Livingstone: the other face of Victoria Falls

The Livingstone Museum, Zambia's oldest, exhibits artifacts on the life of Scottish explorer David Livingstone, the first European to observe the waterfalls.

Minutes away, the Zambian side of Victoria Falls allows closer access to the water's spray, with walkways pushing within meters of the abyss.

Crossing the bridge over the gorge, one walks on foot between Zambia and Zimbabwe, with the option to attempt bungee jumping directly above the Zambezi River.

As evening falls, a boat safari on the Zambezi allows observation of hippos and crocodiles upstream of the falls, as the sun sets over the water.

David Livingstone named the falls 'Victoria' in honor of the English queen, but the local peoples had known them for centuries as Mosi-oa-Tunya, 'the smoke that thunders'—a name still officially used in Zambia today.

The bridge between Zambia and Zimbabwe, built in 1905, was originally designed as part of a railroad never completed that would have connected Cairo to Cape Town.