Central Africa is one of my favorite areas in Africa. There is so much to see and do. Victoria Falls sits on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. You can visit both countries and get different views of the falls. We decided to stay in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe for the week because we heard the views were more exciting and the city was more active.

We boarded our flight to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe after a week spent in South Africa. While on the flight the pilot gets on the PA and says “We will be arriving in Zambia in 2 hours.” I’m a little confused by this but I must of heard him wrong and he said Zimbabwe. As we get closer the pilot gives us the weather report for Zambia. Hmmm. I know I heard him say Zambia this time. At this point I am mad at myself for booking the flight to the wrong airport. While not a huge deal it was still annoying. I double check everything. The pilot announces to prepare for landing into Zambia. Yep, I messed up.

While the plane prepares for landing I have to come up with a new plan to get to our hotel…in a whole different country. I know we will have to take a cab from the Zambia Airport to the border of Zimbabwe. Go through passport control to exit Zambia. Walk over the bridge to the passport control entrance of Zimbabwe. Then take another cab to our hotel. All while carrying our bags. What a pain. Beyond annoyed I made this mistake.

We get off the plane and see this shadow reflection at the gate. Crisis averted.

So now that we are at the right airport we grab our bags and hit the ATM. They use US dollars in Zimbabwe. Except the ATM at the airport is out of cash. Yes, completely empty. No worries the cab said he will take us to an ATM on the way to our hotel. After stopping at two more ATM’s the banks confirm that they are completely out of cash and hope more will be delivered Monday. Spoiler alert: The entire eight days we were there the ATM’s were never filled. We convinced the travel agent we bought an excursion from to charge our credit card an extra $50 and give cash. Talk about a mess trying to pay for cabs, food, and tips.

Before converting to the USD, they used Zimbabwean Dollar. Back in 2015, a 100 Trillion Zimbabwean dollar note was worth about $40 USD. We knew we needed to get our hands on one of these notes. Locals were selling these notes for a few bucks. ⁠

When the cab drive dropped us off at our hotel he gave us his card and told us to call him if we wanted to go to town. It was less than a mile to get there. We could easily walk. He went on to tell us it wasn’t safe to make that walk around dusk or dawn. We inquired for more details. He went on to say that elephants tend to roam the streets and surrounding area. Cabs for us!

We spent time at Victoria Falls hiking the trails on both the Zimbabwe and Zambia sides. Victoria Falls is a waterfall on the Zambezi River in Africa. It is located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe and is considered to be one of the world's largest waterfalls due to its width of 1,708 metres.⁠

It was still high rain season so the falls were loud and full. The mist was insane making it kinda hard to get really good pictures.

Even though we had rain ponchos we were still soaked to the bone when we were done.

Victoria Falls has a death defying Devil’s Pool. During low rain season people can hike out onto the falls and jump into a pool that overhangs the falls. This can only be done when the water is low enough otherwise you will be swept over the side. If it hadn’t been high season I like to think I would take that hike. I guess I need to make a second trip out there to find out if I would really jump in the Devil’s pool.

The bridge that connects Zambia and Zimbabwe is also an adventure seekers dream. People bungee jump off the bridge all day long. This is a view from the bridge.

On the Zambia side we encountered a few baboons who were looking for a free handout. We also found a few Zebra hanging out in a parking lot of a hotel that couldn’t care less that people were all around.