Victoria Falls City Overview
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City Overview
Mosi-Oa-Tunya, the smoke that thunders, is the local name for the Victoria Falls, straddling the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. This phenomenal body of water plunges over a gorge that is 328 feet high and over a mile wide, and is one of the Wonders of the Natural World. The Victoria Falls village has sadly fallen prey to the greedy grasp of tourism and what was once a delightful little place is now over-developed and has lost its charm. Nevertheless, it is worth visiting to see the biggest waterfall in the world.
Daily Budget
You had better watch out, you’d better beware, they’re after your cash and they really don’t care…(to be sung to the tune of Santa Klaus is Coming Tonight). No, no, it’s not really like that, pretty close though, because what could be a very inexpensive trip at US$15 a day for hostel fees and self-catering, can become disastrously expensive with visits to the casino, buying curios and artefacts, and living it up at the nightspots or staying in one of the hotels.
Daily Budget
You had better watch out, you’d better beware, they’re after your cash and they really don’t care…(to be sung to the tune of Santa Klaus is Coming Tonight). No, no, it’s not really like that, pretty close though, because what could be a very inexpensive trip at US$15 a day for hostel fees and self-catering, can become disastrously expensive with visits to the casino, buying curios and artefacts, and living it up at the nightspots or staying in one of the hotels.