"One Hundred and One" Views of the Victoria Falls

By Dr. Robert Zulu

One hundred and one views of the Victoria Falls is a comprehensive guide to visiting the Victoria Falls. It shows the reader places for the best views of the Victoria falls and can be used by those who have already visited the Falls to refresh good memories. It is gives a foretaste on where the best views of the falls can be seen.

The book may also be used to help the tourist select what views of the falls they want to see and reserve other view for a latter time.

Enjoy the book and the Falls.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Jul 26, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499087710

Dr. Robert Zulu

Dr Robert Zulu was born in Livingstone but did his education in Zambia and The United Kingdom. His interest in tourism can be traced from his child when he made frequent visits to the Victoria falls and marveled at its beauty and wonder. He participated in various national and international tourism shows at which he show cased the wondrous attraction in Livingstone, and Durban, South Africa at The Tourism Indaba. This book brings out not only his interest in tourism but also the fine art of photography for which he is also talented.

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101

VIEWS

OF THE VICTORIA FALLS

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BY ROBERT ZULU

Copyright © 2014 by Dr. Robert Zulu. 633798

ISBN:      Softcover            978-1-4990-8772-7

                EBook                978-1-4990-8771-0

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Rev. date: 10/22/2014

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DEDICATION

To my mother Tomaida and late father Gilizani who moved on to Livingstone town in Zambia where I was introduce to this natural wonder; the Victoria Falls. Most of all, to the Almighty God who made it possible for me to have life in abundance through Jesus Christ.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I want to acknowledge the support I received from my family and friends without which this work was not going to be complete. My wife Prisca for her patience, Mayase and Tomaida for helping to proof read the manuscript and helping with taking images, Mumba, Mannaseh and Zewelanji for the encouragement.

To professor Kasonde Bowa for giving me the inspiration to put my ideas on paper and friends and colleagues. To all of you great and small, a big thank you!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Dr. David Livingstone

From a Distance

The Look out Tree (Up-side down Tree)

The Lookout Platform

The Photographic Trail

The Palm Groove Trail

The Boiling Pot

The Eastern Cataract

The Knife Edge Bridge

The Knife Edge Island Trail

The Geological Strata

The Picnic (Up Stream) Trail

The Bird’s Eye View

The Victoria Falls Bridge

Viewing the Falls in the Bat’s Position

The Western Cataracts

Viewing at Position-2

The Devil’s Cataract

Livingstone Island View

The Danger point

End of the Western Cataracts

Lunar Night View of the Falls

The Sunset View of the Falls

The Flora of the Victoria Falls

Animals of the Victoria Falls

Other Points of Interest

Finale

Glossary

INTRODUCTION

The Victoria Falls also called ‘The Smoke that Thunders!’ is about the largest curtain of water dropping 9 600 cubic meters of water per second down a series of basalt of gorges at the highest peak of the year. It is about 1708meters ( 5603 ft) wide and