Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park

Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park - ?The Smoke Which Thunders?, is home to the mighty and spectacular Victoria Falls. The park is found in the southern most edge of Zambia on its border with Zimbabwe. The physical landmark which separates these two countries is the mighty cataract of the Victoria Falls. The park is a wildlife sanctuary for what are probably Zambia?s only remaining rhino, but also for the common species including the odd roaming elephant.

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Mosi-ao-Tunya National Park is divided into two sections; a game park along the riverbank and the staggering Victoria Falls, each with separate entrances.

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The immense and awe-inspiring Victoria Falls are known to the local people as ?Mosi-oa-Tunya? - Smoke Which Thunders?, and is the greatest known curtain of falling water.

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This is a small wildlife sanctuary (only 25.5 square miles (66 square kilometres) running along the north bank of the Zambezi, encompassed in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park.

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Within this park is the Old Drift cemetery where the first European settlers were buried. They made camp by the river, but kept succumbing to a strange and fatal illness. They blamed the yellow/green-barked 'Fever Trees' for this incurable malady, while all the time it was the malarial mosquito causing their demise. Before long the community moved to higher ground and the town of Livingstone emerged.

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Baboons are frequently seen on the paths leading to the falls and small antelopes and warthogs inhabit the rainforests that hug the edge of the falls. In the wildlife reserve, the pastures and tall riverine forests contain plenty of birds and a scattering of animals including some white rhino, elephants, giraffe, zebra, sable, eland, buffalo and impala.

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