| Yes it is still safe to see the magnificent Victoria Falls | | | | that separates you from the incredible force of tons |
| from the Zimbabwe side. | | | | of water thundering down a height of 108 metres. |
| Whilst Zimbabwe faces a massive crisis and is racked | | | | And you'll get very wet! |
| by economic despair and violence, visiting Victoria | | | | You only need a couple of nights to be able to |
| Falls in Zimbabwe is still an option. The little town that | | | | experience the sheer beauty and majesty of this |
| has remained a major tourist attraction is a great | | | | natural wonder of the world. There are some |
| distance from Harare and has been largely unaffected | | | | wonderful places to stay, with my all-time favorite |
| by the political havoc that is being wreaked in the | | | | being the Victoria Falls Hotel. It's a gentle colonial |
| capital. | | | | giant, originally opened in 1904 and visited by royalty |
| The Falls stretch a mighty 1.7 km across the Zambezi | | | | and heads of state over many years. Regularly |
| River, and most of them are in Zimbabwe. From the | | | | refurbished, it still smacks of old-fashioned splendor. |
| Devil's Cataract on the banks of the river you stroll | | | | The extensive gardens lead down to the entrance to |
| slowly through the Rain Forest in front of the Main | | | | the Falls and, if you're sitting on the hotel's terrace |
| Falls and Horseshoe Falls. One of the most | | | | (preferably with a G&T in hand) you'll see the |
| spectacular parts of seeing the Falls is that you are | | | | spray rising over the Falls bridge. |
| literally right in front of them. A narrow gorge is all | | | | |