Things to do
Browse Victoria Falls by the kind of day you want — the rapids and the heights, the wildlife, the slow afternoons, the culture and the food.
Every one of these runs in or around Victoria Falls town and the gorge. Pick a category, or scroll the whole list and build your days from it.
One of the world's great one-day rafting runs, through Grade IV and V rapids below the falls, with a steep climb out at the end.
A 111 metre leap from the 1905 steel arch, straight down towards the Zambezi with the falls thundering beside you.
A free-fall on a harness before the rope arcs you out over the water — the friendly alternative to the bungee.
Thirteen to twenty-five minutes in the air above the whole 1.7 km curtain, the gorge and the islands upstream.
Elephant, buffalo, giraffe and zebra in the park just upstream of town, driven in the cool hours with a guide who reads the bush.
A river cruise and a game drive across the border, among the biggest elephant herds in southern Africa.
Beside habituated elephants and their handlers, learning how the herd is read, fed and cared for.
Paddle quiet channels past hippo pods, fish eagles and islands, with the engine noise gone.
A slow drift upstream with hippos, crocodiles and elephants coming down to drink as the light goes gold.
A massage and a plunge pool with the river below and nothing on the schedule until dinner.
A long table on the rim of the Batoka Gorge, watching the swing and the rafters far below while you eat.
Slow walking and quiet drifting for fish eagles, kingfishers, bee-eaters and the long list that follows the water.
A guided walk through the township beside the falls with markets, art projects and the people who run them.
Markets, craft workshops, cooking and everyday life beyond the viewpoints, hosted by someone from the village.
A working village under the Mukuni chieftaincy on the Zambian side, explained by a guide who grew up in it.
Soapstone carvings, basketry and woodwork from makers around the region, a short walk from the falls entrance.
Sixteen viewpoints along the full curtain of Mosi-oa-Tunya, from the Devil's Cataract to the Main Falls — expect to get soaked.
A steep walk down from the falls to where the river churns out of the gorge — the view most visitors never see.
A stroll onto the 1905 steel arch between two countries, with the gorge below and the spray rising ahead.
A boat to the small island right on the edge of the falls, ending with tea on the rocks beside the drop.
Zimbabwean cooking, a tasting of local flavours and a drum show that has the whole room in the circle by the end.
Scones and a pot of tea on the terrace of the 1904 hotel, looking down the garden towards the bridge.
A market shop and a hands-on morning in a home kitchen, then lunch eating what you made.
A set dinner on the water as the river goes dark, with the lamps of the boats and hippos calling in the channels.
Check what the water and the weather are doing in the months you are coming, then put the days in order before you arrive.