Mosi-o-Tunya (The Smoke That Thunders) or Victoria Falls has been a work in progress for over 100,000 years. Sitting astride the borders of Zimbabwe and Zambia in southern Africa, it is rated as one of the Seven Natural Wonder of the world. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1989, Victoria Falls is arguably the largest waterfall in the world.

Victoria Falls is part of a network of ever retreating gorges and falls that has been formed as the Zambezi River has etched a path through softer sandstone that is a part of the predominant basalt in the Makgadikgadi Pan. David Livingstone (of “Dr. Livingstone I presume.” fame) is credited with being the first European to visit the falls in 1856.

In recent years the falls have become an adventure vacation destination. Spectacular views of Victoria Falls are available from multiple locations in both Zimbabwe and Zambia although continued political unrest in the area could make travel there problematic. Still, to have the opportunity to peer over the edge of the falls from the Devil’s Pool would be an experience of a lifetime.

Victoria Falls easily earns a place as one of the Seven Natural Wonders. With its remote location, one might hope that it will maintain this wonder without undue exploitation.