Travel to Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe, Zambia) – Episode 371

Hear about travel to Victoria Falls as the Amateur Traveler talks to Nir Ben-Dov about his trip to this spectacular falls on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia.

This was Nir’s second trip and his wife’s first trip from their home in Israel to this famed set of falls in southern Africa. They flew into Johannesburg and then were easily able to get a package trip from there to the falls.

Of the 3 biggest waterfalls in the world (including Niagara Falls and Iguazu Falls) Victoria Falls is the highest. You can get very close to the falls, around 100-150 yards. “You actually see rain going upside down” because of all the water that is going over the falls. Nir tells of the falls, the local people, the wildlife and caps their trip with the sundowner cruise on the Zambezi River.

“We elected to fly to Zambia because politically and fiscally they are a much more sound country than Zimbabwe. ” Zimbabwe’s currency has had such bad inflation that one guide told Nir that “we are an international currency, we take any currency”. Any currency, that is, besides their own. Once you have to print a 100 billion bill, you might as well give up.

Nir warns that inoculations are a must (including yellow fever) when you travel to this part of the world. Both the airline and immigration checked their vaccination record that they carried with them. You also do need a visa and will want a waterproof camera.

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Show Notes

Victoria Falls: Zambia Tour Guide
Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Visa
Zambezi Sun
Bungee Jumper Survives
Victoria Falls National Park
Helicopter Flights Over Victoria Falls
Botswana Tour
Sundowner Cruise
Livingstone Museum

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My wife’s comments: he didn’t give the name of the place where the rodeo is held (Will Rogers Coliseum) and he needs to go to the Science Museum.

My comment: you will probably have to take American Airlines, which has 85% of the flights in and out of DFW Airport, and be prepared to pay. Fortress hubs are expensive. But everything else around North Texas is much less expensive than the East or West coast, including hotels and car rentals. Avoiding summer is a really good idea. I was at the Fort Worth Botanical Garden on Thanksgiving Day and it was beautiful. October and November are really nice. July and August are just too hot.

Velvet on Travel to Bucharest, Romania – Episode 369:

“Loved the episode on Bucharest – I was there in the mid-1990s and had the same initial impression as most people – big, blocky, imposing city. Now, I’d love to return with the new knowledge that there is so much more hiding beneath the surface!
Thanks for all your hard work putting together the podcast and website!”