The smoke that thunders
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya, the smoke that thunders) is the largest sheet of falling water on earth: the Zambezi, nearly two kilometres wide, dropping a hundred metres in a permanent storm of spray visible 20 km away.…
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About Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya, the smoke that thunders) is the largest sheet of falling water on earth: the Zambezi, nearly two kilometres wide, dropping a hundred metres in a permanent storm of spray visible 20 km away. Rainforest paths face the full curtain from the Zimbabwean side; Devil's Pool dares swimmers to the lip from Zambia (in season). Sunset cruises, gorge swings, white-water rafting and helicopter flights orbit the spectacle, and Chobe's elephants are only an hour away, the natural grand finale to a Botswana safari.
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Which national park is Victoria Falls in?
Two of them. The falls are on the Zambezi River, which forms the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, and each country protects its own bank. On the Zimbabwe side it is Victoria Falls National Park, about 23 km2; on the Zambian side, Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, about 66 km2. Zimbabwe's larger Zambezi National Park carries on upstream along the southern bank.
The falls are not in Botswana. We list them here because they pair so naturally with Chobe National Park, a short distance away on the Botswana side of the border, and every one of our itineraries with the falls also visits Botswana. The shortest is the 6 Days Okavango Delta, Chobe and Victoria Falls Safari, from US$5,568 per person as of 27 October 2026.
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