Victoria Falls Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park & Livingstone Town, Zambia

The Victoria Falls is one of the greatest natural wonders in the world. The Zambezi River drops 100 metres (approx. 300 feet) over a 1.6km wide (1-mile) sheer fault line and creates a cloud of spray that can be seen up to 32km (20 miles) away. It just has to be seen!

The famous bridge straddling the mighty Zambezi at the Victoria Falls provides easy access between the two neighbouring countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Accommodation is excellent on both sides, with especially superb riverside lodges lining the Zambian banks of the Zambezi River.

The Victoria Falls area is renowned for being the 'Adventure Capital of Africa' and offers all sorts of high adrenaline sports. Choose from white water rafting through terrifying Zambezi rapids, microlight flying over Victoria Falls and tandem skydiving, to name but a few. Right in the middle of the spectacular bridge is the world famous bungi jump, where you plunge 111 metres (360ft) and then bounce for a while above the raging river!

You could of course opt for more sedate relaxation such as a tranquil sundowner cruise on the Zambezi above Victoria Falls, with a gin and tonic in one hand and a pair of binoculars to spot hippos, crocs and colourful bird life, in the other.

While the Victoria Falls are the main attraction here, the small Mosi-oa-Tunya (or 'Smoke That Thunders') National Park enables you to take a short game drive along the Zambezi to see elephant, buffalo, zebra, sable, eland and some rhino.

Livingstone is only 10km (6 miles) from Victoria Falls, and still retains the old African charm of a once thriving colonial outpost. It is experiencing something of a revival these days and classic art deco buildings have had a new coat of paint, and wide settler-style Victorian houses are being renovated for burgeoning businesses. There is an air of optimism in Livingstone that makes the Zambian side of Victoria Falls the place to be right now.