Victoria Falls up close.

 Dumi meaning “praise” is our driver and guide here in Zimbabwe.  This morning he gave us a guided walking tour along the Falls which is a mile wide.  The falls get higher the further we walk.  It may seem like a ton of pictures, but the view from each point is quite different.  We get different amounts of spray in different areas also.  The spray creates a Rainforest habitat in a portion of the falls as we get quite wet.










There are also interesting trees and birds along the way.  The fig trees can grow around another tree and choke it actually killing it.  I also hear birds - the Trumpeter Hornbill, which sound like a baby crying.  


Figs

Baboons along the walkway

Statue of David Livingston who saw Victoria Falls in 1855 and made this site known to the world 


The Zambezi River feeds the falls and below the falls zigzags out to the Indian Ocean.  2 dams along the way create electricity for the area. Kariba is the dam we saw last night.

At the end of the falls we get a view of the bridge again that we were on last night.  The bridge and our hotel were both built in 1905.  In 1935 when cars became more prevalent a higher level was added to the bridge to allow cars beside the railroad tracks.  It still only allows one car to pass at a time in one direction which is what causes the lineup of trucks.  A new bridge has opened in the past in the last year which has helped some.



  
We have time after our tour to spend around the hotel.  It is a huge place with expansive grounds.  Lots of animals other than humans are wondering around.

 

Baboon family

Warthogs





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