ZIMBABWE: SEEING VICTORIA FALLS BY HELICOPTER

Our second full day in Victoria Falls was dedicated to viewing the Falls, first from a helicopter and then from the ground. 

We were picked up at our hotel at 7:30 AM and taken to Zambezi Helicopters for what was supposed to be an 8:00 AM flight. However, they didn't even wheel the helicopter onto the pad until 8:20, and it was 8:30 before we were airborne. While we waited, they encouraged us to spend money in the gift shop, and it did feel a little pre-planned.

Morning in Victoria Falls with the mist from the cataract rising in the distance

  We had plenty of time to look over the information about our 27-minute-long flight:

The spray from the Falls in this photo makes the Falls look much closer (and smaller) than they actually are:

This was my first time in a helicopter, but it didn't make me feel nervous, even though I think I should have been: