The Victoria Falls is 1708 meters wide, making it the largest curtain of water in the world. The waterfall stands at an altitude of about 915 m above mean sea level and have an average depth of 100 m and the deepest point being 108 m. Victoria Falls is made of five different "falls". Four of these are in Zimbabwe: The Devil's Cataract, Main Falls, Rainbow Falls and Horseshoe Falls -and one, The Eastern Cataract, is in the bordering country of Zambia.
Zambezi National Park together with Victoria Falls National Park cover an area of 56,000 hectares. The northern border of the Park is formed by the great Zambezi River. A wide variety of larger mammals may be found within the Zambezi National Park including elephants, lions, leopards and white rhinoceros. There are small herds of buffalo and wildebeest, as well as zebra, warthog, giraffe, bushpig and hippopotamus are frequent above the falls. Vervet monkey and chacma baboon are common.
A notable feature of the park is the rainforest which grows in the spray of the falls, including ferns, palms, liana vines, and a number of trees such as mahogany not seen elsewhere in the region. There are numerous activities to add excitement and adventure to a trip to Victoria Falls. However, when it comes to viewing the falls, there are two unique and distinctive views of the falls that should both be explored to help you capture the true splendor and amazement of this wonder of nature: from the air, using either a helicopter or a microlite, or making various trails that follow alongside the falls.
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