Victoria Falls

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It will make your jaw fall off the face of the earth.

That is what it looks like when you stand in front of the world's largest waterfall. The earth seems to slip into an abyss. Standing 360 ft. tall and 5,600 ft. wide, it's nicknamed "The Smoke that Thunders" and one can see why. In 1958 it reached its record flow of more than 700,000 cubic meters of water per minute. The fall sits on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe, where you can cool off from the hot African sun when you are visiting our #14 AbsoluteVisit.

Slide 1: Rainbow Bridge - This thing is Epic!

#1 Victoria Falls Photo - Will Crowthers
Slide 2: Sunset Picture Window

#2 Victoria Falls Photo - Will Crowthers
Slide 3: Rainbow Over the Falls

#3 Victoria Falls Photo - Will Crowthers
Slide 4: The Great Zambezi (before it creates ...

#4 Victoria Falls Photo - Will Crowthers
Slide 5: Sunrise Trail Mist

#5 Victoria Falls Photo - Will Crowthers

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Named after Queen Victoria of Britain, this 1700m wide (5,577 ft) waterfall in Zambia is the largest curtain of falling water in the world, dropping 110 m (361 ft), making it one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
While everyone has heard of a rainbow, a moonbow is something different and unique you can see at night at Victoria Falls. It is exactly the same as a daylight rainbow, except the light is coming from the moon and is visible in the spray coming from the falls.
An area called the Devils Swimming Pool is right along the edge, and from September to December when river flow is at a safe level, visitors can swim there, being protected by nothing but a stone lip at the very edge of the massive waterfall.
The surrounding rainforest at Victoria Falls is the only place on Earth where it rains 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, resulting from the spray coming from the falls.
The spray from the falls can be seen from over 30 km (18.6 miles) away, and reaches up to 1 km (.6 miles) high.