Victoria Falls.

One of the key motivations for this trip was to compare Victoria Falls to Iguassu Falls in Peru/Brazil, which we were fortunate to see earlier this year. While yesterday we saw the falls from the air, this morning we got to see them from the ground.

Victoria Falls' biggest advantage in the contest is its geography: it falls over one side of a very narrow gorge, so there are numerous lookout points from the other side. At first we thought Victoria Falls was going to be handicapped by the fact that we were there at the start of the rainy season, whereas we visited Iguassu Falls at the end. However, our guide said that he preferred this time of year because at high water there is so much mist you can barely see the falls.


The verdict: Iguassu Falls wins by a landslide. While Victoria falls is a spectacular waterfall, Iguassu Falls felt like we had teleported to Pandora. (Good grief how it pains me to make an "Avatar" reference - that movie was shit.)

P.S. In response to a question I'm sure we'll get: no, we didn't get to swim in the Devil's Pool. It's on the Zambian side of the falls and we didn't have enough time to cross the border.