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June 22, 2010 Livingstone Island is open again!
Visiting the Zambian side of the Falls offers you many unique opportunities, one of the most exciting of which is experiencing Livingstone Island. After nearly two months’ break, due to the high water levels of the Zambezi River, Livingstone Island is open to visitors.
Livingstone Island, originally known as Goat Island, is the very spot from which Dr David Livingstone first viewed the Victoria Falls. The story goes that he was paddled out to the island, the only pieces of accessible land in the middle of the Falls, in a dug-out canoe.
The Makololo paddlers skilfully landed him on the island. After taking a few steps through the small rainforest, on 16 November 1855, Dr Livingstone gazed upon one of the most spectacular sights in the world – ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’ (The Smoke that Thunders) – which he named the Victoria Falls, after his Queen.
Bushtracks Africa is offering five tours a day:
- Morning tea tours at 07h30, 09h00 and 10h30 (includes tea, coffee, soft drinks and light snacks)
- Lunch tour from 12h30 to 15h15 (includes buffet lunch, soft drinks, beer and wine).
- Afternoon tea tour from 15h30 to 17h30 (includes tea, coffee, soft drinks and light snacks
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April 7, 2010 Batoka Sky and The Waterfront Campground
The idea of flying over Victoria Falls always amazes me and the guys over at Batoka Sky know how to really give you the best views. With the spray rising and the water roaring the entire experience is captured on video and in photographs.
After a day of sightseeing the visitor got to relax at his campground, The Waterfront, where he was able to snap a series of incredible sunset pictures over the Zambezi river.
All in a days work (um vacation)!
See the full blog post, Free As A Bird
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April 1, 2010 Layout of the Victoria Falls, Zambia
What’s what at Victoria Falls, Zambia…
Victoria Falls labelled!
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April 1, 2010 Then & now – 148 years
Compare a section of Thomas Baines painting of the Victoria Falls from 1862, and a recent photo of the falls in 2010 – both impressions from Zambia’s side of the Zambezi, looking across the Eastern Cataract to Livingstone Island.
http://www.livingstonetourism.com
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March 30, 2010 The Rainbow Fall from Livingstone Island, from Souvenir of Victoria Falls
The Rainbow Fall from Livingstone Island, from Souvenir of Victoria Falls
Originally uploaded by Smithsonian Institution
Some of the earliest images of Victoria Falls taken by Percy Clark in 1905
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