there was plenty of water & mist- it makes our waterfalls in Australia seem tiny.

I think that in high season you wouldn’t see as much but would still be awesome. We all managed to get hundreds of photos. All too soon we were headed back to the hanger & we were finished. Of course, we had to buy the DVD.

Back at the lodge we switched over camera’s (as it was going to be a bit wet & misty didn’t want to risk the good ones). Brendan & I were sitting out on the back deck when the warthogs decided to pay us a visit & eat our grass – there are 3 adults & 4 babies. One of them was extremely lazy, just flopped down onto its belly & ate – this was bazar. Even though they are wild animals they are definitely used to humans.

We caught the courtesy bus down to the Zimbabwean entrance to the falls – & decided not to cross over to the Zambian side, as it was dry towards the bridge.

It cost $USD30 each to enter! – everything is extremely expensive here in Zimbabwe.

There were 12 different view points along the route & it was about 3km of walking in total. The first spot was at a statue of Doctor Livingston and a good view for looking up into the gorge. The safety fences were made from sticks and were at about knee high- not really safe. We had some magnificent sightings and vantage points of the different sections of the falls. We met two Zimbabwean women, who asked me for a photo with them. In the middle section, where most of the water was flowing, we got extremely wet from the mist. The mist was actually nice way to cool down.

Victoria falls is the widest & has the longest drop in the world (Niagara has the most water) & is classified as one of the seven natural wonders of the world.

We stopped at the rainforest café for a drink & something small to eat – was quite hot in the sun.

We caught the courtesy bus back to the elephant walk stop, this is where the local people have their art & wears on display- a lot of statues, unfortunately during the walk we were met by people trying to guilt you into buying souvenirs from them.

Once done there, we made our way back to catch the bus. While waiting, the young guy who was hawking us yesterday – and watched our vehicle for us, somehow found us again. This time though he was just chatting with David about the politics/ schools / fuel etc until the bus came.