Victoria Falls

The Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya (the Smoke that Thunders) are a waterfall situated in Africa, between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Mosi-oa-Tunya is the name given to the Falls by the local people and Victoria Falls is the name that David Livingstone, a British missionary, gave them when he discovered them between 1852 and 1856. The Falls are, by some measures, the largest waterfall in the world, as well as being among the most unusual in form, and having arguably the most diverse and easily-seen wildlife of any major waterfall site.