Victoria Falls

I had the awesome privilege of going to 1 of the 7 wonders of the world... Victoria Falls! This is the largest waterfall in the world and is named Mosi-oa-Tunya which means the "Smoke that Thunders" in the Lozi language of Zambia. The spray from the falls can be seen nearly 50 km away.

Three good friends and I took a road trip through South Africa, Botswana and finally ended up in Zimbabwe to see the falls. It was a long car ride but worth it with fun company and getting to see elephants, baboons, warthogs, and a giraffe in the wild.

I love baobab trees!

To help break up the 16 hour drive... we stayed the night in Botswana on the way there and back with a wonderful family. We enjoyed a nice meal and fellowship! Can't really explain what is going on here except that Stacie thought it would be fun to get our hair did 80s style.

We walked through the Victoria Falls National Park to see the falls which were absolutely stunning! Just amazing to see how big God is and how small we are.

Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded? He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.

To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal? says the Holy One. Lift your eyes and look to the heavens...

Isaiah 40:21-22, 26

Had to represent the TOMS.

We took a sunset cruise one night on the Zambezi river and enjoyed seeing elephants, hippos and a crocodile.

After much encouragement, I decided to participate in a Half Day Adrenaline excursion. This consisted of 3 different jumps off the gorge... (1) flying fox which was running off a platform and flying like superman (2) zipline out over the water (3) gorge swing. They were all intense and I'm not afraid to admit I was scared for my life at times. This is a picture of the gorge where we did all these jumps. You can see the cables to the left of the picture where the zipline and gorge swing were.

This is the gorge swing which is a 70 meter (230 feet) free fall and then swing out over the gorge. The free fall is only 3 seconds but it felt like a lifetime! It was intense but I think I would do it again :)

Here is the video of my gorge swing... Sorry mom!

Vic Fall Gorge Swing from Rachel Jensen on Vimeo.